Photos: Australian Men’s cricket team facebook page  THE build up to the Test Match Cricket Ashes series this year has been like that of State of Origin in Rugby League. A few twists and turns here and there, a dodgy hammy thrown in, a golfing injury the day before the test started…it was the melting […]

Photo: Australian Kangaroos Facebook THE Rugby League season officially came to an end last Sunday, and what a season it was! It feels like yesterday the Panthers, Sharks, Raiders, and Warriors opened the season with a bang in Las Vegas.  Now some eight months later, the international fixtures that have kept us entertained for the […]

Photo: Australian Kangaroos THE NRL season may have concluded almost a month ago, but the avalanche of rugby league continues with the latest international contests certainly prolonging a long off-season.  While the Aussie Kangaroos are off doing their thing in England against an underwhelming English team, the test matches back here have been emotional and […]

ALL good things must come to an end! This feels a tad surreal, writing my Grand Final column and not speaking of the mighty mountain men, the Penrith Panthers!  We as fans have had a blessed run, and I suppose must now come to terms with the fact that for the first time since 2020 […]

OH my goodness! What a first ‘round’ of footy finals we witnessed last weekend. It simply had everything. Game 1 last Friday saw the Melbourne Storm defeat the Bulldogs but only after they got an almighty scare from Ciraldo’s men. Up 18-14 with 20 minutes to go it looked like the Storm were gone – […]

AS we put 26 rounds of the NRL in our rearview mirror we turn our attention to the last round of the season proper. At this point, anything and everything can happen! The NRL’s dream scenario. There are 3 games this final round that have zero bearing on the semi-finals scramble. Dragons v Penrith, Titans […]

ITS been a relatively quiet year on the coaching merry-go-round front. Every clipboard holder has managed to stay away from the unemployment line at Centrelink. But that’s about to change. With three rounds of footy to go until the semi-finals are upon us, I reckon there’s up to 3, maybe 4 coaches who won’t be […]

THIS is an extremely hard column to write but I’m going to use it as a tribute to one of the best blokes I’ve ever met or known. Early Sunday morning on the 20th of July I woke to a call from my mate Coxy that our best friend, our brother, Toby Hughes had passed […]

AS round 19 looms in the National Rugby League (I know! What? Round 19 already, wow!) I’ve given myself a little assignment. I’ve gone onto NRL.com and clicked on the ladder predictor. I’m keen to see where every team will end up once the season proper ends in round 27. Given that, let’s look at […]

Panthers purring! OK, I know it’s only just after the halfway mark of the season but man, you’ve just gotta tip your cap to the 4-time premiers.  Just when you may have had second thoughts about Penrith’s 2025 season, they go and win a game like they did last weekend, against all the odds, to […]