January 2023

Wests Tigers fans should be demanding re-signing of Adam Doueihi instead of talk of Luke Brooks and Mitch Moses reunion

31 January, 2023 The81stMinute 0 Comments 1 category

BY CURTIS WOODWARD @woodward_curtis If it wasn’t for a long-term injury to Adam Doueihi in pre-season last season, Luke Brooks may well have played out the 2022 premiership in the blue and red of the

Todd Payten reveals return date for young star Heilum Luki

31 January, 2023 The81stMinute 0 Comments 1 category

North Queensland Cowboys coach Todd Payten has revealed young star Heilum Luki could be back on the field by round four after sustaining a season-ending ACL injury last year. “He’s training really well.. we are

Major sponsors of 2023 Beetson Raudonikis Medal confirmed

18 January, 2023 The81stMinute 0 Comments 1 category

The major sponsors of the 12th annual Beetson Raudonikis Medal have been confirmed for 2023. Barkingham Palace Dog Grooming & Day Care return for yet another season while we welcome Nova Locksmiths Australia for the

St Helens star Konrad Hurrell racing the clock ahead of World Club Challenge with partner expecting first child

18 January, 2023 The81stMinute 0 Comments 1 category

St Helens star Konrad Hurrell is racing the clock to be part of the club’s touring party to Australia to face Penrith in the 2023 World Club Challenge on February 18. Hurrell and his partner

Rabbitohs using club legend Sam Burgess in negotiations with fellow Englishman Dom Young

17 January, 2023 The81stMinute 0 Comments 1 category

The South Sydney Rabbitohs have turned to club legend Sam Burgess in an attempt lure fellow Englishman Dom Young away from Newcastle and to Sydney to play with the Rabbitohs. According to Channel Nine’s Danny

Panthers confirm departure of superstar Stephen Crichton will move to Bulldogs to be confirmed

17 January, 2023 The81stMinute 0 Comments 1 category

The Penrith Panthers have lost another premiership-winning superstar with the club confirming Stephen Chrichton will leave Penrith at the end of the incoming 2023 season. It is expected Chrichton will link up with the Canterbury

Warriors cult hero Jazz Tevaga to donate money for every tackle, run and try in 2023 to cancer-stricken mate Roman Tuhimata

10 January, 2023 The81stMinute 0 Comments 1 category

New Zealand Warriors cult hero Jazz Tevaga will donate money from every game he plays in 2023 to a childhood hero who was recently diagnosed with cancer. Tevaga will donate $10 for every tackle he

Knights coach Adam O’Brien confirms Kalyn Ponga has spent summer training in the halves as switch from fullback looms

10 January, 2023 The81stMinute 0 Comments 1 category

Adam O’Brien’s coaching tenure may well end up depending on the reported switch of star and captain Kalyn Ponga from fullback to five-eigth after the coach confirmed Ponga had been training in the halves at

‘Pull your head in’: Young NRL players forget where their bread is buttered as Selwyn Cobbo embarrasses himself, club and his head coach

9 January, 2023 The81stMinute 0 Comments 2 categories

BY CURTIS WOODWARD @woodward_curtis COMMENT Young stars of the National Rugby League are walking a fine line and might need to take a step back and give themselves a good, hard look in the mirror

Civil unrest continues to boil under the surface for Wests Tigers junior clubs and lack of communication from NSWRL

5 January, 2023 The81stMinute 0 Comments 2 categories

BY CURTIS WOODWARD @woodward_curtis On the surface, or from the outside looking in at least, the reunification of junior and senior clubs from Wests Tigers Macarthur and the Group 6 competitions in 2022 under the

Month: January 2023