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Scars of a thousand wars: Rugby league is a temptress and she has us all under her spell again

24 February, 2017 The81stMinute 0 Comments 1 category

BY CURTIS WOODWARD Rugby league you crazy, old bat. No other game rips and burns and chews you up, quite like our beloved sport. She is an unforgiving, impossible question that will never yield. But

Seven places around the world you didn’t know were playing the greatest game of all

23 February, 2017 The81stMinute 0 Comments 1 category

Did you know they play the greatest game from Hong Kong to the Netherlands? From Jamaica to Norway and South Africa to Spain? Well if you don’t know now you know. Here’s a few little

Through the darkness shine bright lights like Nathan Ross and the New Zealand Warriors

23 February, 2017 The81stMinute 0 Comments 1 category

BY CURTIS WOODWARD Batten down the hatches – Tim Simona is about to blow up your news feed. There’s nothing like some drama to get those clicks going. Which is why it’s probably pointless to

Handyman Magazine Australia’s The Quick Tap

22 February, 2017 The81stMinute 0 Comments 1 category

BY CURTIS WOODWARD WHY ARE WE TALKING ABOUT ORIGIN? Andrew Johns is an immortal and when he speaks on matters like New South Wales Blues selection, people sit up and listen. Only problem is,

Twitter Smackdown: Sam Burgess vs Nathan Peats

21 February, 2017 The81stMinute 0 Comments 1 category

BY STAFF WRITERS Is there anything better than NRL players using social media the right way? No not you, Paul Gallen. Former South Sydney Rabbitohs teammates Sam Burgess and Nathan Peats don’t mind an insult

Kieran Foran and Rebecca Wilson: There’s two sides to every story just in case you’ve forgotten

17 February, 2017 The81stMinute 0 Comments 1 category

BY CURTIS WOODWARD This is the impossible conversation and almost too hard to write because no matter what – people will disagree with whatever is written below. On one side is the late journalist Rebecca

Let’s not fall for it again: History says Super Warriors should be written off at all costs

15 February, 2017 The81stMinute 0 Comments 1 category

BY CURTIS WOODWARD Beer, cigarettes, KFC, New Zealand Warriors. We humans sure are gluttons for punishment. Get ready Warriors fans – you are in for a season of hope, despair, denial and pain. With a

Indigenous All Stars future as important as any match on rugby league calendar

8 February, 2017 The81stMinute 0 Comments 1 category

BY CURTIS WOODWARD Check out today’s rugby league news cycles on Sydney’s two biggest newspaper’s websites. There’s the NRL Bunker, Darius Boyd’s captaincy announcement at Brisbane and Ben Barba crying foul of his “mistreatment” by

Waqa Blake: Panthers gun the next big superstar of the NRL

6 February, 2017 The81stMinute 0 Comments 1 category

BY CURTIS WOODWARD Young Sydney Rooster Connor Watson stole the show at the Auckland Nines as he led the Bondi club to their maiden Auckland Nines title. There’s no disputing this. Watson was outstanding. The

From Australia with love: Damn you Toulon ya stinkin’ frogs!

1 February, 2017 The81stMinute 0 Comments 1 category

BY CURTIS WOODWARD You know that time of the night, when all you want to do is relax and watch something on the box but your partner hijacks the remote and you’re stuck watching My

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