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Why the people’s game of rugby league continues to grow even when scandals hit

25 February, 2019 The81stMinute 0 Comments 1 category

BY CURTIS WOODWARD @woodward_curtis ‘How many more scandals can the NRL handle?’ That was the burning question and the title of a story that ran on popular opinion website The Roar after another off-field indiscretion.

Can our cricket commentary teams please give the AFL love-in a rest? Rugby league fans thank you

9 January, 2019 The81stMinute 0 Comments 2 categories

BY CURTIS WOODWARD – COMMENT @woodward_curtis Back in the day, those that lived north of the Murray River only had to put up with so much Aussie Rules “chatter” in Channel Nine’s cricket commentary. Every

Rugby league wins ratings war against Aussie Rules

11 September, 2018 The81stMinute 0 Comments 1 category

BY A.J NASH The NRL has won this season’s war against the AFL – on television anyway. More people watched rugby league over Aussie Rules in 2018 and it’s the first seasonal win for the

Code Wars: Why proposed rule changes in AFL can only help the NRL in ongoing battle

18 July, 2018 The81stMinute 0 Comments 1 category

BY CURTIS WOODWARD @woodward_curtis Anyone that says there isn’t a code war between the NRL and AFL can keep their heads in the sand. That’s their prerogative. Anyone with half a brain however will acknowledge

Uncle Rupert, #CodeWars and double agents: The revolution and why rugby league is fighting back

2 May, 2018 The81stMinute 0 Comments 1 category

BY CURTIS WOODWARD @woodward_curtis “What you’ve just said is one of the most insanely idiotic things I have ever heard. At no point in your rambling, incoherent response were you even close to anything that

Doomsayers think again as NRL smash AFL in TV ratings

3 April, 2018 The81stMinute 0 Comments 1 category

BY A.J NASH The ongoing campaign against the NRL from doomsayers might have to be re-written with the NRL enjoying an early season domination against their biggest winter rival – the AFL. When it comes

Bankwest cops social media backlash for discriminating against rugby league

27 March, 2018 The81stMinute 0 Comments 1 category

BY A.J NASH Bankwest is copping a pasting from people on social media over their apparent discrimination against rugby league. An e-mail is doing the rounds which has been posted to Twitter countless times showing

Potential new Titans owner wants to crush the AFL on Gold Coast

6 November, 2017 The81stMinute 0 Comments 1 category

The man behind the latest bid to buy out the Gold Coast Titans from the NRL has been revealed to be John Bridgeman managing director Stuart McAuliffe according to The Australian. And McAuliffe isn’t mincing

Bodene Thompson has done nothing wrong but who wins in Tele’s continued attacks on NRL?

12 September, 2017 The81stMinute 0 Comments 1 category

BY SCOTT DILLON It is official – rugby league fans have had a gutful of the cheap, tabloid journalism infesting itself into the game. On Tuesday morning, New Zealand Warriors forward Bodene Thompson was thrown

COMMENT: Media to blame for constant NRL/AFL crowd comparisons

11 September, 2017 The81stMinute 0 Comments 1 category

COMMENT BY SCOTT DILLON Week One of the NRL Finals had everything, four heart-stopping games with more drama than a Jerry Bruckheimer television series. There’s the usual referee bashing but that comes with the territory

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