Posts Tagged "Johnathan Thurston"

He’s not one of rugby league’s Immortals yet but North Queensland star Johnathan Thurston wears the “wanker” tag from opposition supporters as a badge of honour.

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Cormac McCarthy’s 2005 thriller, No Country for Old Men, depicts the final days of ageing sheriff Ed Tom Bell as a lawman.

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How many journeymen players have gone to the Melbourne Storm and suddenly looked liked world beaters? Likewise how many quality players have left the Storm only to struggle at their new club?

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Watching Jarryd Hayne’s whingeing, whiny audiences with referees this season tells me that modern day league players are clueless when trying to get a better deal from referees.

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Let’s take a look at rugby league’s key talking points and issues for the week.

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A looming 200-game milestone has suddenly made North Queensland Cowboys playmaker Johnathan Thurston feel old.

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Johnathan Thurston is a great player, but not great enough to supplant Andrew ‘Joey’ Johns for the title of the greatest rugby league halfback of all time. That’s my opinion.

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The lure of leading North Queensland to multiple premiership successes and staying loyal to lifelong mates convinced superstar Johnathan Thurston to knock back an extra $1 million and remain at the Cowboys.

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Rugby league fans need to appreciate how important Johnathan Thurston’s re-signing is for the game.

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Superstar Johnathan Thurston has signed a new multi-million dollar four-year NRL deal which will see him play out his career with North Queensland.

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Johnathan Thurston sparked North Queensland to a season-opening 24-12 NRL win over Canterbury on Saturday night but the best news for the Cowboys is that their off-contract maestro is favoured to re-sign with the club.

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With the drugs scandal, Sonny Bill Williams and Ben Barba’s sudden fall dominating headlines, North Queensland Cowboys and their ongoing contract saga with captain Johnathan Thurston have fallen by the way side.

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With the summer of tennis long finished and the cricket team already on another tour, league fans feel great anticipation about the start of the NRL season.

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North Queensland’s champion playmaker Johnathan Thurston has been booked in to have precautionary scans on an injured wrist on Monday.

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Silence filled the air as a tribute to Jon Mannah was aired and barely a dry eye was left in the stadium. The national anthem was played, firstly in an Indigenous tribal language and then in English.

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There has been a lot of talk about million-dollar players lately – especially now that the salary cap is set to reach $5.8 million.

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North Queensland officials are unperturbed by the impending feeding frenzy engulfing five-eighth Johnathan Thurston – with a host of NRL clubs lining up to sign the off-contract Test star.

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North Queensland superstar Johnathan Thurston has met with Canterbury officials amid speculation about his future when he comes off contract at the end of next season.

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Johnathan Thurston has refused to give any assurances he’ll remain a North Queensland player beyond next season, with the champion playmaker, poised to potentially become the game’s highest-paid player.

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Johnathan Thurston says New Zealand have the potential to rack up 40 points against Australia in Saturday week’s rugby league international in Townsville if the Kangaroos lack intensity in potential heatwave conditions.

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