NOW it’s time for the good news. NRL players are doing incredible work in their communities and here are 50 of our favourite stories.

1 Wests Tigers winger Kevin Naiqama spends time every week working in a soup kitchen.

2 After training, rising Souths star Tyrell Fuimaono takes all the leftover fruit and milk to a nearby homeless shelter.

3 Dragons winger Kalifa Faifai Loa volunteers at St Vincent de Paul.

4 Roosters prop Kane Evans, each week, visits with Sydney’s homeless, providing food and clothing.

5 Jillaroos star Jenni-sue Hoepper has implemented an after-school league tag program in the Wurrumiyanga community on Bathurst Island.

6 Warriors prop James Gavet regularly buys produce at the supermarket which he bundles into food parcels, then distributes among the needy in his local community, New Lynn.

7 Knights forward Josh Starling spends time every week mentoring young boarders at Kirinari Aboriginal Hostel.

media_camera NRL players are doing fantastic work throughout the community.

8 Panther Leilani Latu runs a church youth group with his wife Kenina, acting as a mentor for teens and leading various fundraisers.

9 Gold Coast flyer William Zillman volunteers weekly at a horse riding school for disabled children.

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10 Dragons forward Tariq Sims uses his contacts at several charities to reach out to sick children just before they go in for operations, sending messages of encouragement via text and video.

11 Eels prop Suaia Matagi is a regular visitor to youth detention centres around the state.

12 Souths star Cody Walker runs his own program teaching health, lifestyle and persistence in North Coast schools. This year the indigenous playmaker roped in Greg Inglis and Adam Reynolds, who together delivered his message to over 1000 students.

media_camera Brad Fittler’s Hogs For The Homeless has raised in excess of $500,000.

13 Canterbury heartbeat Josh Reynolds is a constant in hospital wards across Sydney, organising his own schedule among the respective families of sick children.

14 Trent Merrin spends several hours each week heading up a mentoring program called building Young Men, where he works with young males who have been identified as being on the cusp of going the wrong way in life.

media_camera Souths Rabbitohs player Damien Cook is an ambassador for Angelman Syndrome. Picture: Craig Wilson

15 Each week Raiders forward Sia Soliola writes the name of a child suffering from Angelman Syndrome on his armguard. He works closely with the charity after meeting a young sufferer of the rare genetic condition, Melissa, during his time at Wigan. Rabbitohs player Damien Cook is also an ambassador for the Foundation for Angelman Syndrome Therapeutics and appeared on the Footy Show recently to talk about it.

media_camera Sea Eagles player (front middle) Josh Starling with indigenous kids during their stay at Royal Far West. Picture: Troy Snook

16 Penrith star Tyrone Peachey has taken to working closely with the club’s indigenous welfare officer Glen Liddiard, with the pair regular visitors to various community groups.

17 Steve “Blocker” Roach, the unofficial face of Country Rugby League, recently helped raise $20,000 for Mudgee PCYC.

18 Canterbury playmaker Moses Mbye heads an initiative which funds free club memberships for refugee families who have settled in the Belmore area.

19 Cronulla rookie Jayden Brailey is one of several Sharks charged with delivering an anti-bullying message throughout local Shire schools.

20 The Mata’utia brothers at every Knights home game pay for an underprivileged family to attend.

21 Dragons enforcer Joel Thompson won the 2016 Ken Stephen Medal for his work with indigenous and underprivileged youth. This year, they say, he is doing even more.

22 Souths forward Angus Crichton attends Scots College to help run an indigenous education program which he was himself introduced to as a schoolboy.

media_camera The Mata’utia brothers pay for an underprivileged family to attend every home game. Picture: Peter Lorimer

23 Robbie Farah’s latest charity project involves financing a hygiene van to provide Sydney’s homeless with a mobile facility to wash and dry clothes as well as take a hot shower.

24 Queensland Origin great Wally Fullerton Smith volunteers at Brisbane quadriplegia wards.

25 Injured Dragons halfback Drew Hutchison is using his recovery time to help coach juniors at his old club, Albion Park-Oak Flat Eagles

26 Alan Tongue, whose charity work is far too expansive to list here, flies to Fiji this week to deliver a Voice Against Violence program to local league players.

27 Manly playmaker Jackson Hastings has been known to buy Sea Eagles merchandise for fans doing it tough.

28 Roosters enforcer Dylan Napa regularly purchases Roosters memberships, and merchandise, for disadvantaged families.

29 Gold Coast star Konrad Hurrell works as a volunteer for Touch Football Specialised, which teaches the game to disabled Queenslanders.

30 Retired Eel Neville Glover drives all over the State, on his own coin, attending scores of fundraisers for the Men of League Foundation. And, yes, he demands the crowd ask him about ‘that’ grand final pass.

media_camera Knight's star Dane Gagai does plenty of work with the Newcastle community and is pictured here alongside indigenous students and supporters from Newcastle High School. Picture: Peter Lorimer.

31 Brad Fittler’s annual Hogs for the Homeless ride has now raised in excess of $500,000.

33 Brisbane skipper Darius Boyd runs sessions with mental health charity Livin’.

34 Warriors star Shaun Johnson runs water for local junior teams, gifts his kicking tee after each game and recently gave away eight pairs of signed boots.

33 Penrith flyer Dallin Watene Zelezniak visits schools in his own time to act as a mentor for teenagers.

35 Rabbitoh Kyle Turner often drives up to 14 hours in a weekend to attend junior matches for his hometown club, the Coonabarabran Unicorns.

36 Retired Raider Terry Campese is currently travelling through regional NSW as part of a program to support and improve junior rugby league coaches.

media_camera Joel Thompson with Ruby Irons of Caloundra and Taro West of Brisbane has lent his support to the Yarn Safe campaign and is the reigning Ken Stephen medallist. Picture: Peter Cronin

37 Billy Slater is a regular at the Starlight Room in Melbourne while fellow Stormer Cooper Cronk has, for years, privately devoted his personal time to visiting both cancer patients and youngsters at the Royal Children’s Hospital.

38 The entire NSW Origin will visit flood victims in Murwillimbah next Tuesday, providing support and fundraising items for locals who lost so much earlier this year.

39 Wests Tigers hooker Matt McIlwrick uses his background as a personal trainer to teach fitness and a healthy lifestyle to youngsters in the Concord area.

40 Canberra players regularly man the BBQ at their local UnitingCare drop-in centre.

41 Young Titans hooker Karl Lawton volunteers at Coolangatta State School, where he is currently aiding with an eight week resilience program.

42 Dragons’ British import Tyrone McCarthy is a co-founder of the Full Blood Project, which uses sport as a tool to educate and develop youths in severely disadvantaged communities.

43 Just like Kangaroo star Johnathan Thurston, Knights forward Jamie Buhrer gives his headgear away after each game.

media_camera Billy Slater is a regular visitor to the Starlight room. Picture: Michael Klein

44 Having overcome throat cancer, NSW Origin great Paul Langmack has now turned chief fundraiser for the organisation which supported him throughout his fight, Chris O’Brien Lifehouse.

45 Rising Parramatta forward Ray Stone, who played Junior Kangaroos this year, is one of six young Eels working as teacher’s aide with special needs children.

46 Roosters playmaker Luke Keary regularly organises teammates to join him on impromptu visits to Randwick Children’s Hospital.

47 Canberra fullback Jack Wighton delivers Christmas presents to Ronald McDonald house.

48 Newcastle centre Dane Gagai has organised a competition where, this Sunday afternoon, he will not only bring two kids as his personal guests to the footy, but gift them each a pair of his boots and then take them inside the Knights sheds after the match.

media_camera Moses Mbye with Kadiata Koroma and Mohamed-Ali Saleh for the Be All In Program. Picture: Tim Hunter.

49 Bronco Matt Gillett works for Falcons Footy, a charity supporting children of all abilities playing rugby league on the Sunshine Coast.

50 Warriors players Isaac Luke and Simon Mannering regularly give their boots away after games, as does Melbourne skipper Cam Smith and cult Shark Andrew Fifita.