Oddball Footy History: Wests Tigers melt in Townsville, Matt Ridge place kicks for touch, Brad Fittler the halfback?
The81stMinute BY CURTIS WOODWARD @woodward_curtis Rugby league is a funny game. It’s also a crazy, strange, wonderful place full…
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Four hour round trip? Wests Tigers fans in Macarthur won’t travel to games at Western Sydney Stadium
BY CURTIS WOODWARD @woodward_curtis Inner city Wests Tigers fans are set to be the big winners if the…
Flower children, man buns and harem pants: The Wests Tigers back at their “spiritual home” tonight
BY CURTIS WOODWARD @woodward_curtis Tonight an annual festival begins in Sydney’s Inner West where hippies, flower children and…
From Stolen Generation to champion boxer: John Patten was also a handy league player
BY CURTIS WOODWARD @woodward_curtis Boxing historians know him as former Australian bantamweight champion Johnny Jarrett. So dominant he…
How Henson Park helped me travel through time on a magic carpet called rugby league
BY CURTIS WOODWARD @woodward_curtis On Saturday afternoon I experienced something absolutely strange. Almost too out there to put…
Uncle Rupert, #CodeWars and double agents: The revolution and why rugby league is fighting back
BY CURTIS WOODWARD @woodward_curtis “What you’ve just said is one of the most insanely idiotic things I have…
The Dally M Medal was compromised long before Ruan Sims voting drama
BY CURTIS WOODWARD @woodward_curtis As a teenager representing the mighty Macarthur Saints in the local Campbelltown competition, I…
Trent Robinson risks losing his job if he doesn’t make a tough call on Jake Friend
BY CURTIS WOODWARD @woodward_curtis Trent Robinson is revered as one of the top rugby league minds in the…
Rugby league men that never came home from war
BY CURTIS WOODWARD @woodward_curtis Imagine a world where your favourite NRL player was scoring dazzling tries one week…
Why we should always play the greatest game of all on Anzac Day
BY CURTIS WOODWARD @woodward_curtis It is just after 4pm on Wednesday afternoon as 34 players stand side-by-side inside…