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Here’s the tip: What the NSW Blues must do to win Game II at Suncorp Stadium

17 June, 2016 The81stMinute 0 Comments 1 category

State of Origin II is this Wednesday night and the New South Wales Blues are staring down the barrel of yet another series defeat. But it’s not all doom and gloom just yet despite the

The tale of fisherman Ray McGillicutty and his lifelong search for Harold Holt

16 June, 2016 The81stMinute 0 Comments 1 category

Somewhere out on the Pacific Ocean, fisherman Ray McGillicutty sits and hopes. Chewing on his tobacco with his feet up over the edge of his old ship ‘Cadmus’, just so named after a mythological Greek

Tony Melrose, Grant Rix, Bruce Walker? Origin’s forgotten one-game wonders

25 May, 2016 The81stMinute 0 Comments 1 category

We have all heard the stories of Arthur Beetson, David Peachey, Hazem El Masri and others. For very different reasons each, these and many more only ever donned the Queensland or New South Wales jersey

Time machine stat attack: NRL 2006 v NRL 2016

24 May, 2016 The81stMinute 0 Comments 1 category

Let us take a trip back in time – ten years to be exact. Back to 2006 when things weren’t as different as it would seem. With the help of The81stMinute’s monkeys (interns), we’ve compared

9 Players You Didn’t Know

5 May, 2016 The81stMinute 0 Comments 1 category

We all remember the legends. Guys like Mal Meninga, Darren Lockyer and Andrew Johns. Stalwarts that become part of the furniture of the Kangaroos. They become engrained into the history of the national side. This

Luke Kelly: The forgotten man of two salary cap scandals

4 May, 2016 The81stMinute 0 Comments 1 category

He is the forgotten man of not one, but two salary cap scandals. Perennial backup playmaker Luke Kelly was with the Melbourne Storm in 2010 and is now living it all again six years later

City v Country clash chewed up and spat out by evil coaches and a game that doesn’t care

3 May, 2016 The81stMinute 0 Comments 1 category

Just imagine a halves combination of Immortal Andrew Johns and Trent Barrett, Danny Buderus at hooker and a backline boasting Matt Cooper, Jamie Lyon, David Peachey and Shaun Timmins. Not a bad team, hey? It

My 50 favourite players: 40-31

2 May, 2016 The81stMinute 0 Comments 1 category

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

Handyman Medal

2 May, 2016 The81stMinute 0 Comments 1 category

After Round 9: Anthony Milford 13 Johnathan Thurston 12 Ben Barba 11 Jason Taumalolo 11 Gareth Widdop 10 Cameron Munster 10 Cooper Cronk 10 Josh Reynolds 9 Josh Hodgson 9 James Tedesco

My 50 favourite players: 50-41

29 April, 2016 The81stMinute 0 Comments 1 category

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