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Can our cricket commentary teams please give the AFL love-in a rest? Rugby league fans thank you

9 January, 2019 The81stMinute 0 Comments 2 categories

BY CURTIS WOODWARD – COMMENT @woodward_curtis Back in the day, those that lived north of the Murray River only had to put up with so much Aussie Rules “chatter” in Channel Nine’s cricket commentary. Every

Did former Prime Minister Kevin Rudd use a burner account to troll the NRL?

20 December, 2018 The81stMinute 0 Comments 1 category

BY STAFF WRITERS Okay so this may sound a little bizarre. Perhaps we’re just weary after a brutally long year of rugby league. Maybe we’re just losing it a tad but we just had to

Lost in the limelight: Forgotten players of rugby league grand finals

12 December, 2018 The81stMinute 0 Comments 1 category

BY CURTIS WOODWARD @woodward_curtis Grand final day can be the stuff of legend. For a lucky few, all their wildest dreams come true. Whether it’s Johnathan Thurston’s field goal, Benji Marshall’s flick pass or Andrew

You wanna get crazy? What about NRL in the summer, Red Roosters, a bush champions league and the return of the Bears!

11 December, 2018 The81stMinute 0 Comments 1 category

BY CURTISWOODWARD @woodward_curtis Some ideas, as they say, are crazier than others. Which is why (for better or worse), I’m putting mine down for record. A few will sound familiar like an NRL summer competition

From the Vault: How my weekend away in Wisemans Ferry made me appreciate rugby league in its purest form

10 December, 2018 The81stMinute 0 Comments 1 category

FROM THE VAULT – 2018 BY CURTIS WOODWARD @woodward_curtis It is Saturday morning and the crisp air somewhere between Cattai and South Maroota cuts through the open car window and over my face. I’m peering

Alphabetical all-time rugby league XVII: B

5 December, 2018 The81stMinute 0 Comments 1 category

BY STAFF WRITERS It is about half past (whatever o’clock) and you’re standing around the bonfire talking footy. The topic gets to fantasy footy teams and old mate throws up a cracker: “What about teams

Alphabetical all-time rugby league XVII: E

3 December, 2018 The81stMinute 0 Comments 1 category

Failure to take trial games to country regions a kick in the teeth for rugby league fans

29 November, 2018 The81stMinute 0 Comments 1 category

BY CURTIS WOODWARD @woodward_curtis You could not imagine a bigger underdog than the 1994 South Sydney Rabbitohs as they ran out for the Tooheys Challenge Cup Final in Albury. Rugby league’s minnows, the battlers from

Fans who think there’s nothing wrong with SFS might be suffering from severe Stockholm syndrome

27 November, 2018 The81stMinute 0 Comments 1 category

BY CURTIS WOODWARD @woodward_curtis A historic NRL grand final outside of Sydney is back on the cards if the Labor Party wins power at the NSW state election next March. Opposition Leader Michael Daley slammed

Alphabetical all-time rugby league XVII: C

21 November, 2018 The81stMinute 0 Comments 1 category

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