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Die hard Blue fan in enemy territory. I applaud guts, toughness and determination above all else in the greatest game in the world... Rugby League.
- Member Since:
- July 2012
- Based In:
- Brisbane
- Favourite Sporting Team:
- Titans
- Favourite Sports:
- League,
Latest Articles
Back to Blue, don't try be Queensland
3 May 2013A few years ago some of the Origin greats from NSW were saying ‘We need to be more like Queensland’. A few years down the track, has it worked? The 7-0 scoreboard says no. It’s time to get back to what NSW did when we were winning. This involved taking City Country seriously, mixing our [...]
Titans looking good for 2013
14 Aug 2012With the Titans’ 2012 finals hopes all but lost after Round 23, most realistic Titans fans will begin to look into the future. With financial woes the hot topic at the start of 2012, the Gold Coast Titans started off burdened by media criticism and poor performances on the field. Some reporters even claimed that [...]
Hasler and co. setting a bad example for junior coaches
10 Aug 2012If players are role models for junior players, then coaches are role models for junior coaches too. The continuous sprays and allegations of ‘poor refereeing’ dished out by NRL coaches such as Des Hasler and Shane Flanagan are very dangerous at a junior level. Never mind that in most cases, the sprays are used to [...]
By laws of fairness, NRL needs 18th man
6 Aug 2012If you get caught breaking the law, you get locked up straight away. So why is it with all these illegal plays taking out players for the remainder of a match, all that happens is a report, a free interchange and a penalty? Ten interchanges are quite a lot, and penalty counts are out of [...]
What's the matter with the Melbourne Storm?
26 Jul 2012Craig Bellamy is facing a tough assignment at the moment. He is now in the midst of his worst ever NRL losing streak. While the streak is currently only three losses in a row, the last came against wooden spoon contenders Parramatta. Bellamy said at the press conference that he doesn’t know what is wrong [...]
The Shire needs Smith over Lewis
24 Jul 2012Is it the new TV show ‘The Shire’ that has Cronulla worrying about their image rather than what’s going on on the rugby league field? Or are all NRL teams sharing a big can of Shark repellent? I don’t know what’s going through your mind but Sunday’s performance by the Sharks was, to put it [...]
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