Feature Story – Page 66

10 players who look plain weird in another team’s strip

4 November, 2016 The81stMinute 0 Comments 1 category

BY CURTIS WOODWARD Season 2017 is going to be a weird one. Robbie Farah at South Sydney, Benji Marshall at Brisbane, someone else here, someone else there. The National Rugby League stops for no man

James Maloney sledging: Mic’d up behind the stumps playing cricket

3 November, 2016 The81stMinute 0 Comments 1 category

We all know James Maloney is never short of a word. So check him out here behind the stumps in his time at the Roosters. We have a feeling that if the Aussie cricket team

Lodge return means toothless NRL has no choice but to green light Foran and Carney

31 October, 2016 The81stMinute 0 Comments 1 category

BY CURTIS WOODWARD Legendary writer Stephen King once said, “The trust of the innocent is the liar’s most useful tool”. Well, Todd Greenberg, hammer us into the wall with your biggest sledge hammer, the innocent

Five players to watch at the Four Nations

28 October, 2016 The81stMinute 0 Comments 1 category

BY JACOB BROWN For the first time in a while, this Four Nations has the potential to be the best yet. Australia, England and New Zealand all seem capable of winning the competition and Scotland

Free spirit Jamal back just in time to save rugby league

27 October, 2016 The81stMinute 0 Comments 1 category

BY CURTIS WOODWARD “Here I go again on my own – goin’ down the only road I’ve ever known! Like a drifter I was born to walk alone, and I’ve made up my mind, I

Classic Bennett: Why the master has us fooled again

26 October, 2016 The81stMinute 0 Comments 1 category

BY CURTIS WOODWARD In his undeniable way, England coach Wayne Bennett said enough to confirm England will be ready for New Zealand this weekend. England play the Kiwis while Australia face Scotland. Bennett’s England

Bad Tourists: The ultimate loose cannon Australian Kangaroos team

25 October, 2016 The81stMinute 0 Comments 1 category

BY STAFF WRITERS The Aussies are on tour, baby. Yep the Kangaroos are over in England ahead of the Four Nations opener against Scotland this weekend. At The81stMinute, it’s our job to pick the most

Then and now: The evolution of the rugby league website

24 October, 2016 The81stMinute 0 Comments 1 category

BY CURTIS WOODWARD Is there anything more interesting than an archaeological dig in search of the past? Okay, so we’re not hunting tyrannosaurus bones but we can pretend can’t we? Our poison is sifting

Dear Australian Kangaroos: I am a traitor and I want to see you lose

21 October, 2016 The81stMinute 0 Comments 1 category

BY CURTIS WOODWARD Dear Australia, My name is Curtis Woodward and I am a traitor. I cannot live this lie any longer. To explain my treachery in a single sentence would be

Hall of Fame #31: Harry Bath

19 October, 2016 The81stMinute 0 Comments 1 category

HARRY BATH Regarded as the greatest player to never represent Australia – Harry Bath takes his place in The81stMinute Hall of Fame for everything else he achieved in the game. After starting

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