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Wednesday, Apr 25, 2018
BY CURTIS WOODWARD @woodward_curtis Imagine a world where your favourite NRL player was scoring dazzling tries one week and enlisting to go to war the next. Try to picture the legendary Johnathan Thurston, his infectious smile, not on a football field having the time of his life, but instead storming up cliff faces on the […]
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BY CURTIS WOODWARD @woodward_curtis It is just after 4pm on Wednesday afternoon as 34 players stand side-by-side inside Allianz Stadium. One group is draped in the famous Red V – the other in the Tricolours of the Roosters. They lock arms and breathe deeply. Some twitch nervously, others lift their heads into […]
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BY A.J NASH AND SCOTT DILLON Wally Lewis at lock? Sonny Bill at prop? Brandy on the wing? Yeah we went there. This is our Ball-Playing XVII of the modern era. Got to fit ’em all somewhere! 1 Darren Lockyer We're wishing a very Happy Birthday to Darren Lockyer. Hope you have an awesome […]
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BY CURTIS WOODWARD @woodward_curtis “The players are obviously enjoying his coaching because they’re playing tough, genuine rugby league.” That was former Parramatta Eels General Manager Daniel Anderson speaking about Brad Arthur in 2014. How quickly things can change. Six weeks ago the world must have felt like a beautiful place to Arthur. Rugby league was […]
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BY STAFF WRITERS Beau Henry Wentworthville Magpies The talented half was touted as a future star of the NRL after winning the 2009 NYC Player of the Year award while at St George Illawarra. Henry re-signed with the Dragons after extended talks with coach Wayne Bennett. He never played top grade for the Saints and […]
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BY CURTIS WOODWARD @woodward_curtis What is happening up in sunny Brisbane? Beautiful one day, battling NRL team the next. The Broncos are struggling and their coach Wayne Bennett has never been under so much pressure (so they say). Yes the Broncos haven’t started the season well. Is Bennett feeling the heat? Probably not. Despite […]
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BY CURTIS WOODWARD @woodward_curtis Everyone wants to do the Marshall brothers story. It makes sense. Benji has resurrected his career at Wests Tigers while the unlikely Jeremy starts again tonight for Canterbury. Both are playing number 6 but they couldn’t be any more different. You know the story already. Benji can beat you with a […]
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BY CURTIS WOODWARD @woodward_curtis Canberra versus Manly in China, Penrith versus Brisbane in Hawaii and now England versus New Zealand in Denver. What do they all have in common? None of them happened. Lost to the rugby league world like only we can lose it. Have no doubt – England against the Kiwis at the […]
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BY A.J NASH As we speak, social media, the modern world’s moral compass, is hammering the NRL and CEO Todd Greenberg for allowing Matt Lodge to play rugby league again. Tonight, the prop debuts for his new club the Brisbane Broncos against St George Illawarra at Kogarah. We all know what Lodge did. […]
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BY CURTIS WOODWARD @woodward_curtis A halfback is only as good his forwards. The pigs never get the glory but if you don’t have them, you’re not winning any game of football. The following players could be anything. Curtis Woodward takes a look at some of the best young middle men to catch his eye. […]
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