NRL Finals – Page 5

Did you know these six famous names were actually born in Penrith or Melbourne?

22 October, 2020 The81stMinute 0 Comments 2 categories

BY STAFF WRITERS Okay.. so it’s Thursday night on grand final week and everything by every writer and every website in the land has been written. We admit it! Are we scraping the barrel… never!

A 2003 timeline: Take a look back at Craig Bellamy’s first season in charge of the Melbourne Storm

22 October, 2020 The81stMinute 0 Comments 2 categories

BY CURTIS WOODWARD @woodward_curtis Despite interest from other clubs including Wests Tigers, Craig Bellamy was always meant to leave the Broncos as an assistant and join the Melbourne Storm. His arrival at Olympic Park in

Grand Final Day Teams

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PENRITH PANTHERS VS MELBOURNE STORM SUNDAY 7.30pm, ANZ STADIUM Dylan Edwards 2. Josh Mansour 3. Brent Naden 4. Stephen Crichton 5. Brian To’o 6. Jarome Luai 7. Nathan Cleary 8. James Tamou 9. Apisai Koroisau

Forget the Storm guard of honour… Cameron Smith is still open to playing on at another club in 2021

16 October, 2020 The81stMinute 0 Comments 2 categories

BY CURTIS WOODWARD @woodward_curtis This is the riddle that keeps on giving. As the referee blew time on a dominant Melbourne Storm preliminary final victory over Canberra at Suncorp Stadium, all eyes turned to the

Andrew Johns says ‘world class’ Justin Olam will terrorise Canberra’s Jordan Rapana tonight

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Rugby league Immortal Andrew Johns has labeled unsung Melbourne hero Justin Olam as ‘one of the best strike centres in the world’ and he expects Melbourne to bombard Canberra’s Jordan Rapana in tonight’s preliminary final

Cameron Smith’s opponent on Friday night was just four-years-old when the legendary hooker made his NRL debut

14 October, 2020 The81stMinute 0 Comments 1 category

BY CURTIS WOODWARD @woodward_curtis It is 1998 and a skinny little kid is running rings around the competition for Logan Brothers in south-eastern Queensland. His name was Cameron Smith and already touted as a future

Storm flyer Papenhuyzen insists team has no idea whether this weekend will be Cameron Smith’s final ever NRL game

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Melbourne Storm flyer Ryan Papenhuyzen insists the side is no closer to knowing what legend Cameron Smith’s future holds despite this weekend’s preliminary final possibly being Smith’s final NRL match. Smith is yet to make

Immortal Andrew Johns tipping Roosters on the back of Jake Friend’s inclusion

9 October, 2020 The81stMinute 0 Comments 1 category

Rugby league Immortal Andrew Johns is tipping the Sydney Roosters to eliminate Canberra from the 2020 premiership race on the back of veteran hooker Jake Friend’s inclusion. Writing for The Sydney Morning Herald, Johns also

The absolute must-do’s if you are hosting an NRL Finals Party this weekend in this COVID world

7 October, 2020 The81stMinute 0 Comments 1 category

BY STAFF WRITERS Week Two of the 2020 NRL Finals are almost upon us – how bloody good! While the action on the field is going to be pulsating and thrilling until the final moments,

Penrith had their own way for much of the night but Cleary and Luai proved they’re still amateurs in one important aspect

2 October, 2020 The81stMinute 0 Comments 2 categories

BY CURTIS WOODWARD @woodward_curtis Even at the end of Muhammad Ali’s incredible career, the legend that was Ali still had a fighting chance. The last thing to go is your knockout punch. The defending and

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