The Donna Scott-stable received a welcome confidence boost ahead of this weekend's Country Championships after Bon Holler made a winning debut at Albury on Monday.

Snowy Valleys Council has formally supported a new hospital for Albury-Wodonga but its mayor says that should not be interpreted as backing a greenfields site.

The NRL has been dealt its first off-field behavioural issue in Las Vegas, with Canberra forwards Morgan Smithies and Hudson Young reportedly clashing.