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Daly Cherry-Evans has told the Manly Sea Eagles this will be his last season at the club. It’s a bit of a sad situation, but at least it is a decision he has taken control of rather than the club pushing him out the door. I always love seeing players who have their entire career…
Dylan Brown’s recent 10 year, 13-million dollar deal to sign with the Newcastle Knights has received plenty of comment and amazement in the past few weeks since it was announced. It has automatically led the mainstream media to begin playing salary cap auditors and player managers. Phil Rothfield recently tried to prove that the salary…
Artificial intelligence is kind of fun when you ask it weird questions. So I decided to ask Twitter “Grok” who would win the next 75 NRL Grand Finals….just so we could have some idea how the rest of the century would turn out! Now, before we proceed, keep in mind these are not MY predictions….
The Australia and New Zealand Rugby League commission. It’s clear Peter V’landys is an expansionist. As an expansionist myself, I love it! V’landys has been very forthcoming with his ideas about not only expanding the NRL competition, but the overall footprint of Rugby League all over the world. He is being aggressive about it, and…
The NRL corporate media has throw it out there that NRL Rumours are swirling about that Kayln Ponga is unhappy at the Newcastle Knights and could be eyeing a move to the Sydney Roosters. The news comes just days after Dylan Brown told Parramatta Eels teammates he would leave the club at the of the…
It’s not too often that a young bloke makes his first grade debut in the NRL and he just looks like he belongs. That was the case with the Wests Tigers Lachlan Galvin in 2024. He stood out in a very poor Wests Tigers team, and he looked like he could turn into the type…
Reports are filtering out of the corporate media this afternoon that suggest Dylan Brown has told Parramatta Eels teammates he will leave the club at the end of this year to sign what is reported to be a massive 10 year deal with the Newcastle Knights that is supposed to be around $13.4 million in…
The St George/Illawarra Dragons have released an official statement on the clubs website after vision was circulated on social media showing someone throwing a meat pie at an opposition fans during the clubs 28-20 loss to the Canterbury Bulldogs. Its is a credit to the St George/Illawarra Dragons management that they put a statement out…
The first round of the 2025 NRL season is now in the books and one of the big things that stood out over the round were how many teams looked absolutely dreadful! Some games, like the Raiders beating the Warriors pretty well, were just a good performance against a team off their game a little…
The 2024 season was a bit of a rough one for the Brisbane Broncos. They come into the 2025 season with a new coach in Michael Maguire, some veteran leadership in Ben Hunt, and they kick their season off against a Sydney Roosters team who has been thrust into a full rebuild after losing so…
After a 2024 season that was derailed numerous times by injury, news that Mitch Moses would miss round one of the 2025 season should come as a real concern to Parramatta Eels supporters. Moses is suffering from soreness around a surgically repaired foot injury he suffered last season. The injury was repaired using screws to…
On its return to Las Vegas for “Round Zero” the NRL learnt some very value lessons about what it should, and should not do going forward with the much talked about fixture that kicks off the NRL season. Quality Not Quantity In 2025 the NRL decided it wanted to double the amount of games on…
The Penrith Panthers head into the 2025 NRL season looking to not only make their 6th straight NRL Grand Final in a row, win their 5th NRL Grand Final in a row, but also continue their winning streak of 12 straight finals games in a row, something that has never been done in the history…
Just a few days ago I wondered if Parramatta Eels halfback Mitchell Moses would want to stick around at the club as they went through a rebuild. It turns out the answer is yes. Very, very yes! Mitchell Moses has signed a 5 year, $6.5 million deal to remain at the Parramatta Eels. This is…
Up until 1994, Australia had been one of the most active touring teams in world rugby league. They regularly toured to England, France and New Zealand, as well as playing hosts to all visiting test sides. Usually these tours had between 5 and 20 matches, including tests, against both clubs and regional representative sides, with…
After a number of seasons being one of the top clubs in the NRL, and even making it to the 2023 NRL Grand Final, the Parramatta Eels made a tough decisions last year to hand the reigns over to a new coach in Jason Ryles and start the process of a rebuild. 2024 was nothing…
Over the course of its history Rugby League has had all sorts of leadership structures. It has been run by entrepreneurs, its been run by committees, its been run by corporations, its been run by boards….and you know what, Rugby League is never stronger than when it is run by a dictator! When Peter V’landys…
There have been a few rumblings in the media that Sydney Roosters forward Spencer Leniu is looking to place elsewhere after just one season at the Bondi based club. Whether they are true of not is anyones guess at the moment. Normally where there is smoke, there is fire. So, what would be the ideal…
The Penrith Panthers are going for five straight NRL Grand Final victories in 2025. Do you think they can win it? Vote on the poll and lets see what readers think: It will be a tough task, but the Panthers are in a very good position to go for it! The last time we saw…
Finally, the good people of Parramatta will be able to cheer on a Grand Final winning side, as the Penrith Panthers take over Parramatta Stadium as the major tenant of the ground until the completion of their brand new stadium at Penrith in 2027. No longer will people in Parramatta need to deal with terrible…
The 2025 NRL season is about to kick off so it is time to see who are the favourites to win the Grand Final with betting agencies and with punters themselves! Something to note about the NRL is recent years is that it seems to take longer for clubs to build themselves towards a premiership…
The second season of the NRL playing regular season games in Las Vegas will build on the back of year one, taking the game of Rugby League to the United States and sparking a Rugby League revolution in the country as they embrace the Greatest Game Of All!!! Except….thats not really the case. In typical…
If the Penrith Panthers don’t make the NRL Finals over the next 5 years, and you put a full stop on everything they have achieved in recent season, they are one of the best 3 teams of all time in the history of Australian Rugby League. Not a bad effort! The thing is, the Panthers…
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Picture this….you are the worst team in the NRL. You’re not just bad, you’re historically bad. Not only do you win wooden spoons every year, but you haven’t even played in a finals series in over a decade. It got so bad that your clubs finally saw some major changed being made. A new coach,…
The St George/Illawarra Dragons have pulled off a good signing (FINALLY!) in securing the signature of Cronulla Sharks youngster Daniel Atkinson on a three year deal that kicks off in 2026. Daniel Atkinson was pretty handy for the Sharks in 2024, and he will be a loss to the team. I felt that he might…
Having secured government funding backing both the Papua New Guinea and Perth NRL expansion bids, the National Rugby League is expected to make a formal announcement before the end of 2024 that will give the green light to both teams joining the National Rugby League over the next few years. The Papua New Guinea bid…
Ticket sales for the 2025 NRL Las Vegas games are going well months out from the event, which is great news for the game. With 2 NRL games, 1 Super League game and a test between the Australian women’s and English women’s teams on offer, there is a good schedule of games for punters to…
The Australian Financial Review is reporting that London based sports streaming service DAZN is looking to buy News Corporations controlling share of Foxtel in Australia. One of the keys to this deal is obviously that Foxtel holds onto the Pay TV rights to the major sporting codes in Australia, which includes the NRL. This would…
Parramatta Eels supporters have had a very positive reaction to the 2025 NRL draw with the long tortured fan base a chance to experience Premiership glory! The rebuild that has been undertaken at the Parramatta Eels its well underway with the club letting go serial arm waver Clint Gutherson and signing winger Josh Addo-Carr who…