‘Forget parmi versus parma – what’s a ‘butcho’? A rugby league fan in Melbourne for NRL and AFL grand final weekend
BY CURTIS WOODWARD @woodward_curtis Many months ago your writer was told by his wife, an award-winning dog groomer, that we were headed to Victoria for...
Respect what the mighty legionnaires from Penrith have done, overcome them if you can: Barba’s 2012 Bulldogs a cautionary tale for the Broncos
BY CURTIS WOODWARD @woodward_curtis Livewire fullback Ben Barba had the world at his feet in 2012 after winning the Dally M Medal and leading the...
A lifetime before ‘Up the Wahs’! The 2020 round one Warriors – Where are they now?
BY CURTIS WOODWARD @woodward_curtis The New Zealand Warriors travelled to Newcastle for their opening round game of the 2020 season knowing that at any minute,...
Ten forgettable, respectable and regrettable player comebacks of the modern era
BY CURTIS WOODWARD @woodward_curtis Many rugby league players never get a say when their time is up in first grade footy. Sometimes it’s injury, other...
‘Anchored inside their own echo chamber’: Why Shane Flanagan has a blank canvas to work with at the Dragons in 2024
BY CURTIS WOODWARD @woodward_curtis On a Thursday evening headlined by the opening of the FIFA Women’s World Cup at Accor Stadium and day two of...
‘Hell that finally freezes over’: The frosty reception ahead for Wests Tigers and three weeks in the teeth of the wind
BY CURTIS WOODWARD @woodward_curtis The Wests Tigers are currently sitting dead last on the competition table and staring down the barrel of back-to-back wooden spoons...
‘Not good reading for Wests Tigers’: Each team’s top three performers in 2023 based on Beetson Raudonikis Medal votes
BY STAFF WRITERS The 12th annual Beetson Raudonikis Medal vote is getting very interesting as we enter round 20 of the NRL premiership season. New...
‘It shouldn’t be this hard to be a NSW Blues fan: Angry supporters want blood and they absolutely deserve it too
BY CURTIS WOODWARD @woodward_curtis Here we are again and let’s be clear – there is never much more in State of Origin than an inch...
Despite Brad Fittler and Greg Alexander’s blue tactics – two big Mitchell Moses performances can drag New South Wales into a brand-new era
BY CURTIS WOODWARD @woodward_curtis Mitchell Moses is not everyone’s cup of tea – neither is Nathan Cleary to be fair. Both polarize opinions for their...
‘Croker 300’: A kid from Goulburn and one from Papatoetoe – separated by fourteen long winters and the same rugby league dream we all share in common
BY CURTIS WOODWARD @woodward_curtis Fourteen long years ago, on a Sunday afternoon at Canberra Stadium, a slight 18-year-old Goulburn native ran out in the number...