March 2019

Why Parramatta will learn more from Roosters loss than any other game this year

29 March, 2019 The81stMinute 0 Comments 1 category

BY CURTIS WOODWARD @woodward_curtis The defending premiers gave themselves to Parramatta on a silver platter in Friday night football at ANZ Stadium. In the end, the under strength Sydney Roosters may have taught the Eels

Today Show’s AFL crapfest will only kill it quicker as ratings continue to spiral

29 March, 2019 The81stMinute 0 Comments 1 category

BY SCOTT DILLON What is going on at The Today Show? You’d swear they were the official broadcaster of the AFL if their recent antics are anything to go by. Ratings have been in free

Kiwi PM says Manly v Warriors an ‘important part of recovery’

29 March, 2019 The81stMinute 0 Comments 1 category

Kiwi Prime Minister Jacinda Adern says the Manly versus Warriors match in Christchurch on Saturday is an “important part of recovery” as the city continues to mourn the 50 people shot dead at a Mosque

Why the NRL has no choice but to bring the great game of rugby league back to Perth

27 March, 2019 The81stMinute 0 Comments 1 category

BY CURTIS WOODWARD @woodward_curtis It is a post-apocalyptic world. Aussie rules posts stand in oddly familiar Sydney parks, rugby league posts rise in Melbourne, carcasses of rugby union franchises like the Western Force and Tokyo

Wests Tigers who? Camden Council to spend $3 million on footy precinct upgrade

27 March, 2019 The81stMinute 0 Comments 1 category

BY A.J NASH Forget Wests Tigers – we will do it all ourselves. That is the message from the people of Macarthur after Camden Council announced it was set to spend $1.39 million on two

Alphabetical all-time rugby league XVII: K

27 March, 2019 The81stMinute 0 Comments 1 category

BY STAFF WRITERS It is about half past (whatever o’clock) and you’re standing around the bonfire talking footy. The topic gets to fantasy footy teams and old mate throws up a cracker: “What about teams

Newcastle Knights want Jarrod Mullen back at the club

27 March, 2019 The81stMinute 0 Comments 1 category

The Newcastle Knights want troubled former star Jarrod Mullen back at the club according to their CEO Phil Gardner following reports the one-time State of Origin five-eigth recently overdosed at a party in the local

Daily Telegraph forced to apoligise to young Bulldogs halfback Lachlan Lewis

26 March, 2019 The81stMinute 0 Comments 1 category

The Daily Telegraph has been been forced to apoligise to young Canterbury half Lachlan Lewis after wrongfully naming him as part of their report into the club’s Mad Monday celebrations last year. “The article originally

‘Complete Fiction’: James Graham fires back at Peter FitzSimons

25 March, 2019 The81stMinute 0 Comments 1 category

BY A.J NASH St George Illawarra Dragons firebrand James Graham has savaged Sydney Morning Herald journalist Peter FitzSimons in a statement released by the St George Illawarra Dragons. Graham was responding to an article written

Shock leader in Arthur Beetson Medal after two competition rounds

25 March, 2019 The81stMinute 0 Comments 1 category

BY STAFF WRITERS Wests Tigers veteran Robbie Farah is the shock Arthur Beetson Medal leader after two rounds of the 2019 NRL season. The dummy half has turned back the clock with two impressive performances

Month: March 2019