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The Quick Tap: Sinful sin-bins ‘judgment calls made by the on-field referees’? Put them in NSW Cup for the rest of their lives!

13 August, 2019 The81stMinute 0 Comments 2 categories

BY CURTIS WOODWARD EDITOR @woodward_curtis WHERE DID THIS CENTRAL COAST THING COME FROM AGAIN? Who doesn’t love the North Sydney Bears? They are a great old club, steeped in tradition. But the ‘Central Coast Bears’

To salty rugby league fans: Give the bitchfest a rest, you are wrecking it for the adults

26 July, 2019 The81stMinute 0 Comments 2 categories

BY CURTIS WOODWARD @woodward_curtis This is a plea to NRL head of football Graham Annesley. Please, please, please, for the love of god, stop apoligising for decisions made by your referees the weekend prior. It

Ponga has work to do to be as good as Tedesco: Meninga

3 June, 2019 The81stMinute 0 Comments 1 category

Australian coach Mal Meninga has confirmed James Tedesco will be the Kangaroos fullback at the end of fhe year ahead of Tedesco’s upcoming one-on-one dual with Kalyn Ponga in State of Origin I. “Teddy has

‘I don’t think he’s going to listen’: Nathan Brown puts Ponga All Stars outing in perspective

18 February, 2019 The81stMinute 0 Comments 1 category

Newcastle coach Nathan Brown isn’t fazed by criticism of star Kayln Ponga’s performance in the All Stars clash on the weekend. The Māori’s were completely outplayed by the Indigenous team with Ponga playing minimal minutes

‘In the trail of Ponga’s stardust’: Why Mitchell Pearce will win the 2019 Dally M Medal

15 February, 2019 The81stMinute 0 Comments 1 category

BY CURTIS WOODWARD @woodward_curtis The Newcastle Knights have themselves a pot of gold in young superstar Kalyn Ponga. He’s a marketing department’s dream. Intelligent, charming and extremely talented. Ponga is now the household name in

Kalyn Ponga says hard work will get Knights to the playoffs – not talent

10 December, 2018 The81stMinute 0 Comments 1 category

BY STAFF WRITERS Not surprisingly, Newcastle Knights star Kalyn Ponga is undaunted about moving up to the front line if coach Nathan Brown decides to switch him from fullback into the halves for the start

With five words, Kalyn Ponga peeled back the mask and burnt Kiwi rugby league fans and the entire state of Queensland

21 August, 2018 The81stMinute 0 Comments 1 category

BY CURTIS WOODWARD @woodward_curtis With five words and seven syllables, rugby league’s newest sensation pissed off the entire state of Queensland and disrespected all rugby league fans across the ditch in New Zealand. The prodigious

RTS joins Ponga atop leaderboard as we explain the 2018 Arthur Beetson Medal

14 August, 2018 The81stMinute 0 Comments 1 category

BY A.J NASH AND SCOTT DILLON Kiwi ace and Warriors skipper Roger Tuivasa-Sheck has joined Kalyn Ponga atop the Arthur Beetson Medal leaderboard after 22 rounds of the 2018 season. Cronulla-Sutherland prop Andrew Fifita is

Kalyn Ponga takes back Arthur Beetson Medal lead from Andrew Fifita

6 August, 2018 The81stMinute 0 Comments 1 category

Newcastle prodigy Kalyn Ponga has wrestled back the Arthur Beetson Medal lead from Andrew Fifita after picking up two votes in Newcastle’s close loss to Wests Tigers. Roger Tuivasa-Sheck and Damien Cook are also on

Seven-figure rookies: Payne Haas has the improbable task of living up to the cash thrown at him but who can we blame?

24 July, 2018 The81stMinute 0 Comments 1 category

BY CURTIS WOODWARD @woodward_curtis In the year 2000, Canberra Raiders announced the signing of young prop Ryan O’Hara from rivals Canterbury. Only problem was, the talented bookend was still playing Jersey Flegg. The Raiders paid

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