The positional switch that could prolong Storm legend Cameron Smith’s career even longer
The81stMinute The greatest hooker to ever play the game – Cameron Smith – is on the verge of becoming…
November 2019
Remember coopercronk.com? Twenty glorious quotes from rugby league’s greatest modern thinker
BY KANE AUSTIN Who remembers coopercronk.com? We do! We do! Here’s 20 quotes from the magical website. “One…
‘He’s contracted’: Curtis Scott has unfinished business in Melbourne says Cameron Smith
BY STAFF WRITERS Melbourne Storm captain Cameron Smith believes young gun centre Curtis Scott has unfinished business in…
Sonny Bill Williams rates his NRL premiership rings above his two All Blacks World Cup triumphs
BY STAFF WRITERS Cross-code superstar and new Toronto Wolfpack $10 million man Sonny Bill Williams has declared he…
Laugh or Cry? The dumbest, idiotic, ridiculous and downright weirdest moments of NRL season 2019
BY CURTIS WOODWARD @woodward_curtis The year 2019 has been something else. Most of it forgotten as it always…
Johnathan Thurston and Billy Slater headline TEN new entrants into The81stMinute Hall of Fame
BY STAFF WRITERS The81stminute.com has ten new entrants in the Hall of Fame headlined by recently retired legends…
Gone but not forgotten: Demolished rugby league grounds we loved
BY STAFF WRITERS They hold some of rugby league’s greatest memories but are sadly no longer around to…
World Cup qualifier: USA coach concedes Cook Islands’ NRL experience will be tough to beat
BY STAFF WRITERS USA Hawks head coach Sean Rutgerson has conceded his side face an uphill battle in…
Date set for 2020 World Club Challenge between Roosters and St Helens
NRL Premiers Sydney Roosters will face winners of Super League, St Helens, in the 2020 World Club Challenge…
Former Knight reveals media leaks were coming from coach Nathan Brown amid ‘toxic culture’
BY STAFF WRITERS Former Newcastle Knights halfback Trent Hodkinson has ripped ex-Newcastle coach Nathan Brown to shreds and…