The Kiwi sprint champion, Wallaby and Wests Magpie that followed his brother into the Korean War
The81stMinute BY CURTIS WOODWARD @woodward_curtis On the eve of the 1995 State of Origin series and his fame reaching…
Western Suburbs Magpies
Go Wests Tigers? Nah, just go (South) West, Tigers: Spiritual home is in the sky and it’s going to the place that’s the best
BY CURTIS WOODWARD @woodward_curtis On a freezing cold Monday night in Campbelltown in 1996, Andrew Willis’ fifty-metre field…
“Full PR blitzkrieg like the bloke was running in a federal election”: Blue Wiggle just sent Wests Tigers back to the dark ages – one painful interview at a time
BY CURTIS WOODWARD @woodward_curtis Just when Wests Tigers fans thought it was safe to come out of their…
‘Send Magpies to Perth’: Anthony Field would disband Wests Tigers and bring back Balmain if he bought the NRL club
Anthony Field, of The Wiggles fame, wants to buy the Wests Tigers and reinstate Balmain to the National…
‘The heart of a lion and the guts of an army’: Tom Raudonikis dies after bashing the piss out of cancer for several years
BY CURTIS WOODWARD @woodward_curtis A couple of years ago I was at a Men of League function with…
Report says Western Suburbs Magpies Facebook kings of suburban rugby league and by a long way
BY CURTIS WOODWARD @woodward_curtis The Western Suburbs Magpies are the kings of suburban New South Wales rugby league,…
Laurie Daley “seriously” considered leaving Canberra for Magpies or Saints in 1991
BY STAFF WRITERS Imagine Laurie Daley in the legendary black and white of the Western Suburbs Magpies or…
A ‘handshake that made you feel special’: Remembering a hero… Noel ‘Ned’ Kelly
BY KEITH PAYNE I was honoured to interview Noel on two occasions. The first was the inaugural ‘Back…
Footy world mourns the passing of legendary forward Noel Kelly
The rugby league world is mourning the loss of legendary hard man Noel Kelly who passed away in…
Vale Arthur Summons: Tributes flow for one of the greatest to play the game
BY STAFF WRITERS Tributes have been flowing for former Australian and Western Suburbs halfback Arthur Summons who passed…