Eight great coaches are under immense pressure this weekend but where were they twenty long years ago?
The81stMinute BY CURTIS WOODWARD @woodward_curtis The 2022 NRL Finals have arrived with four delicious matches to kick off the…
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Cronulla’s Nicho Hynes wins 2022 Beetson Raudonikis Medal by a single vote from Dragons half Ben Hunt
BY STAFF WRITERS Cronulla star Nicho Hynes has won the 2022 Beetson Raudonikis Medal by a single vote…
Part 3 – 2008 to 2012: Players who made their first grade debuts and never returned to the NRL again
BY CURTIS WOODWARD @woodward_curtis Think of every kid that ever laced a footy boot and then consider how…
Land of the rising sun: When the Roosters and Sea Eagles clashed in Tokyo 25 years ago and how the Super League War made us all forget
BY CURTIS WOODWARD @woodward_curtis Rugby league loves talking about growing the game. Matches in Hawaii, premiership blockbusters in…
Part 2 – 2003 to 2007: Players who made their first grade debuts and never returned to the NRL again
BY CURTIS WOODWARD @woodward_curtis Think of every kid that ever laced a footy boot and then consider how…
Rugby League Hottest 100 2022 voting live!
Rugby League Hottest 100 2022 voting is now live! For the first time, you can vote for as…
‘You could haunt houses for a living’: Some of the greatest sledges in State of Origin history
BY CURTIS WOODWARD @woodward_curtis You wouldn’t know there was a State of Origin decider at Suncorp Stadium on…
Part 1 – 1998 to 2002: Players who made their first grade debuts and never returned to the NRL again
BY CURTIS WOODWARD @woodward_curtis Think of every kid that ever laced a footy boot and then consider how…
Have you ever, ever felt like this? The anarchy of the NRL has gone from its normal downright dumb to completely bloody weird
BY CURTIS WOODWARD @woodward_curtis Rugby league you son of a bitch. Just when you thought the sport couldn’t…
‘Rampant adrenaline and mass schizophrenia’: NSW needed pain and to see Mortimer’s passion before they could appreciate Wayne Pearce’s 1986 Blues
BY CURTIS WOODWARD @woodward_curtis Steve Mortimer’s New South Wales Blues had finally clinched their maiden State of Origin…