Western Suburbs Magpies

Wests Tigers announce return of Western Suburbs Magpies

16 November, 2017 The81stMinute 0 Comments 1 category

The Wests Tigers have confirmed the return of the Western Suburbs Magpies for the 2018 Intrust Super Premiership season. As reported by The81stMinute’s Curtis Woodward last month, the Magpies will make their triumphant comeback to

Western Suburbs Magpies will return to NSW Cup in 2018

1 November, 2017 The81stMinute 4 Comments 1 category

EXCLUSIVE BY CURTIS WOODWARD @woodward_curtis The Western Suburbs Magpies will return to rugby league’s second biggest rugby league competition in 2018 when they run out in the Intrust Super Premiership as the direct feeder club

Langmack admitted to mental health facility as Raudonikis rubbishes Magpies betting claims

26 July, 2017 The81stMinute 0 Comments 1 category

Former Canterbury and Western Suburbs legend Paul Langmack has been admitted to a mental health facility just days after a peculiar rant on 2KY. The retired Australian and State of Origin forward claimed he and

Lidcombe Oval: Where old Magpies fly forever

3 May, 2017 The81stMinute 0 Comments 1 category

BY CURTIS WOODWARD @woodward_curtis Close your eyes for a moment and take a trip back in time. It is a sunny, winter afternoon, you and the boys have just knocked back one last schooner at

Fans vote for Arthur Summons

24 December, 2016 The81stMinute 0 Comments 1 category

ARTHUR SUMMONS The81stMinute’s Twitter followers have voted Arthur Summons into our Hall of Fame ahead of Steve Rogers, Brad Fittler and Ken Kearney. Summons finished on 33%, edging Rogers 31% and Fittler on 29%

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

Hey Woodsy – time to drop the #2040 hashtag and start promoting the WESTS Tigers

15 March, 2016 The81stMinute 0 Comments 1 category

So I am sitting at Leichhardt Oval on Saturday afternoon after New Zealand Warriors’ demolition job of Wests Tigers in the Intrust Super Premiership and was probably (actually I was) the only bloke in the

Country Town Stops to Celebrate and Remember ‘Dallas’ Donnelly

15 May, 2015 The81stMinute 2 Comments 1 category

The name John ‘Dallas’ Donnelly is synonymous with the Western Suburbs Magpies. Hailing from the northern NSW country town of Gunnedah, Donnelly became a cult hero at Wests in the 1970’s and 1980’s with his

Memories of ‘Jason Traitor’ as Benji Returns to Campbelltown

15 March, 2015 The81stMinute 2 Comments 2 categories

When Jason Taylor returned to Campbelltown as a North Sydney Bear for the first time in 1996, the Wests crowd hit him with a verbal blitzkrieg. That too was a Monday night game. The legendary

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