Robbie Farah’s interview with Phil Gould on The Footy Show is sure to dominate Rugby League discussion over the next few days. So…here it is: Look, this isn’t a black and white issue. There is no right and wrong. I think everyone at the Wests Tigers, the board, the CEO, Farah….pretty much everyone has a…
Check out this hilarious Footlocker advert featuring NBA star James Harden and former NBA stars Charles Barkley and Scottie Pippen that plays on the short memories elite players have: I wish my memory was as short as Scottie Pippens. I still remember him playing for my Houston Rockets….
UFC light heavyweight champion Jon Jones and Daniel Cormier have got into it during a promotional event to hype their upcoming fight. Cormier didn’t take too kindly to Jones getting in his face. He pushed Jones away, Jones dropped his title belt, and it was on! One of the best reactions to the brawl was…
Greg Inglis has told the Sydney Morning Herald’s Tom Decent that he would rate South Sydney premiership success higher than his personal representative achievements. No doubt Inglis’ feelings regarding his success at representative level compared to winning a premiership with South Sydney will upset people. What will get lost in the discussion is that this…
The real test of the Australian Rugby League commission is whether it has the backbone and foresight to take a whole of game approach to the Rugby League calender. In 2014 the NRL season is set up based upon an old model. When the NRL was first formed it had too many teams and wasn’t…
When the Gold Coast Titans joined the NRL as the competitions 16th club the good will was overwhelming. Even looking past and embarrassing name change from Dolphins to Titans early in the piece, the people of the Gold Coast seemed pretty happy to have a Rugby League team to support again. During their first few…
News Limited is reporting that the Parramatta Eels started formal contract talks with Jarryd Hayne in an effort to re-sign the star fullback to a long term deal. Hayne isn’t off contract until the end of 2015 but rival clubs can start negotiating with him on November 1st under NRL rules. That the Eels have…
Having loaded the Newcastle Knights with an ageing roster that needs completely rebuilt, and then undermining current Broncos coach Anthony Griffin to get the job he wanted, now Wayne Bennett is not doing any favours for the coach he replaced at the Newcastle Knights. When Nathan Tinkler took over the Knights ownership Rick Stone was…
From the moment that the Canberra Raiders committed so much money over so many years to a Ricky Stuart revolution, this moment was coming. As the Canberra Raiders capitulated at home to the New Zealand Warriors in front of job over 7,000 fans on Sunday afternoon you hot the feeling that the green machine was…
For well over a decade the National Rugby League ran on a strict budget. It was a competition that was under funded due to a terrible broadcasting deal that was put together while the game was negotiating from a position of weakness. In 2014 things are very different. The National Rugby League is a competition…
Coming into the 2014 NRL season my feeling was that the Penrith Panthers would be a decent regular season team, but when it came to playing finals football they just wouldn’t have an extra gear. Penrith have had a lot of things go their way in 2014. With a nice draw and no need to…
So I only accurately guessed one result last week which is dismal! Let’s hope this week is better! Wigan vs Salford, Thursday 31st July, 8pm, SKY After last week’s loss against Bradford, surely Shaun Wane won’t let Wigan lose this week or he will literally beat them to a pulp. I assumed he’d fielded a…
It’s over. After many years that have seen many people within the game of Rugby League doing everything they could to try and help Todd Carney maintain a very high paying career as a professional athlete, it is finally time for Rugby League to wish Todd Carney all the best and leave him be. To…
The current he said, she said drama enveloping the Wests Tigers has provided much fodder for newspapers and sports talk shows as the team’s 2014 season slips away. However there is a different element of the club’s off field performance that should really get attention: the clubs remarkable player retention. First a quick anecdote. When…
Round 22 saw a surprise win for relegated Bradford, a comfortable win for Hull KR and the Leeds Rhinos showed that they’re just not the same without captain Kevin Sinfeild, which is expected I guess. Hull FC vs Castleford Tigers Hull FC went into this game with a big score-line put up against them by…
Triple M in Adelaide is reporting that the GWS Giants AFL team has offered former Cronulla Sharks player Todd Carney a pre season trial next year. Carney, who was sacked by the Sharks after repeated warnings about his off field conduct that culminated in a photo being release that “appeared” to show him urinating into…
Channel 9 reporter Danny Weidler has thrown Wests Tigers CEO Grant Mayer under a bus in a repot filed this evening, claiming Mayer needed to explain why a video on the Wests Tigers web site had been edited to remove praise that Robbie Farah had given to under pressure coach Michael Potter. The inference is…
Well, that escalated quickly! Yesterday on Triple M radio Gorden Tallis told listeners that Robbie Farah personally told him that Michael Potter can’t coach. That set off a shit storm that ironically probably saved Potter from being sacked on Sunday night. This is what Gorden Tallis said: “Robbie Farah told me to my face,” Tallis…
The following is an official press release from the Wests Tigers: Following intense speculation regarding the future of Mick Potter as Head Coach of Wests Tigers, the Club’s Board has met tonight and decided that contract negotiations will be put on hold until the side’ 2014 campaign comes to an end. The meeting was originally…
When you start asking a bunch of 18-35 year old footballers how you should run your club…you’re in trouble! Football club boards are a funny thing in 2014. The NRL is trying to push for football club boards to be far more professional than they are now. They are even looking to have a say…
News Limited is reporting that the Wests Tigers have have decided to sack Mick Potter. He will either be sacked this week or the club will wait until the end of the season. As is always the case at the Wests Tigers, player power and a flakey board is once again said to be the…
The League Culture Podcast is a new podcast covering Rugby League from all around the world. They look at international representative and club results, various events that are in support of expanding the game, and they talk to the people who are looking to expand the game in new areas of the world. This weeks…
For those of you that don’t know already, I am a very jaded, very cynical, damaged Penrith Panthers supporter. Now that is out of the way, lets get on to the business at hand. The Daily Telegraph is reporting that the Penrith Panthers are considering signing current prisoner Russell Packer in 2015. Russell Packer played…
You know what I really like? Rugby League. I just can’t get enough of it. I mean, look at this web site. Its been going now for ten years and I still haven’t run out of things to write about! Today the Rugby Football League officially announced how their new season structure is going to…
News Limited is reporting that Ben Hunt is willing more than willing to test his value on the player market rather than locking himself into a long term deal with the Brisbane Broncos ahead of time. Hunt could sign a long term deal to stay at the Brisbane Broncos any time he wishes, but if…
Bradford Bulls player Chev Walker has posted a graphic image on Twitter of a hand injury he sustained during the Bulls 52-26 loss to the Huddersfield Giants. Walker tweeted: “Well after doing this in the game on Sunday, I thought I was gonna be having an op but just been told doesn’t need it”. If…
ISC has released a very cool promotional video to promote their release of a range of NRL jerseys decked out in Marvel Super Hero themes. Take a look: If your team didn’t get a superheroes jersey you should check out THIS ARTICLE on the superheroes that should represent other clubs.
Over the last few weeks I’ve been shocked by the way some Brisbane Broncos supporters and sections of the Brisbane media have talked about the days when players all wanted to play for the Brisbane Broncos. You would think that the Broncos were the team everyone had to play for. That players were climbing over…
The front office is a war zone, players are looking to leave the club, injuries have not been kind, and yet here we are heading looking towards the finals and the Manly Sea Eagles sit atop of the NRL ladder. By all rights the Sea Eagles should be having a terrible season. A club going…
The following is an official press release by the National Rugby League: The NRL and the 16 clubs have unanimously confirmed their commitment to developing a new player insurance scheme which will significantly increase payments for career-ending injuries. NRL players will be eligible for payouts of up to $1 million if they suffer career-ending injuries…