From Tutty to Tallis: When rugby league contracts go wrong
The81stMinute BY CURTIS WOODWARD @woodward_curtis Like sands through the hourglass, these are the rugby league contracts that didn’t quite…
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50 super villains less scary than Salesi Funaki
BY STAFF WRITERS Is Salesi Funaki the scariest looking dude in the National Rugby League? Damn right, he…
Netflix, WWE Network, Stan… Rugby League on Demand? NRL needs to get with the times
BY CURTIS WOODWARD @woodward_curtis It is a slow old Sunday and the wife tells you she is off…
What your NRL team is drinking this holiday season
BY STAFF WRITERS It is the end of another year and what better way to see it out…
Exclusive: Sydney Roosters buy happiness
BY CURTIS WOODWARD @woodward_curtis It is official – The81stMinute can exclusively reveal that you can indeed buy happiness…
Ancient NRL websites we thought were dead!
BY STAFF WRITERS The NRL and all affiliated clubs and organisations have had a digital makeover with new…
‘Smoking, drinking, acting like a 15-year-old’: The real reason Matt Moylan is now at the Sharks
EXCLUSIVE BY CURTIS WOODWARD @woodward_curtis It is a Saturday afternoon in Penrith – the crowd is restless. Their…
Why the ‘Rooster for Life’ Mitchell Pearce has every right to be dirty on the ones he called family
BY CURTIS WOODWARD @woodward_curtis You make your first grade debut as an 18-year-old and immediately impress – it…
5 out of 13: A tribute to the great man ‘Fatty’ Vautin and the legendary Footy Show
BY CURTIS WOODWARD @woodward_curtis I am one of the thousands who grew up watching Paul ‘Fatty’ Vautin –…
How the Nazis helped destroy French rugby league
BY CURTIS WOODWARD @woodward_curtis It has been a long, long time since France defeated Australia in back-to-back Test…