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Tim has been an NRL statistician for ABC Radio Grandstand since 1999, primarily as part of their Canberra coverage. Tim has loved rugby league since Sterlo was a kid with lots of hair but was cursed with having no personal sporting ability whatsoever. He couldn't take a hit in footy, was a third division soccer player making up numbers, plays off 41 in golf and is possibly the worlds worst cricketer ever. He has always been good at arguing the point though and he has a great memory of what happened. Follow Tim on Twitter @GorskiOPork
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Just a month ago I predicted that the 2019 NRL premier would come from the usual suspects, with my tip being the Roosters to be the first side to go back to back since the Broncos in 1992-1993.
Cam Smith is right. There. I said it.
While I thoroughly support Todd Greenberg’s line in the sand in regard to player behaviour, I am very worried that it could have the consequence of attacking the civil liberties and rights of players.
The game of rugby league is littered with tales of players who were the next big thing but somehow failed to live up to the hype.
With three weeks until the 2019 NRL season starts, many of us are filled with hope that our team will do really well. Maybe they’ll even challenge for the premiership.
When juxtaposed against the NRL’s release of each club’s relative third-party sponsorship amounts, the deregistration of Wests Tigers CEO Justin Pascoe and the accompanying massive fine of the club last year shows just how deep the divide is between the NRLs haves and have-nots.
“Know your enemy and know yourself and you will always be victorious” – Sun Tzu.
Before the start of the 2017 season, I declared that the Indigenous All Stars match – in its form at the time – was a “careless misuse of players and borders on being insulting to the very Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Australians that it is meant to be celebrating.”
The Canberra Raiders have had some superb captains; Dean Lance, Mal Meninga, Ricky Stuart, Alan Tongue and Jarrod Croker. You can now add Josh Hodgson to that list.
Sometimes I feel like if I ever see another Haka again it will be too soon.
There have been lots of NRL supporters who’ve been gleefully watching the steaming excrement sandwich that has been unfolding on the northern beaches over the past five seasons.
This Saturday evening the Kangaroos will clash with the Kiwis in a rugby league Test match. In seasons past I’ve really looked forward to these clashes as they were heated and intense affairs.
Somehow the NRL Match Review Committee managed to only charge Cameron Munster with ‘Contrary Conduct’ for kicking Joseph Manu in the head in the dying moments of the NRL grand final.
So here we are at the final game of the season. I’m not feeling a lot of love for either of these sides out there. However, both are very deserving participants.
So the NRL grand final is upon us and we should all be getting excited and preparing for the big night.
The idea of suspending Billy Slater – the best fullback I’ve ever seen – for the manner of his contact on Sosaia Feki is totally outrageous to me.
7:40pm, Saturday 22 September, Alliance Stadium. This is the last rugby league game at this ground.
There is no love lost between these sides. They really don’t like each other.
If the hysteria is to be believed, we now have the proof that the AFL is clearly better and more popular than the NRL.
“2019 needs to be a good season for them if they want to keep getting referred to as a star”
Put up or shut up: Players who need a big 2019
Premise as stated: “Right now there are players at clubs right across the NRL who know that 2019 needs to be a good season for them if they want to keep getting referred to as a star; or to get the contract they want; or to keep their starting spot; or even just to get another contract.”
Put up or shut up: Players who need a big 2019
The thing is only 2005 is in that category. Your dogs failed to back up, Fittler retired, the Eels and the dragons failed to convert their potential.
It was a standout.
Predicting the 2019 NRL premiers before a ball is kicked
Recently my tipping has been crap
Predicting the 2019 NRL premiers before a ball is kicked
And I’m not paranoid! Everyone IS out to get me!
Who are NRL HQ's least to most favourite teams?
And I am asserting all of those things. And not ‘somehow’ either. I suggest you Read the linked article before you start calling fake news.
Who are NRL HQ's least to most favourite teams?
Correct! Emcie doesn’t know his Clancy Wiggum!
Who are NRL HQ's least to most favourite teams?
It was never BBRLFC. It was fro the very beginning Brisbane Broncos LTD.
Who are NRL HQ's least to most favourite teams?
Let’s put it this way: anyone who targets him risks getting badly hurt. He reads well and hits hard
NRL 2019 season preview: Canberra Raiders
I’ll take that bet Scotty. They’ll make the eight. Wighton at 5/8 will be great. In attack but specially defence, repairing the Austin chasm. Bateman will star. And the absence of the two behemoth props who could only just manage 35 minutes a game each, averaged under 100 gained a game and crucial missed tackles is a boon for the Raiders. The rest of the pack can play a variety of spots and big minutes. Second half fade outs should abate.
Loser wears the others club colours for a week.
NRL 2019 season preview: Canberra Raiders
Brisbane Broncos LTD ARE a business. That’s how they were set up. Not as a football club. All the Sydney clubs were footy clubs who found themselves involved in a big business.
Who are NRL HQ's least to most favourite teams?
Like quadrangle and rhombus, juxtaposition is a word rarely used after school…
Who are NRL HQ's least to most favourite teams?
Scoop, go have a look at the Roosters crowds and ratings – as compared to those other sides – in 2017 When the 2018 draw was created.
Who are NRL HQ's least to most favourite teams?
Well in Manly’s case that is a reasonable position to have. I’d also be angry that they got caught.
Who are NRL HQ's least to most favourite teams?
Agreed
Put up or shut up: Players who need a big 2019