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Announcement on international clash in Denver set for end of month

24 January, 2018 The81stMinute 0 Comments 1 category

Interim RFL CEO Ralph Rimmer says they’re hoping to make an announcement on a historic International clash between England and New Zealand in Denver by the end of this month. Officials are hoping to schedule

NRL award to now honour Arthur Beetson

23 January, 2018 The81stMinute 0 Comments 1 category

The81stMinute’s annual NRL Player of the Year award will now be known as the Arthur Beetson Medal. Beetson is one of eight Immortals, represented Australia and Queensland while also winning premierships with both Balmain and

Rugby league’s history: Long before football there was a Greek game called episkyros

23 January, 2018 The81stMinute 0 Comments 1 category

BY CURTIS WOODWARD @woodward_curtis Primitive primates evolved more than 50 million years ago. A few short years later and here we are. Doesn’t time fly? As human beings, we are constantly digging, researching and learning.

Vale Graeme Langlands

22 January, 2018 The81stMinute 0 Comments 1 category

Rugby league Immortal Graeme Langlands has passed away in his sleep aged 76 following a long battle with Alzheimer’s. The St George Dragons legend icon had recently been accused of indecent assault of a girl

From Tutty to Tallis: When rugby league contracts go wrong

16 January, 2018 The81stMinute 0 Comments 1 category

BY CURTIS WOODWARD @woodward_curtis Like sands through the hourglass, these are the rugby league contracts that didn’t quite work out. Yep, like death and taxes, it seems we can’t go a week in rugby league

WATCH: AC/DC legend Bon Scott playing footy

11 January, 2018 The81stMinute 0 Comments 1 category

50 super villains less scary than Salesi Funaki

10 January, 2018 The81stMinute 0 Comments 1 category

BY STAFF WRITERS Is Salesi Funaki the scariest looking dude in the National Rugby League? Damn right, he is! We’d go even further and suggest he’s the scariest dude in history. To prove it, we’ve

Netflix, WWE Network, Stan… Rugby League on Demand? NRL needs to get with the times

9 January, 2018 The81stMinute 0 Comments 1 category

BY CURTIS WOODWARD @woodward_curtis It is a slow old Sunday and the wife tells you she is off to lunch with her friends for an hour or three. You’re all alone with nothing to do.

Former teammate takes dig at Joel Thompson

9 January, 2018 The81stMinute 0 Comments 1 category

One of Joel Thompson’s former teammates at the St George Illawarra Dragons, Peter Mata’utia, has taken a light-hearted dig at the forward who has just linked with the Manly Sea Eagles. Thompson tweeted, “First day

Rex Mossop, Ken Kearney and Col Pearce join our Hall of Fame

13 December, 2017 The81stMinute 0 Comments 1 category

BY STAFF WRITERS Col Pearce – Referee – 1917-2004 Long before Bill Harrigan, there was Col Pearce. A consummate professional, Pearce lived the rules of rugby league and amassed 343 first grade games and countless

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