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All bets are off: Tim Simona’s career is over

10 March, 2017 The81stMinute 0 Comments 1 category

BY CURTIS WOODWARD Tim Simona’s NRL career is over after the National Rugby League deregistered the Wests Tigers centre’s contract after they found he had been betting on Wests Tigers to lose. The NRL has confirmed

Cowboys blowout wishful thinking from Scott as another Queensland classic looms

10 March, 2017 The81stMinute 0 Comments 1 category

Veteran North Queensland prop Matt Scott doesn’t want a close contest tonight against Brisbane after an enthralling golden point win over Canberra in round one. But it may be wishful thinking from Scott as the

Kearney won’t be using short turnaround as an excuse ahead of Storm showdown

10 March, 2017 The81stMinute 0 Comments 1 category

New Zealand Warriors coach Stephen Kearney won’t be using a short turnaround if his team goes down to the Melbourne Storm tonight in Auckland. The Warriors scratched to a tight win over wooden spooners Newcastle

Wests Tigers fans, sponsors, coaches deserve to be angry at Tim Simona but why aren’t his teammates and his captain?

9 March, 2017 The81stMinute 0 Comments 1 category

BY CURTIS WOODWARD Ryan Tandy and best mate Hassan Saleh walk into The Edinburgh Castle in Sydney on a Friday night and order a case of Corona to go. Behind them a mass of drunken

Gold Coast shouldn’t have signed Jarryd: Ennis rips Hayne to shreds

9 March, 2017 The81stMinute 0 Comments 1 category

Premiership-winning Cronulla legend Michael Ennis has ripped Jarryd Hayne to shreds saying the Gold Coast Titans made a mistake in signing the superstar. Speaking on Triple M’s Dead Set Legends, Ennis said the club had

New York Post runs story on Jarryd Hayne’s Gold Coast Titans problems

9 March, 2017 The81stMinute 0 Comments 1 category

Jarryd Hayne’s problems at the Gold Coast Titans have reached The Big Apple with the New York Post reporting on the two-time Dally M champion. You know you’ve still got it when the NY Post

Resurgent Dragons couldn’t care less about pre-season wooden spoon predictions

8 March, 2017 The81stMinute 0 Comments 1 category

St George Illawarra’s three try hero Joel Thompson says the Dragons couldn’t care less about pre-season predictions which had the Saints challenging for the wooden spoon. The Dragons began their season in style with a

Slater could be back next week: Bellamy

8 March, 2017 The81stMinute 0 Comments 1 category

Craig Bellamy says the Melbourne Storm could have legendary fullback Billy Slater back as early as next week. The coach is keen to have Slater back but after missing two full seasons of football, Melbourne

Todd Greenberg Twitter Q and A

7 March, 2017 The81stMinute 0 Comments 1 category

NRL Chief Executive Todd Greenberg has taken to Twitter to answer a number of fan questions with a heavy focus on a perception the game has gone soft. Some believed the NRL needed to allow

Wests Tigers spine could be the most dangerous in the NRL: Gould

7 March, 2017 The81stMinute 0 Comments 1 category

Phil Gould believes Wests Tigers exciting young spine could prove to be the most dangerous in the NRL this year after hammering South Sydney on Friday night at ANZ Stadium. Writing for the Wide World