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Curtis Woodward

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Curtis is a freelance expert writer for The Roar. He has written for foxsports.com.au, Inside Sport and ABC Cricket. Side projects include the81stminute.com, Macarthur Rugby League Wrap and the League World Order podcast.

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Curtis Woodward

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Curtis Woodward

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Maguire's sacking was coming, but the Tigers' great survivor evades the knives again

Drop a frog into a boiling pot of water and it will immediately jump back out. Place a frog in tepid water and it…

Jun

Maguire's sacking was coming, but the Tigers' great survivor evades the knives again

Curtis Woodward

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Maguire's sacking was coming, but the Tigers' great survivor evades the knives again

Jun

Maguire's sacking was coming, but the Tigers' great survivor evades the knives again

Curtis Woodward

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Curtis Woodward

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How 'transition basketball' helped the Panthers win the title in 2021 and why it won't this time around

For years rugby league has been compared to American football and their premier competition, the NFL. It makes sense, right? Up and down the…

Feb

How 'transition basketball' helped the Panthers win the title in 2021 and why it won't this time around

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How 'transition basketball' helped the Panthers win the title in 2021 and why it won't this time around

Feb

How 'transition basketball' helped the Panthers win the title in 2021 and why it won't this time around

Curtis Woodward

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Curtis Woodward

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Love the game like never before: The existential crisis of a new rugby league year and how the old girl needs you more than ever

As we crawl toward the 2022 rugby league season, the new COVID world we live in has buckled us into an existential crisis made…

Jan

Love the game like never before: The existential crisis of a new rugby league year and how the old girl needs you more than ever

Curtis Woodward

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Love the game like never before: The existential crisis of a new rugby league year and how the old girl needs you more than ever

Jan

Love the game like never before: The existential crisis of a new rugby league year and how the old girl needs you more than ever

Curtis Woodward

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Curtis Woodward

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Mountain Men vs Glory: Season player ratings for the 2021 NRL grand final teams

These are the final days. We’re counting down to the 2021 NRL grand final. The mighty mountain men from Penrith and the glory of…

Sep

Mountain Men vs Glory: Season player ratings for the 2021 NRL grand final teams

Curtis Woodward

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Mountain Men vs Glory: Season player ratings for the 2021 NRL grand final teams

Sep

Mountain Men vs Glory: Season player ratings for the 2021 NRL grand final teams

Curtis Woodward

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Curtis Woodward

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All the pressure Friday night is on Wayne Bennett's Rabbitohs. It will make them or break them

From his first season as a head coach Wayne Bennett’s name has gone hand in hand with success. The great man deals in premierships…

Sep

All the pressure Friday night is on Wayne Bennett's Rabbitohs. It will make them or break them

Curtis Woodward

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All the pressure Friday night is on Wayne Bennett's Rabbitohs. It will make them or break them

Sep

All the pressure Friday night is on Wayne Bennett's Rabbitohs. It will make them or break them

Curtis Woodward

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Curtis Woodward

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NRL finals sliding door moments: Bennett-Gordie feud, Wok's Blocker shocker, Bellamy's rookie error

Finals fever gets to everyone – even rugby league’s head coaches. If you’re strong enough, you can make a decision for your team. Sometimes…

Sep

NRL finals sliding door moments: Bennett-Gordie feud, Wok's Blocker shocker, Bellamy's rookie error

Curtis Woodward

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NRL finals sliding door moments: Bennett-Gordie feud, Wok's Blocker shocker, Bellamy's rookie error

Sep

NRL finals sliding door moments: Bennett-Gordie feud, Wok's Blocker shocker, Bellamy's rookie error

Curtis Woodward

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Curtis Woodward

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Sixteen years of travesty: Wests Tigers and the miracle premiership that solved nothing

Many Wests Tigers supporters sit back and wonder why their club receives so much attention when things are going bad. The simple fact is…

Sep

Sixteen years of travesty: Wests Tigers and the miracle premiership that solved nothing

Curtis Woodward

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Sixteen years of travesty: Wests Tigers and the miracle premiership that solved nothing

Sep

Sixteen years of travesty: Wests Tigers and the miracle premiership that solved nothing

Curtis Woodward

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Curtis Woodward

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Storm and Panthers flex their class like heavyweight champions circling on fight night

Before the Melbourne Storm could hop on the bus for the three-hour bus trip back to Noosa with the J.J. Giltinan Shield – the…

Sep

Storm and Panthers flex their class like heavyweight champions circling on fight night

Curtis Woodward

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Storm and Panthers flex their class like heavyweight champions circling on fight night

Sep

Storm and Panthers flex their class like heavyweight champions circling on fight night

Curtis Woodward

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Curtis Woodward

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Jack Wighton flopped in 2021 and it's entirely on the heads of the Canberra Raiders

Remember when the Canberra Raiders had momentum? They were everyone’s second team and Jack Wighton was the future of rugby league? He was a…

Sep

Jack Wighton flopped in 2021 and it's entirely on the heads of the Canberra Raiders

Curtis Woodward

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Jack Wighton flopped in 2021 and it's entirely on the heads of the Canberra Raiders

Sep

Jack Wighton flopped in 2021 and it's entirely on the heads of the Canberra Raiders

Curtis Woodward

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Curtis Woodward

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How Manu vs Trell helped Roosters recover from Bunnies thrashing to conquer Raiders

It has been a big week in rugby league since South Sydney Rabbitohs superstar Latrell Mitchell ended his and opponent Joey Manu’s seasons in…

Sep

How Manu vs Trell helped Roosters recover from Bunnies thrashing to conquer Raiders

Curtis Woodward

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How Manu vs Trell helped Roosters recover from Bunnies thrashing to conquer Raiders

Sep

How Manu vs Trell helped Roosters recover from Bunnies thrashing to conquer Raiders

Curtis Woodward

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Curtis Woodward

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The Eels' Round 25 team says plenty about them – nothing of which is positive

The Parramatta Eels are a curious bunch. For whatever reason, their combination of characters makes it difficult for rival fans to find the hardest…

Aug

The Eels' Round 25 team says plenty about them – nothing of which is positive

Curtis Woodward

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The Eels' Round 25 team says plenty about them – nothing of which is positive

Aug

The Eels' Round 25 team says plenty about them – nothing of which is positive

Curtis Woodward

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Curtis Woodward

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Another crazy chapter in the Book of Feuds as Mitchell's moment of madness stuns Manu

They have been bitter rivals since 1908 and between them share 36 premierships. All 248 of their encounters have meant different things at different…

Aug

Another crazy chapter in the Book of Feuds as Mitchell's moment of madness stuns Manu

Curtis Woodward

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Another crazy chapter in the Book of Feuds as Mitchell's moment of madness stuns Manu

Aug

Another crazy chapter in the Book of Feuds as Mitchell's moment of madness stuns Manu

Curtis Woodward

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Curtis Woodward

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'Horrible' state of grassroots league means only one club makes sense for NRL expansion

Head honchos from the National Rugby League spent six hours on Monday meeting with the three expansion bids as they inch toward a decision…

Aug

'Horrible' state of grassroots league means only one club makes sense for NRL expansion

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'Horrible' state of grassroots league means only one club makes sense for NRL expansion

Aug

'Horrible' state of grassroots league means only one club makes sense for NRL expansion

Curtis Woodward

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Curtis Woodward

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Sterlo says 'freeze it there'. So where does he rank in rugby league's top 20 commentators list?

When your editor asks you to put together a top 20 list of rugby league’s best commentators of the last 30 years, your lip…

Aug

Sterlo says 'freeze it there'. So where does he rank in rugby league's top 20 commentators list?

Curtis Woodward

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Sterlo says 'freeze it there'. So where does he rank in rugby league's top 20 commentators list?

Aug

Sterlo says 'freeze it there'. So where does he rank in rugby league's top 20 commentators list?

Curtis Woodward

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Curtis Woodward

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Crichton is as league as a Raudonikis squirrel grip, but Wallabies can borrow him for RWC

With a World Cup in France on the horizon, Rugby Australia are ready to turn to their greatest secret weapon – the National Rugby…

2021

Crichton is as league as a Raudonikis squirrel grip, but Wallabies can borrow him for RWC

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Crichton is as league as a Raudonikis squirrel grip, but Wallabies can borrow him for RWC

2021

Crichton is as league as a Raudonikis squirrel grip, but Wallabies can borrow him for RWC

Curtis Woodward

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Curtis Woodward

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The Roar's NRL expert tips and predictions: Grand Final

Rugby league is much more than the eighty minutes on the clock. It is more than a match between two grand final teams. This…

2016

The Roar's NRL expert tips and predictions: Grand Final

Curtis Woodward

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The Roar's NRL expert tips and predictions: Grand Final

2016

The Roar's NRL expert tips and predictions: Grand Final

Curtis Woodward

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Curtis Woodward

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The Roar's NRL expert tips and predictions: Finals Week 3

In the words of an angel, Mr. Doc Neeson: “This is it folks, over the top!” Oh rugby league, you dirty old shagger. You're…

2016

The Roar's NRL expert tips and predictions: Finals Week 3

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The Roar's NRL expert tips and predictions: Finals Week 3

2016

The Roar's NRL expert tips and predictions: Finals Week 3

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Curtis Woodward

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The Roar's NRL expert tips and predictions: Finals Week 2

There is nothing better than semi-final time in rugby league. 12 teams are already gone and by Sunday morning, two more will join them.…

2016

The Roar's NRL expert tips and predictions: Finals Week 2

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The Roar's NRL expert tips and predictions: Finals Week 2

2016

The Roar's NRL expert tips and predictions: Finals Week 2

Curtis Woodward

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Curtis Woodward

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The Roar's NRL expert tips and predictions: Finals Week 1

When you think back to some classic movie sequels through history you immediately take yourself to Speed 2: Cruise Control, Blues Brothers 2000 and…

2016

The Roar's NRL expert tips and predictions: Finals Week 1

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The Roar's NRL expert tips and predictions: Finals Week 1

2016

The Roar's NRL expert tips and predictions: Finals Week 1

Curtis Woodward

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Curtis Woodward

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Will Hopoate and religion - the real cost of not playing Sundays

When Canterbury-Bankstown spruiked Will Hopoate's signing from Parramatta at the end of 2015, Bulldogs coach Des Hasler boasted, “Will will be a valuable and…

2016

Will Hopoate and religion - the real cost of not playing Sundays

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Will Hopoate and religion - the real cost of not playing Sundays

2016

Will Hopoate and religion - the real cost of not playing Sundays

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That’s very big of you to say and see. Shame others can’t see the big picture.

'Horrible' state of grassroots league means only one club makes sense for NRL expansion

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The Jets have the bottom.

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Perth needs to be 18.

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The Jets bid have included Logan and Logan is part of their proposal.

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They have enough to get started.

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You’re probably right. Can’t listen to every call, right?

Sterlo says 'freeze it there'. So where does he rank in rugby league's top 20 commentators list?

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Don’t think it was him but loved listening to ABC on a Saturday. You could have a local Canberra team calling the 3pm game for the Raiders, Newcastle locals calling 5.30 for the Knights and then you’d get a local Townsville team calling the Cowboys game at 7.30pm (the Cowboys bloke sounded a bit like Rabs but a radio version)

Sterlo says 'freeze it there'. So where does he rank in rugby league's top 20 commentators list?

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I might have to!

Sterlo says 'freeze it there'. So where does he rank in rugby league's top 20 commentators list?

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I liked Costigan’s work.

Sterlo says 'freeze it there'. So where does he rank in rugby league's top 20 commentators list?

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Had a look. In 2000, Rabs calls him running away for a try against Brisbane and Rabs calls him ‘The Whippet, the Whippet!”. Had Sailor chasing him. Rabs: “The little whippet had the big alsatian chasing”. Not sure if that is it?

Sterlo says 'freeze it there'. So where does he rank in rugby league's top 20 commentators list?

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Mate, he has me blocked on Twitter because I don’t agree with most of what he says.

Sterlo says 'freeze it there'. So where does he rank in rugby league's top 20 commentators list?

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He was very close. Remember him on Optus Vision.

Sterlo says 'freeze it there'. So where does he rank in rugby league's top 20 commentators list?

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I thought Hughes would get a FT gig again after he did the retro round a few years back.

Sterlo says 'freeze it there'. So where does he rank in rugby league's top 20 commentators list?

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Aug

Yeah reading up on Wilko yesterday, he isn’t very fond of Singo and what 2GB did to him when they replaced him with Hadley’s team.

Sterlo says 'freeze it there'. So where does he rank in rugby league's top 20 commentators list?

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Aug

Can you name 3? 😛

Sterlo says 'freeze it there'. So where does he rank in rugby league's top 20 commentators list?

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Aug

Yeah I think Nine have got some of their recruitment wrong recently.

Sterlo says 'freeze it there'. So where does he rank in rugby league's top 20 commentators list?

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Loved Sterlo’s comments this week about wanting to holiday and spend time with his family. Regarding Rabs, how good was he in the 90s?

Sterlo says 'freeze it there'. So where does he rank in rugby league's top 20 commentators list?

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Fatty was originally there.

Sterlo says 'freeze it there'. So where does he rank in rugby league's top 20 commentators list?

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Hi mate. It is callers of the last 30 years.

Sterlo says 'freeze it there'. So where does he rank in rugby league's top 20 commentators list?

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Not sure they called any games though James.

Sterlo says 'freeze it there'. So where does he rank in rugby league's top 20 commentators list?

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Hi mate. It is callers of the last 30 years.

Sterlo says 'freeze it there'. So where does he rank in rugby league's top 20 commentators list?

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Hi mate. It is callers of the last 30 years.

Sterlo says 'freeze it there'. So where does he rank in rugby league's top 20 commentators list?

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Hi mate. It is callers of the last 30 years.

Sterlo says 'freeze it there'. So where does he rank in rugby league's top 20 commentators list?

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Aug

Going to go with yes.

Sterlo says 'freeze it there'. So where does he rank in rugby league's top 20 commentators list?

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Hi mate. It is callers of the last 30 years.

Sterlo says 'freeze it there'. So where does he rank in rugby league's top 20 commentators list?

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