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Rugby League Hottest 100 2022 voting live!

15 July, 2022 The81stMinute 0 Comments 2 categories

Rugby League Hottest 100 2022 voting is now live! For the first time, you can vote for as many or as little songs as you like. Follow the link and start voting: https://www.surveymonkey.com/r/QZRMKJG You can also

‘You could haunt houses for a living’: Some of the greatest sledges in State of Origin history

12 July, 2022 The81stMinute 0 Comments 2 categories

BY CURTIS WOODWARD @woodward_curtis You wouldn’t know there was a State of Origin decider at Suncorp Stadium on Wednesday night going by just how ‘nice’ the two teams have been. It appears everyone is on

Part 1 – 1998 to 2002: Players who made their first grade debuts and never returned to the NRL again

11 July, 2022 The81stMinute 0 Comments 2 categories

BY CURTIS WOODWARD @woodward_curtis Think of every kid that ever laced a footy boot and then consider how many of them never actually make it to top flight rugby league? So many more miss out

Have you ever, ever felt like this? The anarchy of the NRL has gone from its normal downright dumb to completely bloody weird

8 July, 2022 The81stMinute 0 Comments 2 categories

BY CURTIS WOODWARD @woodward_curtis Rugby league you son of a bitch. Just when you thought the sport couldn’t get any stranger, peculiar and downright silly – rugby league has decided to take it to another

‘Rampant adrenaline and mass schizophrenia’: NSW needed pain and to see Mortimer’s passion before they could appreciate Wayne Pearce’s 1986 Blues

24 June, 2022 The81stMinute 0 Comments 2 categories

BY CURTIS WOODWARD @woodward_curtis Steve Mortimer’s New South Wales Blues had finally clinched their maiden State of Origin title in 1985 since the inception of the concept as we knew it five years earlier. The

Kangaroos halfback job could be decided this Sunday if Queensland clinch series in Perth

22 June, 2022 The81stMinute 0 Comments 2 categories

BY CURTIS WOODWARD @woodward_curtis Queensland captain Daly Cherry-Evans will be one step closer to securing his incumbent Kangaroos halfback jersey against New South Wales opposite Nathan Cleary if he can lead his side to an

What’s in a logo? Random history into some of the NRL’s current mascots

18 June, 2022 The81stMinute 0 Comments 2 categories

BY STAFF WRITERS What is in a logo? Lots apparently! Imagine the Melbourne Mavericks instead of the Storm or Auckland Bittermen than the Warriors? Here’s a bit of history around footy clubs and their emblems.

The mighty Lions tour of 1992, a dubious 100-metre sprint and a legendary British win at the home of the Carlton Blues

14 June, 2022 The81stMinute 0 Comments 2 categories

BY CURTIS WOODWARD @woodward_curtis In 2019 the Great Britain Lions toured New Zealand and Papua New Guinea – the first time the Lions had appeared on the international stage since way back in 2007. The

The facts that contradict Brad Fittler and Greg Alexander’s comments over Josh Addo-Carr’s Blues dumping

31 May, 2022 The81stMinute 0 Comments 2 categories

BY CURTIS WOODWARD @woodward_curtis The New South Wales Blues and coach Brad Fittler have backed themselves into a corner ahead of State of Origin Game I on June 8 after leaving out Josh Addo-Carr. All

John ‘Chicka’ Ferguson enters Hall of Fame

27 May, 2022 The81stMinute 0 Comments 2 categories

With Indigenous Round 2022 in full swing – the81stminute.com is happy to welcome its newest entrant to our Hall of Fame in legendary winger John ‘Chicka’ Ferguson. The South Grafton Rebels junior made his name

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