NRL

Wayne Bennett's season of misery continued on Saturday night when Newcastle meekly fell to a 32-16 defeat to Canberra at Hunter Stadium.

All Craig Bellamy wanted was a win to celebrate his 250th NRL game as coach of the Melbourne Storm but his team just failed to deliver, falling to a 10-6 loss to Wests Tigers on Friday night.

The Hayne Plane was back in service at Parramatta Stadium on Monday night as superstar fullback Jarryd Hayne inspired the Eels to just their second win of the season with a 29-20 win over Cronull

It hasn't exactly been the curse of the No 1 jersey this season but the Warriors haven't had a good run at fullback either.

South Sydney's Queensland Origin stars Greg Inglis and Dave Taylor turned on the power to help the Rabbitohs to their fourth straight NRL victory 36-18 over Canberra 36-18 on Friday night.

Melbourne gave milestone man Todd Lowrie a night to remember and Brisbane one to forget as they powered to a 34-10 NRL victory at AAMI Park on Friday night.

An understrength Manly flexed their premiership muscle with a hard-fought 18-10 NRL victory over Sydney Roosters at Brookvale Oval on Sunday.

Cronulla's stand-in captain Jeremy Smith was the hero as Melbourne suffered their first loss of the NRL season in a dramatic 12-10 Sharks' victory on Sunday.

Canberra withstood a late Parramatta revival before narrowly securing a much-needed 40-34 NRL victory at Canberra Stadium on Sunday.