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‘I will stomp the ground with a thunderous noise’: Is Vaai ‘Jason’ Taumalolo a Tongan king in waiting?

12 October, 2022 The81stMinute 0 Comments 2 categories

BY CURTIS WOODWARD @woodward_curtis Vaai Taumalolo has done everything in the game except win a Rugby League World Cup. It isn’t the prettiest opening paragraph you’ll ever read but it’s simple and much like the

From Beirut to Sicily, Albi to Sunbury: Did you know these local rugby league clubs will be represented at the World Cup?

11 October, 2022 The81stMinute 0 Comments 2 categories

BY STAFF WRITERS The Rugby League World Cup is about much more than the superstars of the NRL or those in the Super League representing countries like England and France. Tournaments like these should be

Wests Tigers officials could do worse than take some notes as Western Sydney grand final week between Penrith and Parramatta goes into overdrive

29 September, 2022 The81stMinute 0 Comments 2 categories

BY CURTIS WOODWARD @woodward_curtis COMMENT National Rugby League grand final week is firing on all cylinders – two of the game’s biggest clubs are set to clash on Sunday at Accor Stadium for the premiership

Big Black Bear necessity: The day Norths stole victory from the jaws of defeat and vanquished the mighty Broncos from 1994 finals

15 September, 2022 The81stMinute 0 Comments 2 categories

BY CURTIS WOODWARD @woodward_curtis It is still considered by many as the greatest playoff series in the history of rugby league in Australia. Every match of the 1994 finals was a classic before the Canberra

Croker’s miss: Wests Tigers survive after late Raiders kick sends Canberra packing out of 2010 finals series

14 September, 2022 The81stMinute 0 Comments 2 categories

BY CURTIS WOODWARD @woodward_curtis The 2010 NRL Finals will forever be remembered as the season the St George Illawarra Dragons won their maiden premiership as a joint venture and the first title for long-suffering St

Shark attack: The day Cronulla eliminated the Bulldogs from finals series with 52-point drubbing

14 September, 2022 The81stMinute 0 Comments 2 categories

BY CURTIS WOODWARD @woodward_curtis The Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs were one of the teams to beat heading into the 2001 finals series and while Parramatta were runaway minor premiers and hot favourites for the title, their old

Eight great coaches are under immense pressure this weekend but where were they twenty long years ago?

7 September, 2022 The81stMinute 0 Comments 2 categories

BY CURTIS WOODWARD @woodward_curtis The 2022 NRL Finals have arrived with four delicious matches to kick off the next chapter of the season. Every game has plenty of side stories and so much on the

Cronulla’s Nicho Hynes wins 2022 Beetson Raudonikis Medal by a single vote from Dragons half Ben Hunt

7 September, 2022 The81stMinute 0 Comments 2 categories

BY STAFF WRITERS Cronulla star Nicho Hynes has won the 2022 Beetson Raudonikis Medal by a single vote from St George Illawarra’s Ben Hunt and finished just three votes clear of Sydney Roosters skipper James

Part 3 – 2008 to 2012: Players who made their first grade debuts and never returned to the NRL again

27 July, 2022 The81stMinute 0 Comments 1 category

BY CURTIS WOODWARD @woodward_curtis Think of every kid that ever laced a footy boot and then consider how many of them never actually make it to top flight rugby league? So many more miss out

Land of the rising sun: When the Roosters and Sea Eagles clashed in Tokyo 25 years ago and how the Super League War made us all forget

27 July, 2022 The81stMinute 0 Comments 2 categories

BY CURTIS WOODWARD @woodward_curtis Rugby league loves talking about growing the game. Matches in Hawaii, premiership blockbusters in China and competition showdowns in Los Angeles have all died as quickly as they were thought up.

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