Greymouth's Griffin Neame continues to develop nicely with North Queensland Cowboys and his first appearance of the 2022 NRL season saw him build on solid foundations established last year.

Last year Deine Mariner dominated schoolboy footy in Queensland while also impressing for Tweed Heads Under 18s. 2022 has begun with NRL trials and four tries on reserve grade debut for Mariner.

Brisbane Broncos are dwelling in their NRLWahine dynasty as they stacked up their their third win in a row last weekend, now setting up a Queensland match up against Titans today (Saturday).

Last season Isaiah Papali'i burst through whatever limits he felt while with Aotearoa Warriors to enjoy a breakout campaign with Parramatta Eels

The Kiwi-NRL season got underway with the first debutant of 2022 Leo Thompson coming off the bench for Newcastle Knights in their win over Roosters.

18 Kiwi-NRL players made their debuts in 2021, so here are 10 second year players from Aotearoa who are primed to hit a nek level in 2022.

Wests Tigers have signed Auckland's Starford To'a (Mt Wellington Warriors) from Newcastle Knights for an immediate move, which falls in line with a bunch of other Kiwi-NRL recruitment moves from Aotearoa Kiwis coach Michael Maguire.

Jenson Taumoepeau, Leo Thompson, Judda Turahui and two sets of twins could all pop up for Kiwi-NRL debuts next season. Here are 10 of the funkiest Kiwi-NRL prospects for 2022…

Nearly half of the NRL will have a Kiwi-NRL junior dummy half in their system next season with Taniela Otukolo, Temple Kalepo, Vaka Sikahele, Stanley Iongi, Benaiah Ioelu, Navajo Doyle and Jarney Proctor-Haywood all settling into the summer grind.

Cronulla Sharks have been quietly building a hearty Kiwi-NRL crew and with new coach Craig Fitzgibbon now taking over, the Sharks will have two Otahuhu Leopards in Salesi Ataata and Semisi Sikei to keep close tabs on.