A new area in Rugby League comes with a new marketing campaign and today as the National Rugby League launches the 2013 season the new television advert has been presented to the public. In the past I have been critical of the way the NRL has marketed in the game. You normally only got to see NRL…
The City of Sydney. Much like the other filthy and overpopulated municipalities of this earth, it has always had its fair share of the faceless melancholia and alienated futility that any confined human-squash is famous for. However of late, one locale of ye olde convict hub is bluer than it’s ever been, and to pinpoint…
It was only a few months ago that the Salford Reds looked like their days were numbered. With debt of around £600,000 hanging over their heads and a winding up petition issues, the prospect of the Super League season kicking off with just 13 teams seemed like a very real possibility. In stepped Marwan Koukash,…
With the season almost upon us this is a competition you will want to be a part of. Our friends over at Greg And Billy, the number one web site dedicated to Greg Inglis and Billy Slater, are running a competition in which you can win an official World Club Challenge programme signed by Australian…
Reigning 2012 Dally M player of the year Ben Barba has been stood down by the Canterbury Bulldogs indefinitely because of an undisclosed off field issue. Detail are very sketchy and this has all just happened less than an hour ago. If there are any updates I will post them here. You will be able…
The 2012 season was a season to forget for Penrith Panther fans. A 15th place finish with a plethora of injuries on top of a mass exodus which included club legends Michael Gordon, Luke Lewis and Michael Jennings had many Panther fans asking the question “What is happening to my club?” It is a fair…
You couldn’t make it up. I have become the obsession of an English journo called Nigel. After the Melbourne Storms second trial game of the season against the Leeds Rhino’s I have not been all that surprised to see the angry, upset reaction from the English. With ego’s battered, the insults started flying from northern…
Here at LeagueFreak.com I like to go out of my way to help people in need. This is one of those occasions. There has been a missing persons alert for Leeds Rhinos lock forward Kevin Sinfield. He was last seen warming up for a match against the Melbourne Storm at Headingley in Leeds. Grave concerns…
The Melbourne Storm have won their second trial match in 2013 in what was clearly a much needed hit out against the Leeds Rhinos. I’m not going to go into some huge breakdown of this match because it was only a trial game. The Storm had played one trial game before this match, against the…
With the kickoff to the 2013 National Rugby League season fast approaching all eyes now turn towards each team and how they are lined up as they look to become the Premiers. In this special presentation with bonus senza deposito immediato senza invio documenti, writer Daniel Nichols takes us through a thorough run down of…
In my lifetime the best elite level development competition I have ever seen was the World 7’s. They used to be a way to kick off the season here in Australia and they put Australian clubs up against international teams. They were also a way for emerging nations to dip their toes into the water…
If you look into the eyes of a Huddersfield Giants fan right now, you’re likely to see nothing but a stunned expression complete with slack jaw staring back at you. They do have reason to be a little dazed, however, for the Giants have made the headlines in the rugby league betting news by sitting…
Its the craze that is sweeping the world by storm, and you knew that eventually it would be Rugby Leagues turn to jump on the bandwagon! The Harlem Shake isn’t just a dance. Its a state of mind. It is about going off your head in an insane way and recording that moment for all…
Recent talk that the World Club Challenge will be expanded is interesting to me, simply because the calls to expand it are not coming from Australia. They are all from Great Britain. Because of this, I try to keep up to speed on what people are saying about the concept and looking for some sort…
The Melbourne Storm are the best Rugby League club in the world. That is not in doubt. Yet here we are in 2013 and the best Rugby League club on the planet is having to deal with the amateurs that run Rugby League in Great Britain, all in an effort to put money in their…
In life, the ability to say the word “No” is very important. In fact, I’d go as far as to say our ability to say the word “No” is what our entire society is based around. You see, for things to run smoothly you need some level of control. You need to be able to…
Performance enhancing drugs have been all over the sporting world lately. First came cycling’s fallen angel Lance Armstrong finally coming out of the PED closet on Oprah and confirming what we’ve all known for the last two years. Just as we’d all digested that, enter Ray Lewis and his alleged use of deer antler spray that may…
You might not know this but I have a very active Facebook page. https://www.facebook.com/LeagueFreak When I made the Facebook page I called it “LeagueFreak.com” which seemed logical. It it meant to compliment this web site after all. The problem is that if you search for “Rugby League“, “NRL” or “Super League” on Facebook, you’ll never…
A week ago every sports man and woman within Australia was put under the suspicion of using performance enhancing drugs. It was described as the blackest day in Australian sport. The Australian Government forced CEO’s of all major sports in Australia to report to a joint press conference, the likes of which sport in this…
Yesterday I was contacted by a former amateur Rugby League player that told me about his experiences with the use of Performance Enhancing Drugs during his playing career. I asked him if, on the condition of complete anonymity, he would be willing to share his experiences with the readers at LeagueFreak.com. He agree’d to share…
Every single club in the NRL is looking for some type of edge. That is what makes the competition so good. The NRL is like the Formula One of the sport. All the new innovations and ideas first show up in the NRL and over years they filter down through the rest of the sport….
At his press conference on Tuesday, Sonny Bill Williams made an unusual break with the pre-fight pugilist’s charter by making the rare admission that he is worried. Thanks to this badly timed confession, I now too am brickin’ it. It appears that both of us neglected to search deeper than the first two links presented…
There used to be a time when the use of Performance Enhancing Drugs was a black and white issue. People that used them were taking chemicals into their body that they knew were banned by what ever sporting organisation they played under. These days though, things are a lot more clouded… The explosion of sports supplemental and…
He is regarded by many as being the best player in Super League, and although under contract with Wigan for a few more years there is a general feeling that he is already looking at a move away from the club in the not too distant future. So, will we ever see Sam Tomkins playing…
There is something to be said about getting the picture of another mans face tattooed on your thigh. It shows a level commitment and dedication to questionable decisions that not everyone has the ability to carry through the course of their entire life. That is where Josh Dugan is different to you and I… Josh Dugan is…
It has got to be frustrating to be a Canberra Raiders fan. Over the last few years the club has produced an incredible number of high quality junior players, and depth is not a problem at all at the club. In fact, few teams in the NRL have the type of depth in the halves…
Watching IBF Middleweight World Champion Daniel Geale beat Anthony Mundine for 12 rounds, it was pretty clear that father time had caught up with “The Man”. Unlike their first match up this time around Mundine was the slower of the two. He didn’t move half as well as he used to. His jab, once a weapon…
So the 2012 Super League season wasn’t the best, and heading into 2013 there is nothing to indicate the upcoming season will be any better. Lets not start off on a bad note though! Sure the competition still doesn’t have a naming rights sponsor and clubs are bleeding red ink like every day is that…
An investigation by BBC Inside Out has found that Super League clubs have a combined debt of around £68.5 million. Sports Finance expert Rob Wilson explained the situation as “There are too many teams generating insufficient turnover and generating too much cumulative debt”. Incredibly, the Rugby Football League’s director of standards and licensing Blake Solly…
If you’re a winger in Rugby League and you want to command super star money, you’d better be a bloody good player. While Akuila Uate is a damaging ball runner, the 2012 season started to show the flaws that come up when the best in the game start to put you under the greatest of…