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Squeezing a local junior and club great like Adam Reynolds out of Rabbitohs colours just doesn’t make sense

24 February, 2021 The81stMinute 0 Comments 2 categories

BY CURTIS WOODWARD @woodward_curtis Adam Reynolds has played all 205 of his NRL games at the South Sydney Rabbitohs. He was the halfback in their surge to the 2014 premiership. He is as “South Sydney”

How the egomaniac monsters of social media have already started killing independent rugby league and little guys like us

18 February, 2021 The81stMinute 0 Comments 2 categories

BY CURTIS WOODWARD @woodward_curtis Billionaire egomaniacs with unstoppable social media machines at their feet are killing rugby league as we know it and they wouldn’t have a clue. Why would they? Much has been made

Whether he’s playing or not, you can guarantee, Cameron Smith is laughing his arse off

16 February, 2021 The81stMinute 0 Comments 1 category

BY CURTIS WOODWARD @woodward_curtis The enigma that has become Cameron Smith was spotted on Tuesday training alone in a Gold Coast park sparking a case of Chinese whispers online – it didn’t help that the

The fate of the last decade’s other premiership-winning coaches prove Robinson and Bellamy’s greatness

10 February, 2021 The81stMinute 0 Comments 2 categories

BY CURTIS WOODWARD @woodward_curtis Craig Bellamy and Trent Robinson are the best coaches of this here modern era and by quite a way. It is an easy, lazy argument to say that they have had

“Making that decision on their behalf is not progressive”: Eels get smashed for pulling cheerleaders

7 February, 2021 The81stMinute 0 Comments 2 categories

COMMENT BY CURTIS WOODWARD @woodward_curtis Let women make decisions for women. That is the message from rugby league fans after the Parramatta Eels became the next NRL club to drop their cheerleaders. In a world

Hawaii, Shenzhen, Toronto and Istanbul: Remember these global rugby league events that never saw the light of day

3 February, 2021 The81stMinute 0 Comments 1 category

BY CURTIS WOODWARD @woodward_curtis If we can all agree on one thing it is that the NRL sure like to do their “due diligence” before committing to taking rugby league on the road. We have

Roger Tuivasa-Sheck is headed to the All Blacks? Good on him! We should all be wishing him luck

28 January, 2021 The81stMinute 0 Comments 2 categories

BY CURTIS WOODWARD @woodward_curtis Kiwi legend Roger Tuivasa-Sheck is reportedly set to switch codes at the end of the 2021 season to give himself a chance of representing the All Blacks at the 2023 Rugby

Barry Muir and Tom Raudonikis don’t care it’s November or you’re in a ‘bubble’: Just bash the s*** out of each other!

17 November, 2020 The81stMinute 0 Comments 1 category

BY CURTIS WOODWARD @woodward_curtis Some think that, for whatever reason, this State of Origin decider won’t mean as much to the fans or the players. It is easy to argue that COVID-19 and the reshuffled

Identity theft: We all complained about lack of spirit in Origin I and now we are penalising players for firing up in Origin II?

12 November, 2020 The81stMinute 0 Comments 1 category

BY CURTIS WOODWARD @woodward_curtis Rugby league, dear old girl, bless your weary legs. You are almost there. The finish line is in sight. One more State of Origin next Wednesday and you may rest. It

‘The Maroons played Origin footy’: At the end of the day, Fittler’s hippie ways will never beat Queensland guts

4 November, 2020 The81stMinute 0 Comments 1 category

BY CURTIS WOODWARD @woodward_curtis When the New South Wales Blues had to pick between Laurie Daley and Brad Fittler for the starting five-eighth role in the 1990’s – they always went with Daley. Daley wasn’t

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