WHILST it has been downright impossible to avoid the Matildas World Cup Fairytale (they play England in the semi 2 hours from me writing this) there is some league news you may have missed because of it. Let me fill you in with a few stories that have caught my eye this past week. Firstly, […]

ROUND 18 of the NRL certainly dished up some eye popping results.  The Sharks 52 points to 16 winners over the Dragons. The Rabbitohs bouncing back across the ditch with a gritty win over the Warriors 28 to 6. The Raiders bouncing up to 5th position on the ladder with a hard fought 26-22 contest […]

WITH around half of the footy season now in our rear view mirror, I thought I’d take a look back over the past few months of the NRL and give out some gongs for those that are outstanding, and for those that who aren’t. Ok lets start. Most surprising team – The Broncos have definitely […]

IN the 14th minute of last Sunday’s game between the Panthers and the Dragons, the 17,000 hearty Panther fans at the game all held their collective breath. Star playmaker and co-captain Nathan Cleary clutched at the back of his left leg as he grimaced in pain.  As he tried to hobble back into the defensive […]

WHEN 19 Penrith Panthers, from 6 different nations embarked upon the Rugby League World Cup in the UK just over 6 weeks ago, I don’t think  they could have realised the profound affect they would have all had on the Rugby League landscape.  Australia, Fiji, Samoa, Tonga, Lebanon, and Italy all had a member or […]

I MUST admit, the Rugby League World Cup wasn’t even close to being on my radar a month ago.  When the Panthers prevailed in the 2022 Grand Final and went back-to-back, International Rugby League in the Northern hemisphere didn’t quite tickle the ivories. But, now that it has begun, I can’t get enough of it!  […]

To say a lot has happened since we last spoke would be the understatement of the year!  The mighty Penrith Panthers going back to back as premiers of one of the toughest sporting competitions in the world is downright phenomenal.  In fact their dissection of the Parramatta Eels just under a fortnight ago was perhaps […]

AS origin fever engulfs us once again its also the halfway mark of the 2022 NRL season.  Like most of you, I wasn’t that keen on receiving my mid and end of year report card off my teachers at school.  So I’m going to be the teacher in this scenario and give every team in […]

Before this current NRL season commenced all of the footy journos and commentators were asked to predict their Premiers, Top 8, and Wooden Spooners (who will finish last).  The majority of us ‘so-called’ experts forecast that the North Queensland Cowboys would run stone motherless! Well,  didn’t we get that one wrong.  Not only will they […]