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The Hindsight Series #2: Alternative Mergers

21 November, 2016 The81stMinute 0 Comments 1 category

BY CURTIS WOODWARD Hindsight: Recognition of the realities, possibilities, or requirements of a situation, event, decision, after it has occurred. Hindsight you beautiful, evil thing. It’s a term used all too often in rugby league

New Zealand no hope against Cameron Smith let alone the Kangaroos

18 November, 2016 The81stMinute 0 Comments 1 category

BY CURTIS WOODWARD Australian captain Cameron Smith is about to play his 49th match for the Kangaroos in the Four Nations Final at Anfield this weekend. If you listen to Smith, he may play another

Make it Rein! Fighting words from Rein but time will tell how good he really is

16 November, 2016 The81stMinute 0 Comments 1 category

BY CURTIS WOODWARD Penrith Panthers recruit Mitch Rein has slammed his former club St George Illawarra and Dragons coach Paul McGregor in a brutal admission and has blamed them for a lack of development in

The Hindsight Series #1: Western Reds

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Hall of Fame #33: Mick Cronin

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MICK CRONIN Regarded as one of the greatest centres of the 1970’s and 1980’s, Mick Cronin spent his career in transit between his home in Gerringong and Sydney, refusing to

Trumped: A look at America’s contribution to rugby league

10 November, 2016 The81stMinute 0 Comments 1 category

On Wednesday, Donald J. Trump became the next President of the United States of America in a landslide victory nobody saw coming. As always, the decadence of an American election sucked us in. As they

Nanny state buzz words: We’re the monsters, not Ben Barba

8 November, 2016 The81stMinute 0 Comments 1 category

BY CURTIS WOODWARD Ben Barba is no angel. In fact, he is an idiot, bordering on moronic for destroying a career he had re-built from previous incidents. The enigmatic fullback was back on top after

Which Simpsons character is your NRL club?

7 November, 2016 The81stMinute 0 Comments 1 category

BY KANE AUSTIN We all love The Simpsons and grew up watching the record-breaking series. So with a little bit of time on our hands, we went through the show and picked out which character

10 players that would have played Origin if they were Queenslanders

7 November, 2016 The81stMinute 0 Comments 1 category

BY CURTIS WOODWARD We have all heard it somewhere before: “If he was a Queenslander, he would have played State of Origin for sure!” New South Wales selectors rarely agree with what the punters think.

10 players who look plain weird in another team’s strip

4 November, 2016 The81stMinute 0 Comments 1 category

BY CURTIS WOODWARD Season 2017 is going to be a weird one. Robbie Farah at South Sydney, Benji Marshall at Brisbane, someone else here, someone else there. The National Rugby League stops for no man

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