BY CURTIS WOODWARD Wests Tigers Coach: Jason Taylor Pre-season: Auckland Nines February 4th and 5th, v Dragons February 11th What they’ll get right: Predicting a side to come 9th means you can’t figure out
BY CURTIS WOODWARD Melbourne Storm Coach: Craig Bellamy Pre-season: Auckland Nines February 4th and 5th, v Warriors February 11th, v Bulldogs February 18th What they’ll get right: No team prepares like the Melbourne Storm.
BY CURTIS WOODWARD Gold Coast Titans Coach: Neil Henry Pre-season: Auckland Nines February 4th and 5th, v Warriors February 19th What they’ll get right: Coach Neil Henry always gets the best out of his
BY CURTIS WOODWARD The unthinkable happens in just a few short months. Bicep injury permitting, Robbie Farah will run out for round one of the 2017 season in a match involving Wests Tigers. However he
BY CURTIS WOODWARD Sydney Roosters Coach: Trent Robinson Pre-season: Auckland Nines February 4th and 5th, v Cowboys February 11th What they’ll get right: I love their forward pack and most will agree they have
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
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
BY RICHARD HOGAN Look, let’s be honest. Some of the Auckland Nines jerseys over the journey have been as easy on the eye as a drunken Twister party between Clive Palmer, Nathan Tinkler and Gina
BY RICHARD HOGAN They are a mere few. A minority shunned by the Smiths and the Browns through rugby league history. But on this day, those players with a surname beginning with X,Y or Z
MICHAEL CLEARY Michael Cleary is one of Australia’s greatest ever sportsmen representing the country in both rugby codes and athletics. A Wallaby in 1961, Cleary converted to rugby league in 1962 joining the South
