Nick Campton joined the ABC in 2021 after a stint with Sydney's The Daily Telegraph.
When he isn't writing about rugby league, MMA and boxing, he enjoys talking about the Canberra Raiders in a slightly too loud voice.
He hails from Camden and is based in Sydney.
When Kaeo Weekes faced his former club for the first time in 2025 he had one of the toughest nights of his career. He finished the rematch as one of Canberra and the NRL's newest and most dazzling stars.
The Dolphins and Roosters have traded blows as the Tricolours smashed the competition's youngest team to open up the finals race in one of the fieriest clashes of the year.
The Dolphins and Roosters will put their finals hopes on the line when they meet at Lang Park on Saturday night, in a match that should double as a Dally M face-off for Isaiya Katoa and James Tedesco.
As the spectacle and panache of the Lions tour fades out for the last time, Australia's victory in the third Test is a dead-rubber victory that could mean more than most.
The NRLW's first-ever Magic Round is underway in Newcastle, but the opening day has been marred by torrential downpours that have delayed matches.
Through four rounds of the NRLW, the Roosters and Broncos have seemed a class above the rest, but at the competition's first ever Magic Round, the Sharks will be looking to prove the end to this season is far from inevitable.
Melbourne will be without Jahrome Hughes for a six-week gauntlet run where they'll face some of the best sides in the NRL. Here's how the Storm plan to survive without the reigning Dally M medallist.
Robert Whittaker has a clear plan for his last shot at a UFC title and he wants it to start and finish in the most difficult way possible.
Canterbury has snapped a two-match losing run to defeat North Queensland in Townsville, without high-profile recruit Lachlan Galvin.
Both Blaize Talagi and Penrith have been on a slow burn in 2025 but on the back of four straight wins, the star recruit and the four-time defending premiers are poised to ignite.
State of Origin is about rising to the occasion, but Tom Dearden's performance in the decider proved that rising above it is what makes Queensland heroes.
After what they did together last year, this New South Wales team was supposed to be different. But in the aftermath of Origin III, it's the same old story for the battered Blues.
After the Tigers ended their six-match losing streak, coach Benji Marshall slammed rumours of any ill-feeling at the club following their tumultuous season.
Josh Papalii is far from the first State of Origin star to return from retirement for one last crack in the game's toughest arena. Here's how every Origin comeback over the years has fared, plus a couple of near misses that could have changed the course of history.
After putting the journey into journeyman, Gehamat Shibasaki will become one of Queensland's most unlikely Origin debutants and his long road to the decider has taken him right back to where he started.
With two new teams joining the league, the NRLW has doubled in size in just over three years. Can the bigger competition be better?
Star fullbacks Hamiso Tabuai-Fidow and Reece Walsh shine on Saturday, with the vacant number one jersey for the Queensland Maroons up for grabs.
A moment of desperation from Nathan Cleary has helped Penrith to a narrow win over Canterbury in one of the best games of the 2025 NRL season.
The Bulldogs have stormed to the top of the ladder by adopting a similar style to Penrith but will it be enough to carry them past the four-time defending premiers on Thursday night?
Ryan Papenhuyzen kicks the match-winning field goal in golden point to sink the Rabbitohs, despite four tries from Alex Johnston.
With the Origin series at their mercy, New South Wales could not get out of their own way on one of the most frustrating nights in the state's history.
Nathan Cleary has quietly become one of New South Wales' longest-serving current State of Origin players and the Blues halfback could be on the brink of a new era in interstate football.
With his surprise State of Origin debut still sinking in, Max King will start in the front row for New South Wales in Game II as his dream season shows no signs of slowing down.
Lachlan Galvin impressed on debut for Canterbury and the 25-minute cameo is but a taste of what is to come now the playmaker has saddled up with the Bulldogs.
Josh Papalii was a Raiders legend long before he broke the club's all-time appearances record but his greatest place in Canberra history may yet be unwritten.