Year: 2017

New York Sea Eagles or smokescreen misdirection?

14 December, 2017 The81stMinute 0 Comments 1 category

BY STAFF WRITERS Despite ongoing salary cap woes – the Manly Sea Eagles are reportedly in discussions to partner the New York City bid which is hoping to join the English Championship competition in 2019.

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Gold Coast Titans finally sold

13 December, 2017 The81stMinute 0 Comments 1 category

A $15 million up-front guarantee with a further $10 million to go to grassroots was enough for the NRL to agree to sell Gold Coast Titans to the Rebecca Frizelle and Darryl Kelly consortium according

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Eels great says Moses should be Blues halfback

13 December, 2017 The81stMinute 0 Comments 1 category

Parramatta Eels and Lebanese International teammate Tim Mannah believes Mitchell Moses should be New South Wales’ halfback in 2018. State of Origin seems like an eternity away by the Eels leader believes what he did

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Ancient NRL websites we thought were dead!

13 December, 2017 The81stMinute 0 Comments 1 category

BY STAFF WRITERS  The NRL and all affiliated clubs and organisations have had a digital makeover with new websites hitting the internet on Wednesday morning. The internet sure has come a long way – we’re

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WATCH: Western Reds’ first ever game at the WACA

12 December, 2017 The81stMinute 0 Comments 1 category

Time is fast running out for Perth’s WACA ground – a venue made famous by the once mighty Western Reds. Wait, what?! Yeah, you heard us – the Western Reds. Sit back and their triumphant

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Sea Eagles to fight NRL over salary cap breaches

12 December, 2017 The81stMinute 0 Comments 1 category

Brand new Manly Sea Eagles CEO Lyall Gorman says the club will fight a breach notice from the NRL alleging salary cap breaches over the last five years. Manly has five days to response to

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Sisa Waqa outed for stealing from fans to fuel gambling addiction

7 December, 2017 The81stMinute 0 Comments 1 category

BY CURTIS WOODWARD @woodward_curtis Former Melbourne Storm winger Sisa Waqa has reportedly fled to Fiji amid claims he borrowed thousands of dollars off starry-eyed Storm supporters to aid his gambling addiction. Channel Nine’s A Current

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Women’s NRL competition to begin next year

6 December, 2017 The81stMinute 0 Comments 1 category

The NRL has announced its inaugural women’s competition which will begin in 2018 with NRL CEO Todd Greenberg saying 40 Australian Jillaroos players would be awarded contracts. “For the first time, there will be a

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