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‘NRL won’t rate in spring or summer’: Channel Nine’s weird flex isn’t fooling anyone

27 March, 2020 The81stMinute 0 Comments 1 category

BY CURTIS WOODWARD – EDITOR @woodward_curtis Oh dear… Channel Nine doesn’t think rugby league will rate in spring or summer? Are we sure power brokers at the network understand NRL fans at all? So there

LISTEN: Doug Parkinson on the Rugby League Hottest 100

10 March, 2020 The81stMinute 0 Comments 1 category

Tina Turner goes 1 and 2 in the Rugby League Hottest 100

8 March, 2020 The81stMinute 0 Comments 1 category

BY STAFF WRITERS The first ever Rugby League Hottest 100 and has been run and won! From lunchtime today, Curtis Woodward hit you with some of the best, worst and funniest songs rugby league has

‘Megastar of growth’: Western Corridor bid chairman takes shot at rivals as expansion talk heats up

5 March, 2020 The81stMinute 0 Comments 1 category

BY ADAM JOE Western Corridor NRL bid chairman Steve Johnson has likened the Western Corridor to rugby league heartland region Newcastle as expansion talk heats up. “Back in 2016, Brisbane had 11,355 registered players and

Simply the best: The NRL’s vision for inclusion will outlive cranky old white men yelling at clouds

3 March, 2020 The81stMinute 0 Comments 2 categories

BY CURTIS WOODWARD – EDITOR @woodward_curtis There is nothing wrong with the NRL’s brand new promotional video featuring Tina Turner and anybody writing otherwise is simply chasing clicks. Apparently the NRL has got it all

The81stMinute to make history by presenting the Rugby League Hottest 100

27 February, 2020 The81stMinute 0 Comments 1 category

Oh yeah, baby, get ready for some history and we are making it! Scribble the date into your diary or across your forehead… Sunday March 8th at noon as we present the first ever Rugby

Foxing for a click: Why baiting fans with a psychopath is only going to alienate media outlets from supporters

20 February, 2020 The81stMinute 0 Comments 2 categories

BY CURTIS WOODWARD @woodward_curtis Big time fans of professional wrestling know all about the terms ‘good heat’ and ‘go away heat’. Heat is all about the reaction you can get out of a fan. To

Teams from as far and wide as Turkey, Japan and PNG set to light up 2020 International Nines

31 January, 2020 The81stMinute 0 Comments 1 category

BY STAFF WRITERS NRL International development manager Tas Baitieri says there is no reason some of the players on show on Saturday at the Konami International Nines can’t play important roles for their nations leading

‘Smell like sulfur’: France’s biggest newspaper says Israel Folau signing will make or break Catalans Dragons

30 January, 2020 The81stMinute 0 Comments 1 category

BY ADAM JOE France’s biggest newspaper, Le Monde, say the Catalans Dragons signing of the ‘banished’ Israel Folau will make or break the club who have spent many years on the cusp of becoming a

Who would you rather playing rugby league? The crazy man we can ignore or the ones we can’t ignore but choose to anyway?

29 January, 2020 The81stMinute 0 Comments 1 category

BY CURTIS WOODWARD @woodward_curtis Outspoken code-hopper Israel Folau has found a home for 2020 with French rugby league club Catalans Dragons confirming his signature on a one-year deal which has already sparked anger online. While

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