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The easy fix NRL refuses to make to protect refs from accusations of bias

While many of the accusations levelled at the officiating in the NRL are well off the mark, being the closed shop they are exacerbates…

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The easy fix NRL refuses to make to protect refs from accusations of bias

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The easy fix NRL refuses to make to protect refs from accusations of bias

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The easy fix NRL refuses to make to protect refs from accusations of bias

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Four tiers in one season: The NRL drawn and quartered

It is a pretty sobering thought for 12 of the 16 NRL teams that in 65 per cent of the 24 National Rugby League…

Apr

Four tiers in one season: The NRL drawn and quartered

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Four tiers in one season: The NRL drawn and quartered

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Four tiers in one season: The NRL drawn and quartered

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Panthers could be one of the greatest sides of the modern era, but they’re not celebrating anything right now

Like so many rugby league fans, the countdown is on until Friday night’s clash between the unbeaten Panthers and the resurgent Rabbitohs. The grand…

Mar

Panthers could be one of the greatest sides of the modern era, but they’re not celebrating anything right now

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Panthers could be one of the greatest sides of the modern era, but they’re not celebrating anything right now

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Panthers could be one of the greatest sides of the modern era, but they’re not celebrating anything right now

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Ricky's Raiders just need some luck, there's no need to panic

While losing to the North Queensland Cowboys was not ideal, the Raiders are presently suffering some bad luck that, when it passes, will see…

Mar

Ricky's Raiders just need some luck, there's no need to panic

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Ricky's Raiders just need some luck, there's no need to panic

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Ricky's Raiders just need some luck, there's no need to panic

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The loser of the Roosters-Eagles clash will be at long odds to make the decider

The chances are high that if you don’t go for the Sydney Roosters or the Manly Sea Eagles that you don’t like either club…

Mar

The loser of the Roosters-Eagles clash will be at long odds to make the decider

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The loser of the Roosters-Eagles clash will be at long odds to make the decider

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The loser of the Roosters-Eagles clash will be at long odds to make the decider

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The Eels and Rabbitohs are in a fight just to make the eight

NRL season 2022 gets underway tonight with an awesome clash involving two sides I am virtually certain will make the finals. The Sea Eagles…

Mar

The Eels and Rabbitohs are in a fight just to make the eight

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The Eels and Rabbitohs are in a fight just to make the eight

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The Eels and Rabbitohs are in a fight just to make the eight

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The three deepest NRL teams best placed to cope this year

At no time since I’ve been following rugby league has the ability to effectively draw on an extended squad been as important as it…

Mar

The three deepest NRL teams best placed to cope this year

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The three deepest NRL teams best placed to cope this year

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The three deepest NRL teams best placed to cope this year

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Five matches is all it costs a repeat offender who smashes an opponent’s knee

There have been a lot of people calling for the St George Illawarra Dragons forward Tyrell Fuimaono to get a massive ban, wanting a…

Feb

Five matches is all it costs a repeat offender who smashes an opponent’s knee

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Five matches is all it costs a repeat offender who smashes an opponent’s knee

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Five matches is all it costs a repeat offender who smashes an opponent’s knee

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The NRL must pay Origin rates and shift the date to give All Stars game the prominence it deserves

If the All Stars game that pits the Indigenous All Stars against the Maori All Stars is to become the enduring annual celebration that…

Feb

The NRL must pay Origin rates and shift the date to give All Stars game the prominence it deserves

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The NRL must pay Origin rates and shift the date to give All Stars game the prominence it deserves

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The NRL must pay Origin rates and shift the date to give All Stars game the prominence it deserves

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Endangered species: Is 2022 the last stand of the big boned boofheads and over 30s?

The NRL may just have slowed the extinction of the genuine big man from the game of rugby league. Already under siege as a…

Feb

Endangered species: Is 2022 the last stand of the big boned boofheads and over 30s?

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Endangered species: Is 2022 the last stand of the big boned boofheads and over 30s?

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Endangered species: Is 2022 the last stand of the big boned boofheads and over 30s?

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NRL 2022: What chance does your team have? Here's a dose of cold, hard truth

NRL season 2022 starts in just over a month and so many of us have yet to have our hopes for the coming season…

Feb

NRL 2022: What chance does your team have? Here's a dose of cold, hard truth

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NRL 2022: What chance does your team have? Here's a dose of cold, hard truth

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NRL 2022: What chance does your team have? Here's a dose of cold, hard truth

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White powder, rule changes and Panthers get job done: Lessons learnt from 2021

When season 2021 kicked off way back on March 11, we all had hopes that we had emerged from under the cloud of COVID-19…

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White powder, rule changes and Panthers get job done: Lessons learnt from 2021

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White powder, rule changes and Panthers get job done: Lessons learnt from 2021

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White powder, rule changes and Panthers get job done: Lessons learnt from 2021

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The 50-point hoodoo is bollocks – the Rabbitohs are a red hot chance

Anyone writing off the South Sydney Rabbitohs simply because they have conceded 50 points in two games this season are kidding themselves. The South…

Sep

The 50-point hoodoo is bollocks – the Rabbitohs are a red hot chance

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The 50-point hoodoo is bollocks – the Rabbitohs are a red hot chance

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The 50-point hoodoo is bollocks – the Rabbitohs are a red hot chance

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V’landys, Abdo, Annesley, McGuirk and the trainers: Failure and zero accountability

The Parramatta team and their supporters feel deeply robbed and they want blood. And they are totally justified in their rage. Their claim that…

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V’landys, Abdo, Annesley, McGuirk and the trainers: Failure and zero accountability

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V’landys, Abdo, Annesley, McGuirk and the trainers: Failure and zero accountability

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V’landys, Abdo, Annesley, McGuirk and the trainers: Failure and zero accountability

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The inevitable 2021 Storm premiership proves Craig Bellamy should be NRL's next CEO

If our goal is for the NRL to be run properly, effectively, evenly and fairly then Craig Bellamy should be the next CEO of…

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The inevitable 2021 Storm premiership proves Craig Bellamy should be NRL's next CEO

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The inevitable 2021 Storm premiership proves Craig Bellamy should be NRL's next CEO

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The inevitable 2021 Storm premiership proves Craig Bellamy should be NRL's next CEO

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Manly are the 'People's Team'? You'd better believe it!

Going into this year’s NRL Finals there is a great disturbance in the Force. Something is dreadfully wrong. I – along with so many…

Sep

Manly are the 'People's Team'? You'd better believe it!

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Manly are the 'People's Team'? You'd better believe it!

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Manly are the 'People's Team'? You'd better believe it!

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Why the focus on Latrell misses the real issue in a failing system

The 56th minute of the Roosters-Rabbitohs match saw Bunnies fullback Latrell Mitchell smash Roosters centre Joseph Manu in the face with his shoulder. The…

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Why the focus on Latrell misses the real issue in a failing system

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Why the focus on Latrell misses the real issue in a failing system

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Why the focus on Latrell misses the real issue in a failing system

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Give a young man lots of money and free time and you can create a very stupid young man

Professional rugby league is a young man's game. And I speak from personal experience when I say that there is no one quite as…

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Give a young man lots of money and free time and you can create a very stupid young man

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Give a young man lots of money and free time and you can create a very stupid young man

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Give a young man lots of money and free time and you can create a very stupid young man

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The blatant Cleary shoulder charge and what it confirms about the NRL

“All animals are equal but some animals are more equal than others” – George Orwell. Just why did Nathan Cleary not get sin binned,…

Aug

The blatant Cleary shoulder charge and what it confirms about the NRL

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The blatant Cleary shoulder charge and what it confirms about the NRL

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The blatant Cleary shoulder charge and what it confirms about the NRL

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Will Chambers' unrelenting abuse should be beginning of the end for sledging

Watching the Sharks' Will Chambers remorseless verbal attacks on his opponents it suddenly occurred to me that I was watching the beginning of the…

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Will Chambers' unrelenting abuse should be beginning of the end for sledging

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Will Chambers' unrelenting abuse should be beginning of the end for sledging

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Will Chambers' unrelenting abuse should be beginning of the end for sledging

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It draws a parallel William. Compares the Doctrine of Papal infallibility – the concept / edict that someone or some body is above / beyond question with the NRL having unquestionable control of the peak rugby league competition in this country. I’m contending both are bad.

The easy fix NRL refuses to make to protect refs from accusations of bias

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You’ve missed the point completely. Totally. There are literally multitudes of people who want to be NRL referees. The question is how they can actually achieve that aspiration. Recently we had had situation where three brothers were all simultaneously in the top echelon of NRL referees, with one in charge. People held that fact up to scrutiny. We’re you aware of that Kent? And if so, did you question it? My point is that the referees should be run by a wholly different body that is entirely separate from the private company that is the NRL. That way we have transparency over whom gets selected, how they get trained and how they get reviewed. When we get to that point we can then happily say “of course they make mistakes” knowing that there is a really robust and transparent system in place that gets the best possible people into those roles. Right now there absolutely is not.
And if it was so hot in that kitchen Kent, why haven’t Ben Cummins and Gerry Sutton walked away for an easier life? Could it be that they ARE well remunerated perhaps?

The easy fix NRL refuses to make to protect refs from accusations of bias

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I concur. I got mine for 52 years.

The easy fix NRL refuses to make to protect refs from accusations of bias

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I’m also biased GB…

The easy fix NRL refuses to make to protect refs from accusations of bias

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NO! It was a Colt!

The easy fix NRL refuses to make to protect refs from accusations of bias

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Actually I don’t mind the team and the staff. I had the honour of doing Tommy Turbo’s very first post 1st grade interview down in Albury in 2015. I’m a DCE fan and always had lots of time for Jamie Lyon.

The easy fix NRL refuses to make to protect refs from accusations of bias

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Thats not where my mind went

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I have been blessed with really good editors.

The easy fix NRL refuses to make to protect refs from accusations of bias

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Grant Atkins is a great ref and a good bloke. Ash Klein is a good guy.

The easy fix NRL refuses to make to protect refs from accusations of bias

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Mick, Dad’s Coffin was carried by Ryan Sutton (Lancastrian), Josh Hodgson (Yorkshireman), Jarrod Croker and Sia Soliola.
HRH Queen Liz pinned his AM on him at Yarralumla back in 1986.
That engine he got from Mitsubishi in Adelaide. He took the Science Circus down to Radelaide in 1985 I think? and one of the managers of the plant spoke to him after a show and after a short while they agreed to create it. I think it is still around. I believe it was a 2.4 Magna engine.

The easy fix NRL refuses to make to protect refs from accusations of bias

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Oh there are pictures…

The easy fix NRL refuses to make to protect refs from accusations of bias

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And I’ve never doubted yours either James.

The easy fix NRL refuses to make to protect refs from accusations of bias

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Are you stalking me kk?

The easy fix NRL refuses to make to protect refs from accusations of bias

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I think that the actual committees of the local (eg Parramatta Referees, Penrith Referees, etc) should vote in a panel regularly that oversees NSW Cup and Queensland Cup appointments. They put up the promotion candidates to the top grade, with another higher panel -also voted in by the referees associations – doing the top grade appointment and appointing the trainers and coaches that look after them. Total independence from those that handle the admin and operations at the NRL. How could that be a bad thing?

The easy fix NRL refuses to make to protect refs from accusations of bias

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For the time being at least, yes

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It has disturbed me in recent times that we’ve agreed more than not…

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I did not remove your comment. However, I did see my error before your comment this morning and it was in the queue with the subbies to be amended before you commented.
And yes, jurbos efforts in the ruck were vintage Des.

Four tiers in one season: The NRL drawn and quartered

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I edited the article. Mr Carter may be crazy, but it is not for this reason.

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Adam, this is twice in recent times we’ve agreed on something. I’m concerned…

Experts Roar: Is speed of NRL too fast, slow or just right?

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I mean, we love you GB, but sometimes you’ve got to let it go a bit.

Experts Roar: Is speed of NRL too fast, slow or just right?

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Finally! Someone who gets what I’m saying!

Four tiers in one season: The NRL drawn and quartered

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Correct. Hypothetical.
Apologies. Text reads ambiguously.

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I’m sure you’ll shoot me down, but maybe Kotoni goes to 6?

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He is quite impressive to listen to from the sideline.

Panthers could be one of the greatest sides of the modern era, but they’re not celebrating anything right now

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I do say “some form” noting that nothing really makes up for a GF defeat…

Panthers could be one of the greatest sides of the modern era, but they’re not celebrating anything right now

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