Thursday

30-01-2025 Vol 19

Year: 2019

‘The worst thing to do looking back’: Nathan Cleary admits Panthers never confronted sex scandals that ruined their season

Penrith Panthers halfback Nathan Cleary has admitted the team did not handle the sex scandals that engulfed the club well…

The positional switch that could prolong Storm legend Cameron Smith’s career even longer

The greatest hooker to ever play the game – Cameron Smith – is on the verge of becoming the Melbourne…

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 day a…

‘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 Bleak City…

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 places his…

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 tends to…

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 and possible…

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 see the…

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 their clash…

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 on February…