‘Forget parmi versus parma – what’s a ‘butcho’? A rugby league fan in Melbourne for NRL and AFL grand final weekend
BY CURTIS WOODWARD @woodward_curtis Many months ago your writer was told by his wife, an award-winning dog groomer, that we were headed to Victoria for...
Melbourne media giant sparks rumour NRL have poached Crowded House from AFL for grand final entertainment
Eddie McGuire has sparked rumours Crowded House has turned down the AFL to play at the NRL Grand Final instead. Speaking on his own podcast,...
AFL CEO Gillon McLachlan says ‘gather round’ is already better than NRL’s Magic Round as AFL prepare to play a match at 5000 capacity bush ground
BY STAFF WRITERS Mexican President AKA AFL supremo Gillon McLachlan has made a peculiar flex ahead of his sport’s first ever “gather round” down in...
Arrival of FIFA World Cup and a Rugby Australia resurrection can be the wake up call the NRL desperately needs
BY CURTIS WOODWARD @woodward_curtis High above the clouds, atop the tallest mountain in the brutal Australian sporting landscape, sit two giant codes. Bloating, spitting and...
‘I fear the AFL has massively underestimated the power of rugby league’: GWS Giants drowning in rugby league territory
Aussie Rules and the AFL haven’t put a dent into rugby league’s window in Sydney’s thriving west according to a report from The Weekend Australian....
‘Tough titties’: Part-time Storm fans want the NRL to move their preliminary final so they can watch the AFL – it ain’t going to happen
BY CURTIS WOODWARD @woodward_curtis The mighty Melburnians pride themselves on being the sporting capital of Australia. They are highly educated on all sports, so they...
The Gold War: Titans crowd doubled rival Suns on the weekend as AFL legends call for Suns to be banished from their competition
BY CURTIS WOODWARD @woodward_curtis The cross-code war on the Gold Coast between the NRL’s Titans and AFL’s Suns has taken another twist with two legends...
AFL media don’t like Peter V’landys but that’s only because nobody from the NRL has ever punched back like V’landys does
BY KANE AUSTIN & SCOTT DILLON Some don’t like the way Peter V’landys gets about and the swipes he takes at rugby league’s biggest rival...
Sydney Roosters could be forced into logo change due to Opera House Trust licensing fees
The Sydney Roosters may be forced to follow the Sydney Kings NBL franchise in scrapping their current logo due to licensing fees being enforced by...
V’landys has put the fear of God into the AFL in the northern states and it’s about bloody time
BY SCOTT DILLON The chairman of the Sydney Swans has sent an SOS back to AFL bosses in Melbourne as the COVID-19 pandemic looks set...