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Daddies in press conferences, Fox hosts as player agents… yeah rugby league fans have a problem

20 April, 2022 The81stMinute 0 Comments 2 categories

BY CURTIS WOODWARD @woodward_curtis Can you name a time in your life that you have seen a club announcing a star player re-signing and ever seen the player’s agent actually part of the press conference?

Emperor Pete takes a shot at ‘Twitter brigade’ but swears blind the NRL has received lots and lots of letters that the wrestle is back!

6 April, 2022 The81stMinute 0 Comments 2 categories

BY CURTIS WOODWARD @woodward_curtis Let us deal in an absolute fact to begin this yarn: rugby league has got it right so far in 2022 and the battle between attacker and defender is as even

Say hello to the bad guy: You need people like Mitch Barnett – the player in every team that lives on the edge of chaos

29 March, 2022 The81stMinute 0 Comments 2 categories

BY CURTIS WOODWARD @woodward_curtis Several years ago, your writer was sitting underneath some scaffolding in the middle of winter at a freezing cold Aubrey Keech Reserve in Hinchinbrook. It was a NSW Cup game between

Tom Trbojevic’s excuses for why the Sea Eagles have struggled so far don’t add up and there’s other problems too

23 March, 2022 The81stMinute 0 Comments 2 categories

BY CURTIS WOODWARD @woodward_curtis Manly-Warringah Sea Eagles coach Des Hasler should be sending the Wests Tigers an early Christmas card for without Wests Tigers and their ongoing remission into mediocrity, the Sea Eagles would be

The Payne Haas stats that dwarf Jason Taumalolo at his very best and why he’s on target to become first prop to ever win the Dally M Medal

16 March, 2022 The81stMinute 0 Comments 2 categories

BY CURTIS WOODWARD @woodward_curtis Young Brisbane Broncos enforcer Payne Haas is set to become the first forward to win a Dally M Medal since Jason Taumalolo in 2016 after starting the year with a bang

This Sunday’s game as important as any other this season for opponents Newcastle Knights and Wests Tigers

16 March, 2022 The81stMinute 0 Comments 2 categories

BY CURTIS WOODWARD @woodward_curtis We have only had one round of the National Rugby League in 2022 but this weekend’s result between Newcastle and Wests Tigers at McDonald Jones Stadium could have season-altering ramifications for

Can the Cronulla Sharks truly be a top four force in 2022 with Nicho Hynes and Matt Moylan as their starting halves?

9 March, 2022 The81stMinute 0 Comments 2 categories

BY CURTIS WOODWARD @woodward_curtis The Craig Fitzgibbon era at the Cronulla Sharks will begin with their new coach stuck in Sydney after testing positive to Covid while his Sharks head to Canberra for one of

‘I’d be selected for sure’: Ageing Jack de Belin should forget State of Origin and repay the Dragons with everything he’s got

3 March, 2022 The81stMinute 0 Comments 2 categories

BY CURTIS WOODWARD @woodward_curtis St George Illawarra Dragons forward Jack de Belin has broken his silence ahead of the 2022 season and had plenty of interesting things to say. Many wondered if he had to

‘To the detriment of this club’: Wests Tigers identity crisis will never be fixed while media keeps turning out legends of ancient clubs

25 February, 2022 The81stMinute 0 Comments 2 categories

BY CURTIS WOODWARD @woodward_curtis It isn’t easy being a Wests Tigers fan. They are as passionate as any other supporter base in the National Rugby League. And while the club loves to create headaches for

‘Frightfully lonely’: Every other club in the National Rugby League has played finals at least once since 2016 except for one

22 February, 2022 The81stMinute 0 Comments 2 categories

BY CURTIS WOODWARD @woodward_curtis While much has been made of Wests Tigers’ nomadic existence and lack of a true home ground since their emergence in 2000 – there is one frightfully lonely statistic that gives

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