With the NRL's annual report coming out it looks like the game is in great health. The imperative for the sport has been to…
With the NRL's annual report coming out it looks like the game is in great health. The imperative for the sport has been to…
For years the salary cap has been seen as the main way to equalise talent between the clubs in the NRL. But now, 25…
Another season's end, another round of clubs fines for breaching the salary cap. This time it was the Sea Eagles, Newcastle Knights, Sydney Roosters,…
The Gold Coast Titans have been docked four NRL competition points and fined $300,000 for breaching the salary cap. $75,000 of the fine has…
There has been a lot of attention in the media in recent days about Dave Smith and the NRL allowing a 'war chest' to…
A fellow league-loving work colleague and I have just been sitting down on a break chewing the fat about the potential marquee system that…
The NRL has issued over $500,000 worth of fines to seven clubs following the completion of their 2012 season audit, with Cronulla Sharks, Canberra…
Recent salary cap rumblings have thrown up a plethora of alternatives for a new system when the cash starts flowing into the game, including…
The NRL will look at tweaking the terms of its salary cap, but only once the 2013 season is over. The league has been…
Apart from being supreme professional athletes, Sonny Bill Williams, Israel Folau, Karmichael Hunt and Sam Burgess have all branded themselves high above their respective…
Apart from being supreme professional athletes, Sonny Bill Williams, Israel Folau, Karmichael Hunt and Sam Burgess have all branded themselves high above their respective…
Apart from being supreme professional athletes, Sonny Bill Williams, Israel Folau, Karmichael Hunt and Sam Burgess have all branded themselves high above their respective…
Let me take you back to late 2012. Rumours surrounded Israel Folau and his return to the NRL from the AFL. He looked likely…
Let me take you back to late 2012. Rumours surrounded Israel Folau and his return to the NRL from the AFL. He looked likely…
Let me take you back to late 2012. Rumours surrounded Israel Folau and his return to the NRL from the AFL. He looked likely…
Australia's elite rugby league players need to be careful in their negotiations for their new Collective Bargaining Agreement. Few people would be against NRL…
There are many things in this world that are inherently confusing. Art-house films, tax returns, the appeal of the Madden brothers, just to name…
Why shouldn't the NRL implement a marquee player rule that allows clubs to sign such players outside the salary cap, like in the A-League?…
I'm surprised. I wasn't certain Telstra would go all in, but they have – to the tune of around 180 million clams. So it…
The official NRL website states that the NRL Salary Cap ‘assists in “spreading the playing talent” so that a few better resourced clubs cannot…
Beau Scott’s signing with the Knights seems to have opened a can of worms regarding the transfer of players between clubs (as invariably happens…
Reading Danny Weidler is the sporting equivalent of listening to Kyle Sandilands. You don't do it to like him, you do it to hate…
The first thing for the NRL's new Independent Commission to tackle should be the salary cap. It must be replaced with a new system.…
This weekend’s NRL grand final features 2012’s two best teams, who also happen to be the past decade's worst salary cap cheats. Well matched…
This weekend’s NRL grand final features 2012’s two best teams, who also happen to be the past decade's worst salary cap cheats. Well matched…
This weekend’s NRL grand final features 2012’s two best teams, who also happen to be the past decade's worst salary cap cheats. Well matched…
[caption id="attachment_43077" align="alignnone" width="300" caption="William Hopoate makes a break for Manly. AAP Image/Action Photographics, Renee McKay"][/caption] The NRL salary cap was once as popular…
[caption id="attachment_43077" align="alignnone" width="300" caption="William Hopoate makes a break for Manly. AAP Image/Action Photographics, Renee McKay"][/caption] The NRL salary cap was once as popular…
[caption id="attachment_43077" align="alignnone" width="300" caption="William Hopoate makes a break for Manly. AAP Image/Action Photographics, Renee McKay"][/caption] The NRL salary cap was once as popular…
[caption id="attachment_22409" align="alignnone" width="300" caption="Benji Marshall of the Wests Tigers (centre) in action during their NRL Round 14 match against the Parramatta Eels. AAP…
[caption id="attachment_30541" align="alignnone" width="300" caption="NRL Rugby League, Melbourne Storm celebrate a Cameron Smith try. Digital image by Brett Crockford, © nrlphotos"][/caption] The 2010 NRL…
Being a season ticket holder for an NRL club, there’s nothing I appreciate more than seeing a local talent playing for his home team.…
The 2010 NRL grand final was billed the ‘Sydney derby’, with the media marketing all sorts of geographical and culture divides to define and…
[caption id="attachment_28425" width="300" caption="Melbourne Storm\'s Cameron Smith (centre) and teammates celebrate with the trophy after winning the Gillette World Club Challenge match at Elland…
[caption id="attachment_28425" width="300" caption="Melbourne Storm\'s Cameron Smith (centre) and teammates celebrate with the trophy after winning the Gillette World Club Challenge match at Elland…
With the NRL's annual report coming out it looks like the game is in great health. The imperative for the sport has been to…
2015
OK cool. I’m on yer track now.
I suppose it is painful to the brand but in saying that I wonder how many Union fans m…(more)