Just like last week, Grant Atkins and Ashley Klein will take charge of the two upcoming preliminary finals. Atkins has been appointed to Friday night's clash between the Storm and Roosters, while ...

The 2025 NRL season has seen parties from every area of the league be scrutinised; however, it hasn't been the players or the coaches who have copped the most criticism, it's the referees. It has now ...

Grant Atkins looks to have usurped Ashley Klein as the NRL's No.1 official after being handed control of the grand final for the first time in his refereeing career. Atkins, who has regularly refereed ...

But the man described as NRL’s “most hated man” has set tongues wagging on Macquarie Street for a different reason during the last few weeks. We can reveal that Klein is in a new(ish) relationship, ...

Former Bulldogs enforcer James Graham launched a scathing attack on referee Ashley Klein during Canterbury’s elimination final defeat to the Panthers on Sunday. While the game meant so much for ...

Klein entered the preliminary final week as the favourite to officiate this year’s grand final, but his performance in the Storm-Sharks prelim was heavily panned after he whistled 18 penalties. “Mate, ...

Anyone can contribute to The Roar and have their work featured alongside some of Australia’s most prominent sports journalists. Grant Atkins did not get every decision right on Sunday but he has ...

Bulldogs supremo Phil Gould twice made his feelings well known about NRL referees - without saying a word - on Monday night. Gould, 67, was asked his thoughts by 100% Footy host James Bracey about a ...