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The 100 greatest players in State of Origin history

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The 100 greatest players in State of Origin history

The81stMinute June 4, 2024

BY CURTIS WOODWARD @woodward_curtis Think of all the names and the legends that have graced our fields...

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NRL Indigenous Round: The greatest 100 Indigenous Australian rugby league players of all-time

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NRL Indigenous Round: The greatest 100 Indigenous Australian rugby league players of all-time

The81stMinute May 22, 2024

BY CURTIS WOODWARD @woodward_curtis They are some of the most talented rugby league players to ever play...

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Secret meetings, “retired” board members and a birthday present Brad Arthur will never forget: How Eels chairman Sean McElduff got it all so wrong

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Secret meetings, “retired” board members and a birthday present Brad Arthur will never forget: How Eels chairman Sean McElduff got it all so wrong

The81stMinute May 21, 2024

BY CURTIS WOODWARD @woodward_curtis Fourteen months ago, in March of 2023, Parramatta Eels Chairman Sean McElduff proudly...

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‘If rugby league is a supermodel – the NFL is fashion week in New York, Paris, London and Milan all rolled into one’: Why gridiron will be the NRL’s next big threat

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‘If rugby league is a supermodel – the NFL is fashion week in New York, Paris, London and Milan all rolled into one’: Why gridiron will be the NRL’s next big threat

The81stMinute May 14, 2024

BY CURTIS WOODWARD @woodward_curtis Less than a month after announcing their historic development academy on the Gold...

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Reward one-on-one leg tackles, allocated positions, fair catch: Six ideas better than banning the long kick-off in the NRL

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Reward one-on-one leg tackles, allocated positions, fair catch: Six ideas better than banning the long kick-off in the NRL

The81stMinute May 2, 2024

BY CURTIS WOODWARD @woodward_curtis On Anzac Day at Allianz Stadium, Mosese Suli was knocked senseless on the...

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The Kiwi sprint champion, Wallaby and Wests Magpie that followed his brother into the Korean War

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The Kiwi sprint champion, Wallaby and Wests Magpie that followed his brother into the Korean War

The81stMinute April 24, 2024

BY CURTIS WOODWARD @woodward_curtis On the eve of the 1995 State of Origin series and his fame...

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“A ruthlessness that has come back to bite Trent Robinson and the Bondi glamour club”: Why Michael Jennings should be stuck on 298 games for the rest of his life

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“A ruthlessness that has come back to bite Trent Robinson and the Bondi glamour club”: Why Michael Jennings should be stuck on 298 games for the rest of his life

The81stMinute April 9, 2024

BY CURTIS WOODWARD @woodward_curtis In October of 2020 and just hours before Parramatta’s semi-final against the South...

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Go Wests Tigers? Nah, just go (South) West, Tigers: Spiritual home is in the sky and it’s going to the place that’s the best

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Go Wests Tigers? Nah, just go (South) West, Tigers: Spiritual home is in the sky and it’s going to the place that’s the best

The81stMinute March 28, 2024

BY CURTIS WOODWARD @woodward_curtis On a freezing cold Monday night in Campbelltown in 1996, Andrew Willis’ fifty-metre...

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‘Drowned by speculation’: Time for Shane Flanagan and his Dragons to zip it, batten down hatches and let footy do the talking

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‘Drowned by speculation’: Time for Shane Flanagan and his Dragons to zip it, batten down hatches and let footy do the talking

The81stMinute March 20, 2024

BY CURTIS WOODWARD @woodward_curtis New St George Illawarra Dragons coach Shane Flanagan had a fairly low base...

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Benji wasn’t wrong picking boom youngster Galvin but selections around him and way team played has already let other players down

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Benji wasn’t wrong picking boom youngster Galvin but selections around him and way team played has already let other players down

The81stMinute March 18, 2024

BY CURTIS WOODWARD @woodward_curtis Ahead of Wests Tigers’ first match of their 2024 campaign – the rugby...

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