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It is the same time every single season that we see the media focus on a few issues in the game, and it comes around like clockwork. The consistency of refereeing is always a hot topic. Even best USA casinos online could set the odds on what round we would see the media attacking refereeing…
This is the official 2019 NRL Fan Poll for the Fergo and The Freak podcast. Answer all of the questions below as honestly as you can. These are the questions that NRL.com was too afraid to ask you!
Sydney Roosters back rower Angus Crichton has refuted claims he is looking to switch to Rugby Union after a bit of an unhappy season at the Bondi based club. Crichton was a big signing for the Roosters from the Rabbitohs and a lot was expected when he made the switch. There had been talk that…
News Limited is reporting that the management of Newcastle Knights fullback Kalyn Ponga has told the club he is looking for $6 million over 4 years to stay at the club. Ponga has been the Knights best player in 2019 and even over the course of this season has improved from a very talented youngster…
Whether it be the trashy stories, the hyperbolic crisis stories, or the skewed views they put on the game that don’t really line up with reality, the mainstream NRL media has a pretty poor reputation amongst supporters. As the NRL administration, clubs and even players move further away every day from needing to rely on…
As a privately owned club the Gold Coast Titans have a few advantages. One of those advantages is the fact that the owner of the club can give everyone below them one clear focus, one pathways forward, and they can step in and make immediate changes if things start to go pear shaped. When the…
Who are the best Rugby League players in the world right now aged 23 years and under? Rugby League has an amazing capacity for producing young talent. It is one of the great strengths of the game that it can see great players retire and bring through new superstars to replace them every single year….
St George/Illawarra Dragons supporters have started a petition on Change.org to have coach Paul McGregor fired. Titled Sack Paul McGregor as Coach of St. George Illawarra, the petition has a goal of 2,500 and ha got 1,700 signatures at the tile of writing this article. On the Fergo and The Freak podcast we discussed McGregors…
After started off the season looking very good, and with a lineup that should see the St George/Illawarra Dragons challenging for an NRL Premiership, things have fallen apart badly for the Red V. One the Fergo and The Freak Podcast this week we said its time for the Dragons to sack Paul McGregor. His record…
Rugby League Project is the number one website when it comes to Rugby League statistics and historical data. It is possibly the most important Rugby League website in the world! The Rugby League Project site is run on a voluntary basis by Shawn Dollin, Andrew Ferguson and Bill Bates. The immense amount of work needed…
James Hooper of Fox Sports is reporting that the Canterbury Bulldogs are considering making a 10 year, $11 million offer to Sydney Roosters center Latrell Mitchell. The deal would be the single largest in Rugby League history. Poor old Latrell can’t stay out of the news cycle for more than a few hours, but my…
In some great news for the game the Parramatta Eels today confirmed that former captain Tim Mannah would remain at the club through the end of the 2019 season according to gry hazardowe na telefon. It was a little over a week ago that Mannah looked set to leave the Eels immediately to join the…
Parramatta Eels longtime club man Tim Mannah has asked for a release from the remainder of his deal at the club so he could take up a contract with the Wests Tigers effective immediately. Mannah was in the final year of his contract at the Eels. The move suggestions the Wests Tigers have signed the…
The Parramatta Eels have officially re-signed halfback Mitchell Moses to a 3 year, $2.5 million contract extension. This will mean Moses will become the first Eels halfback to play 100 games for the club since Peter Sterling retired! Do you think they made the right decision? Vote below, have your say!
It use to be a staple of Rugby League Week. The annual NRL Player Poll. These days the NRL player poll is run by the NRL, and while that means some of the more controversial questions are no longer asked, there are still a number of really interesting points to come out of the poll…
There was an incident at Bankwest Stadium last night in the game between the Parramatta Eels and South Sydney Rabbitohs that should have officials a little concerned about player safety. A field invasion occurred during the match with a person jogging onto the field and being able to stand in the South Sydney Rabbitohs attacking…
The Penrith Panthers have managed to hold off a late charge by the Manly Sea Eagles to secure a munch needed 15-12 victory on Thursday night. The match didn’t rise to any great heights, with the Panthers taking a 9-0 lead into half time and both teams playing some very scrappy football for most of…
Former New South Wales center James Roberts has been asked for, and granted a released by the Brisbane Broncos, and then immediately signed by the South Sydney Rabbitohs until the end of 2022. The Rabbitohs found themselves with cap room to spend after the sudden retirement of Greg Inglis. Roberts meanwhile found himself on the…
It was the contract extension that Red V supporters were horrified by, and since Paul McGregor signed on the dotted line, the St George/Illawarra Dragons have looked terrible. Having started the season with 3 wins and 2 losses, the Dragons took it upon themselves to hold onto McGregor, who has less than a 50% winning…
No NRL club ever signs a coach thinking about the day they will have to sack him. Then again with some of the deals NRL clubs have done recently, they might not have been thinking at all! After guiding his Parramatta Eels team to a terrible 64-10 less, the Parramatta Eels re-signed Brad Arthur to…
The hits keep coming for the Penrith Panthers in 2019 as back Dallin Watene-Zelezniak has asked for an immediate release according to a report in the Sydney Daily Telegraph. Dallin Watene-Zelezniak has been one of the Penrith Panthers highest rated young stars in recent years, having played in first grade on the wing, in the…
He Penrith junior player who would join the Sea Eagles early on in his playing career and he would go on to play over 250 games for the club. Des Hasler might not have started out at the Manly Sea Eagles, but in some way, it just seems to be where he belongs. It wasn’t…
The Parramatta Eels have handed coach Brad Arthur a two year contract extension, and fullback Clint Gutherson a three year contract extension, just days after the club was thrashed by the Melbourne Storm by a scoreline of 64-10. Arthur, who had just a 46% success rate in 137 matches as the Eels head coach, becomes…
In this episode we look at Stephen Kearneys coaching record in the NRL. The Warriors haven’t had a great season in 2019 so we ask the question, is it time for a coaching change? We talk about who is available, who would be the right type of coach for Warriors, and who they should avoid!…
It is an idea ripped off from the Rugby Football League in England and now the National Rugby League had taken it and run with it. Magic Weekend! A whole round of games played at one stadium. What might be a decent idea in England makes absolutely no sense at all in Australia. With so…
As we head towards the disruption of the State Of Origin series, at the one third mark of the season, we have seen enough of each and every NRL clubs to know where the form starts, where it ends, and which teams are legitimately struggling in 2019. Some teams, like the Penrith Panthers, looked like…
Latrell Mitchell was once again outstanding for the Sydney Roosters last night, scoring 26 point as the Roosters put the hurt on the Wests Tigers at the Sydney Cricket Ground. There has been a lot of speculation about Mitchell’s future, with South Sydney said to be ready to offer him the huge money they have…
It was the heavyweight showdown between two old guys to decide who would be victorious over the other. There was also a footy game to be played between the South Sydney Rabbitohs and the Brisbane Broncos! More and more we are seeing mainstream media focus on NRL stories that just do not resonate with the…
Yesterday I took my first trip to Bankwest Stadium in Parramatta to call the NSWRL Junior Rep Grand Finals as part of the SWR Sports Rugby League call team. I haven’t been to Parramatta Stadium in many years. I use to go there all the time as a teenager as most of my friends were…
When you look back over the last 15 years of the Cronulla Sharks the club has offered up a bit of a mixed bag of results. Going from a team everyone would like to see win its first NRL title, to being one of the most disliked clubs across the game due to the ASADA…