The uncomfortable truth about the NRL’s horrible media coverage
Another weekend of finals football, another weekend of broadcasters whinging about refereeing.
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AJ watches far too much sport. When he's not watching it, he's reading about it. When he's not reading about it, he's writing about it and when he's not writing about it, he's talking about it on the podcast ‘A Sporting Discussion’. Rugby league has AJ's heart, but he loves to give space to the sports that the mainstream forgets - he’ll never rest until Australian baseball gets the coverage it deserves! He’s always game for a debate in the comments section or on twitter @AJMithen - but you’d best come prepared!
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Another weekend of finals football, another weekend of broadcasters whinging about refereeing.
South Sydney and Canberra head into the qualifying finals rank underdogs against the Roosters and Melbourne respectively.
South Sydney can secure a top-four spot with a win over the second placed Roosters in the last Thursday night game for season 2019.
We’ve had more kite-flying this week about the relocation or removal of Sydney clubs and the expansion of the NRL at the behest of Channel Nine.
The penultimate round of the NRL regular season kicks off with a Bulldog fairytale still burning bright.
Round 23 NRL gets underway with an intriguing Thursday night match up between old rivals Parramatta and Canterbury.
A few things have blown up this week in the wake of Tevita Pangai Junior’s five-match suspension which all but ended his season.
Manly have a chance to move into the top four and make 2019 exceedingly difficult for the Wests Tigers when they meet at Brookvale on Thursday night.
The 2019 NRL regular season has just five games left and Brisbane will need a Round 21 win in Townsville to keep their finals hopes alive.
Robbie Farah’s 300th game celebrations get a hometown encore on Thursday night as Wests Tigers host North Queensland at Leichhardt Oval.
In late 2015, the NRL announced their monster $1.8 billion television broadcast deal involving the Nine Network, News Corp, Fox Sports and Telstra.
The 1999 NRL grand final was one of the great games of rugby league.
We’re approaching the business end of the 2019 NRL season and it’s all to play for on Thursday when the Sharks host the Cowboys.
Thursday night games are back for the run to the finals, and naturally enough the Brisbane Broncos feature again. In 2018 they played on Thursday eight times, this year it’s seven.
At Monday’s Round 17 weekly review, NRL Head of Elite Football Competitions Graham Annesley tested the winds and launched a kite high into the air.
Are you a State of Origin agnostic? Can’t get fired up about cockroaches or cane toads?
Round 16 of the 2019 NRL season is upon us – the last of the Origin-affected bye rounds where there’s only four games to be played ahead of next Wednesday’s State of Origin decider.
This week there was a rush of news about the NRL, concussion and the degenerative brain condition chronic traumatic encephalopathy (CTE) after researchers announced they’d found CTE in the brains of two deceased former players.
We’re back to club football after a week away and it’s South Sydney playing Wests Tigers for the second time in five weeks.
So, it seems quite a few of us got our State of Origin Game 2 prediction horribly wrong.
Exactly right Adam- with the complete absence of leadership from NRL HQ, if you were a club why wouldn’t you take the piss?
The NRL should have avoided this HIA Storm
Paul, as the Roar Expert tipping champion 2 out of the last 3 years (including a second place) I humbly submit that I don’t ‘chase’ points, I make considered yet very high risk courageous decisions, unlike all these other sheeple. AJ will return to where he belongs!
The Roar’s NRL expert tips and predictions: Round 6
Great post OPO! Rage on – turning a single event into a tsunami of definitive predictions is also my pet hate.
Backing, not sacking, young coaches is what brings results
Let’s not forget Geelong with Bomber Thompson either… he was almost punted before the club’s greatest times!
Backing, not sacking, young coaches is what brings results
It’s not for those who embrace the subtle!
Backing, not sacking, young coaches is what brings results
Cheers kk, hope you’re doing well.
Backing, not sacking, young coaches is what brings results
It will embiggen your vocabulary G Len N!
Backing, not sacking, young coaches is what brings results
Agree 100% Paul – seems the Sharks suits think they’re the part of the club we need to see and hear.
And omnishambles is a perfectly cromulent word. It’s also useful for avoiding a call from the editor 😛
Backing, not sacking, young coaches is what brings results
Nothing was changed Baz – an injustice was righted
The Roar’s NRL expert tips and predictions: Round 5
There’s times to speculate kk, this is not one of them
The Roar’s NRL expert tips and predictions: Round 5
How DARE you suggest I would tip against Canberra
The Roar’s NRL expert tips and predictions: Round 5
I actually agree with you on this Spartacus, I’m not denying the speed of the game isn’t part of all this.
Don’t like it? Play better
no lower grades playing at all though Emcie. That can’t help
Don’t like it? Play better
I agree with you 100% Don.
The NRL should have avoided this HIA Storm