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Bennett Haters Gonna Hate

5 October, 2015 The81stMinute 0 Comments 1 category

Question for all the Wayne Bennett bashers on social media: Did you actually watch his post-game press conference? How about, have you actually read any of the stories that accompany the sensational misleading headlines on

The Forgotten Man of the 1999 Grand Final

3 October, 2015 The81stMinute 0 Comments 1 category

Seventy-six minutes are gone in the 1999 Grand Final with 107,999 fans on their feet. Melbourne Storm halfback Brett Kimmorley goes at the line, takes the collision and offloads a ball to lock Tawera Nikau

9 Players You Didn’t Know

2 October, 2015 The81stMinute 0 Comments 1 category

We all remember the club legends. The guys from the 100,150 or 200 club. Stalwarts that become part of the furniture at your favourite team. They become engrained into the history of the club. As

The Curious Case of John Rheinberger

2 October, 2015 The81stMinute 0 Comments 1 category

In November of 1975 deposed Australian Prime Minister Gough Whitlam famously said, “Well may we say “God save the Queen”, because nothing will save the Governor-General!” To state the obvious, 1975 was a different time.

A Brutal Truth of the Grand Finals Gods

1 October, 2015 The81stMinute 0 Comments 1 category

Nathan Hindmarsh and Andrew Ettingshausen played 658 first grade games between them. They also compiled 44 State of Origin appearances for New South Wales and a handy 48 for the green and gold of the

The Quick Tap

29 September, 2015 The81stMinute 0 Comments 1 category

THURSTON WINS FOURTH DALLY M MEDAL If you want to talk about famous speeches through history, note Johnathan Thurston’s Dally M Medal speech after claiming it for a record fourth time. Surrounded in Townsville

Justin Hodges Deserves Better from our “Tough” Old Game

28 September, 2015 The81stMinute 0 Comments 1 category

It is the spring of 1989 and the Penrith Panthers’ Chris Mortimer is preparing for a semi-final. Only problem for the classy utility was a broken thumb that threatened to keep him from action. A

NSW CUP Grand Final: Not Quite Hollywood

24 September, 2015 The81stMinute 0 Comments 1 category

Australian rugby league has tall poppy syndrome. There, it has been said. Sometimes in our little corner of the world we seem to forget our place or more the point our role, in promoting the

The Quick Tap

21 September, 2015 The81stMinute 0 Comments 1 category

EVANS TRY WAS RIGHT CALL, SYSTEM IS WRONG Those saying Kane Evans didn’t get the football to the line in the Sydney Roosters’ win over Canterbury-Bankstown on Friday night may have an argument. The

9 Players You Didn’t Know

21 September, 2015 The81stMinute 0 Comments 1 category

We all remember the club legends. The guys from the 100,150 or 200 club. Stalwarts that become part of the furniture at your favourite team. They become engrained into the history of the club. As

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