Wigan captain Sean O’Loughlin is set to make a surprise comeback from a broken shoulder in Sunday’s engage Super League match at Hull KR.

Andrew Johns was today ruled out of the Kangaroos' Gillette Tri-Nations Series matches against Ireland and Great Britain.

New South Wales coach Phil Gould and legendary stand-off Brad Fittler bowed out of representative rugby league football as winners today as the Blues beat Queensland 36-14 to retain the State of Origin series.

New Australia coach Wayne Bennett has included nine players who missed last November’s Ashes Series in a provisional 25-strong squad for the Anzac Test against New Zealand in Newcastle on April 23.

A late-night altercation with a teammate could have cost Australian rugby league Andrew Johns the chance of captaining his national team.