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Rest in peace, ‘Golden Boots’: Balmain icon Keith Barnes dead at 89

8 April, 2024 The81stMinute 0 Comments 1 category

The rugby league world is in mourning with the news that the legendary Keith “Golden Boots” Barnes has passed away aged 89. Barnes played 194 first grade games for Balmain, 17 for Australia and 12

Go Wests Tigers? Nah, just go (South) West, Tigers: Spiritual home is in the sky and it’s going to the place that’s the best

28 March, 2024 The81stMinute 0 Comments 2 categories

BY CURTIS WOODWARD @woodward_curtis On a freezing cold Monday night in Campbelltown in 1996, Andrew Willis’ fifty-metre field goal on the siren helped Western Suburbs sink North Sydney and propel them toward their last ever

“Full PR blitzkrieg like the bloke was running in a federal election”: Blue Wiggle just sent Wests Tigers back to the dark ages – one painful interview at a time

11 May, 2023 The81stMinute 0 Comments 2 categories

BY CURTIS WOODWARD @woodward_curtis Just when Wests Tigers fans thought it was safe to come out of their doomsday bunkers after back-to-back victories – the “Blue Wiggle” Anthony Field jumped in the big red car

‘Send Magpies to Perth’: Anthony Field would disband Wests Tigers and bring back Balmain if he bought the NRL club

11 May, 2023 The81stMinute 0 Comments 1 category

Anthony Field, of The Wiggles fame, wants to buy the Wests Tigers and reinstate Balmain to the National Rugby League ending the merger between Balmain and Western Suburbs Magpies. Speaking to several news outlets on

‘To the detriment of this club’: Wests Tigers identity crisis will never be fixed while media keeps turning out legends of ancient clubs

25 February, 2022 The81stMinute 0 Comments 2 categories

BY CURTIS WOODWARD @woodward_curtis It isn’t easy being a Wests Tigers fan. They are as passionate as any other supporter base in the National Rugby League. And while the club loves to create headaches for

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Rest in peace, ‘Golden Boots’: Balmain icon Keith Barnes dead at 89

Go Wests Tigers? Nah, just go (South) West, Tigers: Spiritual home is in the sky and it’s going to the place that’s the best

“Full PR blitzkrieg like the bloke was running in a federal election”: Blue Wiggle just sent Wests Tigers back to the dark ages – one painful interview at a time

‘Send Magpies to Perth’: Anthony Field would disband Wests Tigers and bring back Balmain if he bought the NRL club

‘To the detriment of this club’: Wests Tigers identity crisis will never be fixed while media keeps turning out legends of ancient clubs

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Former Balmain coach and radio legend Alan Jones announces retirement

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“We all did our best”: Balmain Tigers go into voluntary administration

Hall of Fame #44: Keith Barnes