Sunia Turuva has tipped Liam Henry to become the unlikely custodian of Penrith’s famous boom box once he and Jarome Luai join Wests Tigers.

Gary Freeman is ready for another New Zealander to finally join him in his illustrious one-man club of Kiwi halfbacks who became Dally M Medal winners.

Fiji Bati coach Wise Kativerata has revealed plans to visit the Northern Division next week, accompanied by several team members ahead of the full squad’s assembly on Saturday for the Pacific Bowl Championship.

Sunia Turuva didn’t play in Penrith’s last grand final meeting with Melbourne but that didn’t stop the winger feeling the pain of a defeat to the Storm.

Michael Maguire is officially Brisbane’s new coach, after he was released from his duties with the NSW State of Origin side and confirmed on a three-year deal at the Broncos.

Storm forward Tui Kamikamica, Bulldogs second-row Viliame Kikau and Panthers winger Sunia Turuva are likely to be named as part of the Fiji Bati squad for the upcoming Pacific Bowl Championship, which will be held in the country next month.

Melbourne’s Cameron Munster is ready to renew bitter hostilities with Penrith enforcer Liam Martin, revealing the pair didn’t get along as Kangaroos teammates.

The best two teams in the competition are through to this year’s grand final after the Penrith Panthers booked their place to face the Melbourne Storm next week after defeating Cronulla 26-6.

Melbourne will seek advice from lawyers before deciding whether to throw a Hail Mary play in an attempt to clear Nelson Asofa-Solomona for the NRL grand final.

The Melbourne Storm overcame an early setback and a fierce second-half fightback to overpower the Sydney Roosters 48-18 in the first preliminary final at AAMI Park.

Standing at six-foot-six and weighing 116kg, Cronulla prop Tom Hazelton seems tailor-made for the NRL.

Cameron Munster knows Sydney Roosters enforcer Jared Waerea-Hargreaves is coming for him in Friday night’s NRL grand final qualifier and says he’s ready for it.