Arrival of FIFA World Cup and a Rugby Australia resurrection can be the wake up call the NRL desperately needs
BY CURTIS WOODWARD @woodward_curtis High above the clouds, atop the tallest mountain in the brutal Australian sporting landscape, sit two giant codes. Bloating, spitting and...
Wests Tigers fans should be demanding re-signing of Adam Doueihi instead of talk of Luke Brooks and Mitch Moses reunion
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...
‘Pull your head in’: Young NRL players forget where their bread is buttered as Selwyn Cobbo embarrasses himself, club and his head coach
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...
Civil unrest continues to boil under the surface for Wests Tigers junior clubs and lack of communication from NSWRL
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...
‘I will stomp the ground with a thunderous noise’: Is Vaai ‘Jason’ Taumalolo a Tongan king in waiting?
BY CURTIS WOODWARD @woodward_curtis Vaai Taumalolo has done everything in the game except win a Rugby League World Cup. It isn’t the prettiest opening paragraph...
From Beirut to Sicily, Albi to Sunbury: Did you know these local rugby league clubs will be represented at the World Cup?
BY STAFF WRITERS The Rugby League World Cup is about much more than the superstars of the NRL or those in the Super League representing...
Wests Tigers officials could do worse than take some notes as Western Sydney grand final week between Penrith and Parramatta goes into overdrive
BY CURTIS WOODWARD @woodward_curtis COMMENT National Rugby League grand final week is firing on all cylinders – two of the game’s biggest clubs are set...
Big Black Bear necessity: The day Norths stole victory from the jaws of defeat and vanquished the mighty Broncos from 1994 finals
BY CURTIS WOODWARD @woodward_curtis It is still considered by many as the greatest playoff series in the history of rugby league in Australia. Every match...
Croker’s miss: Wests Tigers survive after late Raiders kick sends Canberra packing out of 2010 finals series
BY CURTIS WOODWARD @woodward_curtis The 2010 NRL Finals will forever be remembered as the season the St George Illawarra Dragons won their maiden premiership as...
Shark attack: The day Cronulla eliminated the Bulldogs from finals series with 52-point drubbing
BY CURTIS WOODWARD @woodward_curtis The Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs were one of the teams to beat heading into the 2001 finals series and while Parramatta were runaway...