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A lifetime before ‘Up the Wahs’! The 2020 round one Warriors – Where are they now?

22 September, 2023 The81stMinute 0 Comments 1 category

BY CURTIS WOODWARD @woodward_curtis The New Zealand Warriors travelled to Newcastle for their opening round game of the 2020 season knowing that at any minute, the COVID pandemic could change everything. After their 20-0 loss

Ten forgettable, respectable and regrettable player comebacks of the modern era

27 July, 2023 The81stMinute 0 Comments 1 category

BY CURTIS WOODWARD @woodward_curtis Many rugby league players never get a say when their time is up in first grade footy. Sometimes it’s injury, other times it’s age. Occasionally the thing just runs its course.

‘Anchored inside their own echo chamber’: Why Shane Flanagan has a blank canvas to work with at the Dragons in 2024

21 July, 2023 The81stMinute 0 Comments 2 categories

BY CURTIS WOODWARD @woodward_curtis On a Thursday evening headlined by the opening of the FIFA Women’s World Cup at Accor Stadium and day two of the fourth Ashes Test over in England – St George

‘Hell that finally freezes over’: The frosty reception ahead for Wests Tigers and three weeks in the teeth of the wind

11 July, 2023 The81stMinute 0 Comments 2 categories

BY CURTIS WOODWARD @woodward_curtis The Wests Tigers are currently sitting dead last on the competition table and staring down the barrel of back-to-back wooden spoons with their CEO Justin Pascoe and chairman Lee Hagipantelis both

‘Not good reading for Wests Tigers’: Each team’s top three performers in 2023 based on Beetson Raudonikis Medal votes

10 July, 2023 The81stMinute 0 Comments 2 categories

BY STAFF WRITERS The 12th annual Beetson Raudonikis Medal vote is getting very interesting as we enter round 20 of the NRL premiership season. New Zealand Warriors legend Shaun Johnson currently leads on 22 votes

‘It shouldn’t be this hard to be a NSW Blues fan: Angry supporters want blood and they absolutely deserve it too

23 June, 2023 The81stMinute 0 Comments 2 categories

BY CURTIS WOODWARD @woodward_curtis Here we are again and let’s be clear – there is never much more in State of Origin than an inch or a “moment” between Queensland and New South Wales in

Despite Brad Fittler and Greg Alexander’s blue tactics – two big Mitchell Moses performances can drag New South Wales into a brand-new era

20 June, 2023 The81stMinute 0 Comments 2 categories

BY CURTIS WOODWARD @woodward_curtis Mitchell Moses is not everyone’s cup of tea – neither is Nathan Cleary to be fair. Both polarize opinions for their different styles as halfbacks but the simple fact is –

‘Croker 300’: A kid from Goulburn and one from Papatoetoe – separated by fourteen long winters and the same rugby league dream we all share in common

7 June, 2023 The81stMinute 0 Comments 2 categories

BY CURTIS WOODWARD @woodward_curtis Fourteen long years ago, on a Sunday afternoon at Canberra Stadium, a slight 18-year-old Goulburn native ran out in the number 20 jersey for the Raiders against the New Zealand Warriors.

Blues team based on BRM votes: Dylan Edwards to fullback, Tedesco and Latrell in the centre and a new halves pairing

7 June, 2023 The81stMinute 0 Comments 2 categories

BY STAFF WRITERS Brad Fittler and the New South Wales Blues certainly do have some headaches going into State of Origin II in Brisbane in a must-win game and Fittler’s career as coach on the

Brad Fittler let James Tedesco down in State of Origin Game I and it could cost both of them their jobs if Blues lose game II in Brisbane

6 June, 2023 The81stMinute 0 Comments 2 categories

BY CURTIS WOODWARD @woodward_curtis James Tedesco is a nice fella – it just so happens that he’s also one of the greatest fullbacks to ever pull on a boot anywhere in the world in the

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