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Experts give their top 8 predictions: Raiders to win premiership, no love for the Titans

5 January, 2017 The81stMinute 0 Comments 1 category

Hold onto your hats Raiders fans, 2017 is going to be one hell of a year according to our experts. Three of them have selected Canberra to go all the way this year and clinch

2017 Predictions: Newcastle Knights

5 January, 2017 The81stMinute 0 Comments 1 category

BY CURTIS WOODWARD Newcastle Knights Coach: Nathan Brown Pre-season: Auckland Nines February 4th and 5th, v Raiders February 18th What they’ll get right: Coach Nathan Brown is doing a fine job with what he

Darius Boyd wants to get better in scary warning to rest of the NRL

5 January, 2017 The81stMinute 0 Comments 1 category

Brisbane Broncos captain-in-waiting Darius Boyd says he wants to improve on his impressive 2016 campaign which saw him cement his spot as both Queensland and Australian fullback. Boyd is also expected to be named new

VIDEO: 1988 Grand Final Breakfast and the mullet of Gus

4 January, 2017 The81stMinute 0 Comments 1 category

Did anyone do the mullet better than Gus Gould? Check out this rare footage from the 1988 Grand Final Breakfast:

Curtain comes down on a Super League giant

4 January, 2017 The81stMinute 0 Comments 1 category

BY STAFF WRITERS They were once heavyweights of English Super League but the Bradford Bulls are no more after the club’s administrator rejected a bid to save the club and confirmed liquidation. Administrators turned down

Say it ain’t so: Raiders ditch cheerleaders for dance competition

4 January, 2017 The81stMinute 0 Comments 1 category

BY KANE AUSTIN Stop everything. The Canberra Raiders are in the news for all the wrong reasons after announcing that they are ditching their cheerleaders. In another victory for the PC Police, it seems cheerleaders

The 10 biggest matches of NRL pre-season

3 January, 2017 The81stMinute 0 Comments 1 category

BY KANE AUSTIN Can you believe it? It’s 2017 already and we’re flying toward another NRL season. Before we get to the real serious stuff, teams need to blow the cobwebs out in pre-season fixtures

VIDEO: Koni Hurrell vs Joseph Parker

3 January, 2017 The81stMinute 0 Comments 1 category

Ever wondered who’d win a boxing match between WBO Heavyweight Champion Joseph Parker and Gold Coast Titans funny guy Konrad ‘The Tongan Tiger Terminator’ Hurrell? Nah we haven’t either but here’s what it would look

Anniversary of Sonny Fai’s death makes idiots of Telegraph’s ‘NRL scandal counter’

3 January, 2017 The81stMinute 0 Comments 1 category

BY CURTIS WOODWARD He had all the talent in the world, a million dollar smile and the x-factor to be the next big thing in Kiwi rugby league. Sonny Fai had the world at his

Pre-season “hell” preparing Host for tilt at starting spot in Dragons pack

3 January, 2017 The81stMinute 0 Comments 1 category

BY CURTIS WOODWARD Rising St George Illawarra forward Jacob Host has described pre-season training to-date as “hell” and the hardest he’s yet to endure. The former Australian Schoolboy played a handful of NRL games in

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