Roosters started with two training runs and were shook by old rivals Souths who gave them a real wake-up call
The81stMinute BY CURTIS WOODWARD @woodward_curtis After smashing Manly-Warringah and Wests Tigers in the first two weeks of their season…
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The betting monster that rugby league created has now come for its players
BY CURTIS WOODWARD @woodward_curtis Police are quite rightfully investigating threats made to Sydney Roosters veteran Josh Morris after…
A first in the NRL era: The alarming statistic that proves the gap between the best and worst sides has never been bigger
BY CURTIS WOODWARD @woodward_curtis The National Rugby League prides itself on being the toughest, “closest” sporting competition on…
‘Not NRL standard’: Wests Tigers couldn’t possibly pick Leilua brothers on the same side of the field ever again
BY CURTIS WOODWARD @woodward_curtis The Sydney Roosters did not need any extra help on Sunday as they traveled…
We would be naive to believe there isn’t someone running around this weekend on performance-enhancing drugs
BY CURTIS WOODWARD @woodward_curtis Bronson Xerri should be lining up for the Cronulla Sharks against the Canberra Raiders…
‘Welcome back to the Broncos’: Rugby league confirms itself again as the undisputed king of Brisbane.. like it was ever in doubt
BY CURTIS WOODWARD @woodward_curtis The full-time score at Suncorp Stadium on Friday night was always going to be…
‘Win three or four more titles in the next ten years’: Why should Craig Bellamy ever leave the Melbourne Storm?
BY CURTIS WOODWARD @woodward_curtis Legendary Melbourne Storm coach Craig Bellamy has recently been linked to moves to the…
‘Exploding out of a cannon from the first minute’: Round 1 teams and previews with 2021 predicted ladder
BY CURTIS WOODWARD @woodward_curtis Can you believe we are on the eve of another NRL season? After the…
If recent trial form means anything – which it might – your team might be in for a win in round one
BY STAFF WRITERS What is trial form anyway? That is the old argument when it comes to pre-season…
Schooners, a rodeo cowboy with a plane and Eric Simms: The crazy idea that landed a Souths legend in Forbes for a 1976 footy carnival
BY CURTIS WOODWARD @woodward_curtis It is 1976 in the New South Wales country town of Forbes. As they…