Everyone has their favourite players. They may not be the biggest, strongest or most skillful – your favourites don’t necessarily have to be the superstars of the game either. As you’ll see, some of mine
Welcome to the first installment of NRL Trade Block where we’ll throw up three fantasy trades your club could do with right this minute! They may not win you a premiership but they’ll
Let’s get this straight right off the bat. The New South Wales Blues need Mitchell Pearce like a kick in the head. Some might have you believe, including the highly-respected Rugby League Week, that the
So I am sitting at Leichhardt Oval on Saturday afternoon after New Zealand Warriors’ demolition job of Wests Tigers in the Intrust Super Premiership and was probably (actually I was) the only bloke in the
Australia’s favourite DIY publication Handyman Magazine will be the naming rights sponsor for the fifth installment of The81stMinute Player of the Year in 2016. Full of expert tips and how to projects covering gardening and
Ali Lautiiti made his National Rugby League debut way back in 1998 at North Sydney Oval against the Bears. Not many players can say they faced the Bears let alone have run out for a
Thomas Howell wrote in 1570, “Counte not thy Chickens that unhatched be, Waye wordes as winde, till thou finde certaintee.” On the eve of National Rugby League, version 2016, truer advice couldn’t be found. It
In a scene from last night’s episode of Black Comedy on the ABC, an aboriginal father and son sit on the beach staring out over the ocean. The boy turns to his dad and asks,
The Auckland Nines are this weekend which means rugby league is back upon us for another season. We’re getting itchy feet here at The81stMinute and we can’t take it any longer. So our Head Writer
Despite grassroots bush football needing the National Rugby League more than ever more NRL trial matches in 2016 will be played in Sydney then was the case twenty-one years ago in 1995. If you are
