Thurston Cleans up With Four Awards

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Johnathan Thurston is a two-time The81stMinute Player of the Year after taking out the award, presented by Ultimatesportsmemorabilia.com.au, for the second consecutive year. The North Queensland skipper beat out Sydney’s Roger Tuivasa-Sheck by four votes

Cowboys Remember Roosters Finals Loss in 2014

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North Queensland forward Gavin Cooper says his team has not forgotten their loss to the Sydney Roosters in last year’s finals and says it’s the perfect example of what they can’t do again in 2015.

Rabbitohs Still Have the Desire to Defend Crown

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Rabbitohs captain Greg Inglis has warned his Finals opponents that he is feeling fresh and has backed South Sydney coach Michael Maguire despite the champions spluttering into the playoffs and face Cronulla in an elimination

Live Coverage: Player of the Year

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It’s awards day! Welcome to live coverage of the Ultimatesportsmemorabilia.com.au Player of the Year. We’ll have the announcements as they come through from twitter and facebook throughout the day. It begins at 10am with the

The Quick Tap

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    MAKE BENNETT THE GODFATHER OF NRL When Brisbane Broncos coach Wayne Bennett speaks people listen and that was the case on Thursday night when the great man hit back at opposing coach Craig

The Millennium Falcons: Sea Eagles

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The seventh installment of the legendary Star Wars franchise is on its way and The81stMinute is getting pumped for the late 2015 release with some Jedi tricks of our own. Some of George Lucas’ greatest

Gasnier: Brown Needs to Pick His Own Squad

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Mark Gasnier believes Nathan Brown is the right man for the job at Newcastle and says the new coach should have the team he wants moving forward. “The core of the 17 is there, and

Bennett Hits Back at Bellamy and Smith

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Master Brisbane coach Wayne Bennett has hit back at Storm coach Craig Bellamy and captain Cameron Smith saying the NRL scheduling is much more than just five-day turnarounds. “It’s difficult because on one hand everybody

Roosters Bond Together Without Peace and JWH

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Sydney Roosters bookend Sam Moa says the fact his team and coach Trent Robinson didn’t talk about Mitchell Pearce and Jared Waerea-Hargreaves’ absence made the team excel last weekend against Manly and the tricolours were