Fifty of our favourite players to never win a rugby league premiership in Australia
The81stMinute BY STAFF WRITERS Not everyone gets the fairy tale ending. Some of the game’s greatest players never got…
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COVID: Queensland finally allowed to become the centre of the rugby league universe
The National Rugby League is shifting the premiership to Queensland as the COVID pandemic in Sydney worsens. As…
‘If Kangaroos and Kiwis don’t want to be there then stuff them’: World Cup doesn’t need blow arse NRL or their players
BY CURTIS WOODWARD @woodward_curtis Australian Rugby League Commission chairman Peter V’landys recently revealed that some NRL clubs were…
Road to the Cup 2: Australian government, Fiji plans ahead, Jamaica has a rugby league team
BY CURTIS WOODWARD @woodward_curtis You could almost forget there is a World Cup happening over in the United…
How an 8-team NRL Summer League could be an answer to game development and stave off pre-season player injuries
BY CURTIS WOODWARD @woodward_curtis We have seen some crazy concepts thrown up recently and it all started after…
Road to the Cup: Benji Marshall set to wear black jersey for the first time at a World Cup since the 2008 final victory over Australia
BY CURTIS WOODWARD @woodward_curtis You could almost forget there is a World Cup happening over in the United…
Somebody needs to tell Pete: Six of the games best rivalries in recent history didn’t just include Sydney clubs
So the ARL Commission and the NRL want to bring in a conference system which will shun teams…
Miracle of miles: The war hero who debuted for the Kangaroos as skipper and was then sacked for being Catholic
BY CURTIS WOODWARD @woodward_curtis The famous story goes that the Wallabies departed Sydney on the 21st of July,…
The evil European Super League soccer monsters remind us just how far away the NRL’s strongest and weakest clubs are
BY CURTIS WOODWARD @woodward_curtis The shitstorm that has hit European football is a monumental thing. To put it…
The81stMinute Player of the Year now to be known as The Beetson Raudonikis Medal
The81stminute.com’s Arthur Beetson Medal is now in its tenth season. After the passing of the iconic, legendary, mortally…