Average Joe versus the pro: The time I faced Benji Marshall
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Back in 2003, I was a butter-fingered winger for the Newcastle representative touch football team. Playing in the link position (one in from the…
This is the second article proposing how to improve the NRL fixture and scheduling. Part 1 addressed giving teams a more balanced set of…
The NRL draw is inherently unfair, with not all teams meeting one another on a home-and-away basis. The fact that those teams facing one…
Despite the rollout of vaccines, bubbles and quarantines will continue to be unavoidable in the sporting world for the foreseeable future. Cricket, with so…
In this final edition of Super League Revisited, the last 'what ifs' concern the NRL's 14-team rationalisation. What if no teams faced the chopping…
This week's edition focuses on the warring competitions' fight to recruit clubs and establish themselves. What if Super League moved to the Central Coast?…
In this final sequence of the look back on the Super League era looking at the events of the period and their consequences, I…
This edition is a re-look at the years affected by the war. Apologies if some details, like finals formats, seem like data dumps, but…
Part 5 of this Super League series is the second half of the A-Z focus on select players and other stakeholders. The previous four…
This look back on the Super League conflict, in true 2020 style, went on an unscheduled hiatus but is now going to run its…
After looking at the clubs that defected to Super League and those that remained loyal to the ARL, this time, I want to review…
Following Part 1, which focused on the clubs aligned to the Super League, I'm now going to look back on the ARL and their…
Due to COVID-19, the 25th anniversary of the last great disruption to the game - the Super League war - has passed with little…
Michael Lamonato penned a recent article about the excessive Formula One schedule. If Miami and Vietnam present viable models for 2020, that would bring…
Let's face it, sport and intelligence don't always mix. Just look at the Sunwolves playing half of their games in Singapore. Or the Australian…
On the week before the AFL finals six teams must travel interstate for their clashes. Facing a potential elimination match the following week against…
The last coach didn’t think Lomax was doing a good enough job in the centres, and the new coach agrees. And the ridiculous thing is that he’s doing well in a different position. If I signed him for another club and one of my wingers went down, I’d want to put him there. But the fact that Lomax would likely throw another fit means I wouldn’t want to even sign him. If he is so desperate to play right centre, he should get a captain-coach gig in group 6 with the other ex-NRL guys who self-sabotaged their careers.
NRL News: Lomax set to ask for Dragons release, Gus says depleted Broncos 'vulnerable', Katoa inks new deal
One of the ’99 Magpies missed a game due to an infection from a cut after shaving his legs. Pretty sure he did it for strapping purposes, but surely a difficult one to live down.
NRL News: Fifita's future at Titans clouded, Hopoate lucky to avoid serious injury from BBQ blow-up, Drinkwater into elite ranks
True, but those who observe Ramadan tend to also be taking prayer breaks. Accommodations can be offered to all employees without anyone being singled out. I appreciate that it’s difficult, but there’s very few people in society who don’t need subtle accommodations at some stage.
'It reminds us of how helpless we are': Life as an NRL player during Ramadan - with a little help from Hazem
Reese Walsh got his head knock 3 minutes in. Fatigue is simply not an issue at that point in the game. It certainly would be, but to the Broncos’ detriment, later in the game.
NRL can reduce concussion headache by expanding the number of interchange players - with a retro twist
And the NRL, who aren’t even the primary tenants (that’s Sydney FC women), won’t stump up the cash either.
'I don't have spare dollars': Death sentence for Leichhardt as NSW Premier rejects Tigers' reno plans
Which comes down to duty of care by the employer.
'It reminds us of how helpless we are': Life as an NRL player during Ramadan - with a little help from Hazem
Get a life
'Welcome to Wigan, dickhead': Rugby league's a different ball game in the concrete jungle of post-Thatcher Britain
Because Laurie Nicholls made a compelling argument to Peter Beattie.
'It’s pointless us playing here': Richo's grave warning on Leichhardt as Tigers take aim at 'gold urinals' Panthers
Ooh ooh, me me me!!! I’m cruel and twisted!
Seriously though, Leichhardt has been a loyal servant to the game but it needs to be retired. It’s literally unsafe, and it’s not worth the expenditure to repair or rebuild the venue to an NRL standard. The community event argument is a furphy. Other venues hold a similar number of events, or at least have the capability to do so. I’d support a Redfern-style redevelopment, where a sparce but safe environment exists for those events with lower crowd expectations, especially if junior grand finals and the like were held there. That way, rather than being a liability, it can still serve the community (rugby league and in general).
'It’s pointless us playing here': Richo's grave warning on Leichhardt as Tigers take aim at 'gold urinals' Panthers
Can’t argue with Tracey at the back.
Round 4 Team Lists Late Mail: Key Raiders injury leads to Origin star return, Newcastle lose Gagai to 'medical condition'
Just a gut feeling.
Round 4 Team Lists Late Mail: Key Raiders injury leads to Origin star return, Newcastle lose Gagai to 'medical condition'
Not to mention that the awarding of points being reversed is a moot point in a final.
Incredible drama as Victorian Premier Cricket club go full Bazball, win grand final with all time run chase for 70-year first
IIRC, the Sheffield Shield’s old scoring system awarded 6 points for winning outright, but 2 points to the team who led after each sides’ first innings in the event of a draw. I believe that the term ‘reverse outright’ came from there to signify that the team leading from the first innings had their two points taken from them because they ultimately lost.
Incredible drama as Victorian Premier Cricket club go full Bazball, win grand final with all time run chase for 70-year first
Tracey will miss out, but I’d rather JAC at fullback with Taaffe squeezed out.
Round 4 Team Lists Late Mail: Key Raiders injury leads to Origin star return, Newcastle lose Gagai to 'medical condition'
Normally the fans don’t play the underdog line this early.
Round 4 Team Lists Late Mail: Key Raiders injury leads to Origin star return, Newcastle lose Gagai to 'medical condition'
That’s like allowing offsides if the player got there with time to spare: “Well, if he’d started a few steps back, he still would have scored.”
Moses-inspired Parra prove they're finals contenders but Manly seething as Bunker lacks 'common sense' with no-try call
First sentence good. Second sentence slanderous.
'Grow up': France coach still crying salty tears over RWC exit, makes 'disgusting' claim about Kiwi ref
Perhaps Penrith put the cue in the rack once the result was beyond doubt.
'Duty to bend' debate over Walsh hit overshadows 'absolute genius' Cleary torturing Broncos in statement Panthers win
Incidental contact doesn’t give you blurred vision.
'Duty to bend' debate over Walsh hit overshadows 'absolute genius' Cleary torturing Broncos in statement Panthers win
I would argue with the reintroduction of the fines system, the NRL abandoned the premise of protecting players. How many acts in the last couple of years have lightened NAS’s wallet without costing him game time?
'Duty to bend' debate over Walsh hit overshadows 'absolute genius' Cleary torturing Broncos in statement Panthers win
I don’t think TPJ’s high school had a careers advisor.
'I haven't told Wayne yet': Broncos or bust - Pangai knocks back Bennett's Dolphins offer for NRL return
They’d get in each other’s way.
NRL Round 3 Team Lists: Bad news for painful Haas injury, Cook benched? O'Brien opens up on Hastings axe amid halves chaos
I, for one, welcome our fly-in fly-out overlords.
CA makes Perth call - where and when Australia's blockbuster Tests against India will be played
I trust him fielding kicks and organizing the defense. His positioning needs work, but that can be addressed. When Walker was playing fullback in Mitchell’s absence a few years back, I wondered if Walker would stay at the back and Mitchell would play in the 6 jersey. Too late to try that now, unfortunately, given Walker is slowing down.
Too much to Bear: Danger signs emerge as Rabbitohs start to unravel after years of near-misses
It’s the Dolphins who have cap space. Maybe it’s them.
NRL News: Lomax set to ask for Dragons release, Gus says depleted Broncos 'vulnerable', Katoa inks new deal