The XIII: Rugby league’s weird, strange and a little crazy
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Nothing wrong with crackdown on cheating teams but where’s the common sense in our game gone?
BY CURTIS WOODWARD @woodward_curtis Sydney Roosters enforcer Dylan Napa has broken his silence on the tackle that left…
Cameron Smith is the most influential player in rugby league history
BY CURTIS WOODWARD @woodward_curtis They say a great player can make an average player look a million bucks.…
Oddball Footy History: Wests Tigers melt in Townsville, Matt Ridge place kicks for touch, Brad Fittler the halfback?
BY CURTIS WOODWARD @woodward_curtis Rugby league is a funny game. It’s also a crazy, strange, wonderful place full…
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…