Feature Story – Page 35

Should Brad Fittler be sacked if New South Wales lose Game II in Perth?

17 June, 2019 The81stMinute 0 Comments 2 categories

BY A.J NASH AND SCOTT DILLON Has any coach in the history of the game lost so much goodwill with the fans than New South Wales boss Brad Fittler in the last couple of weeks?

If you want to inbox Wests Tigers skipper Moses Mbye at his worst, stand and clap when he’s at his best

14 June, 2019 The81stMinute 0 Comments 2 categories

BY CURTIS WOODWARD @woodward_curtis A few weeks ago, Wests Tigers captain Moses Mbye had a forgettable night. He copped it from plenty of fans including one who thought it was okay to message Mbye on

Hot dogs, milkshakes and roller coasters: Do we even know what we’re talking about anymore?

14 June, 2019 The81stMinute 0 Comments 1 category

BY CURTIS WOODWARD @woodward_curtis Rugby league can be a punish sometimes. Not the game itself. What a product. The issue is the million things going on around it. It is like slamming a hot dog

Brad Arthur and Mitchell Moses fooling nobody as mediocre Parramatta concede 42 against Sharks

8 June, 2019 The81stMinute 0 Comments 2 categories

BY CURTIS WOODWARD @woodward_curtis Parramatta coach Brad Arthur fronted the media on Saturday night minutes after his Eels had conceded 42 points to the Sharks at PointsBet Stadium. What came next only further infuriated a

Maroons prove that State of Origin ain’t a track meet, it’s a marathon, stuff the cemetery a half-time is buried on

5 June, 2019 The81stMinute 0 Comments 2 categories

BY CURTIS WOODWARD @woodward_curtis State of Origin rugby league is a marathon run over two different terrains. The first forty minutes is a drag race down the German Autobahn. The second forty is a dog

Exclusive: Former NSW prop Phil Daley opens up about infamous Lang Park beer cans incident and “breaking” Blues curfew

5 June, 2019 The81stMinute 0 Comments 1 category

BY CURTIS WOODWARD @woodward_curtis It is Game II of the 1988 series at Lang Park and ‘The King’ has just been put in the sin bin by referee Mick Stone. A riot looms. One can

Remember Tony Melrose, Rex Wright or Grant Rix? The other State of Origin one-game wonders

4 June, 2019 The81stMinute 0 Comments 2 categories

BY STAFF WRITERS We have all heard the stories of Arthur Beetson, David Peachey, Hazem El Masri and others. For very different reasons each, these and many more only ever donned the Queensland or New

A tiny minority of rugby league fans don’t like State of Origin? Well blue-hoo to you!

4 June, 2019 The81stMinute 0 Comments 1 category

BY CURTIS WOODWARD @woodward_curtis It is a leviathan of Australian sport. An annual clash between New South Wales and bitter foes Queensland. They tell stories as old as man. Good versus evil, revenge, hate. It

State of Origin’s Mongrel XVII: The nigglers, fighters and mad men

4 June, 2019 The81stMinute 0 Comments 1 category

BY STAFF WRITERS Let’s call them ‘The Mongrels’. A team packed to the seams with men that have quite literally spilt blood for their state. They did the things others wouldn’t and they scratched for

Why QLD hates NSW so much and how a VFL president helped create State of Origin

29 May, 2019 The81stMinute 0 Comments 1 category

BY CURTIS WOODWARD @woodward_curtis Long before Arthur Beetson smashed his fist into good mate Mick Cronin’s head, before ‘Cattledog’, ‘Queenslander’, Michael O’Connor’s sideline conversion or Gorden Tallis throwing Brett Hodgson into the 42nd row of

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