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English international James Graham has asked for an immediate release from his contract with the St George/Illawarra Dragons as he looked to return home to the UK and continue his career in Super League. Graham will be a loss for the Dragons but at 34 years old it is probably a good move for both…
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With the NRL season back in full swing and the competition finally settling down into some type of rhythm we can finally take a look at where teams sit on the NRL ladder and start to look at where their season is heading. So far the season has proven to be very close. If you…
On Saturday May the 11th in 1935 Canterbury suffered a 91-6 loss to the St George Dragons at Earl Park in Sydney. The 19 tries to 0 thrashing is the biggest losing margin in NSWRL/ARL/NRL first grade history. The following week Canterbury lost 87-7 against Eastern Suburbs at the Sydney Sportsground. Not a good fortnight…
Some good news for the NRL with the NRL government announcing that they will allow NSW based games to have attendances of up to 10,000 supporters at games from the 1st of July. The move is the next step in the NRL returning to normalcy after round 5 of the competition saw crowds limited to…
The NRL’s Sunday afternoon match between the Canterbury Bulldogs and Sydney Roosters has been postponed due to a Covid19 case at the school of a player in the Bulldogs lineup. Aiden Tolman informed the Bulldogs last night that the school his children attended has has a Covid19 case, causing the school to be shut down…
Kotoni Staggs has enjoyed a rip-roaring start to the 2020 NRL season and finds himself top of the try-scoring list after only a handful of games. Can the Broncos star keep up this early season momentum and establish a lead over the chasing pack or has he simply been in the right place at the…
The Sydney Morning Herald is reporting that the Canterbury Bulldogs are trying to negotiate an early release for St Helens forward Luke Thompson for the remainder of the 2020 NRL season. Thompson has already agreed to a 3 year deal with the Bulldogs starting in 2021, but with the Super League season now closer to…
It is hard for a club to rebuild its reputation after going through a rough time. Just ask the Canterbury Bulldogs. For the Cronulla Sharks, the club has been suffering from a PR hangover that goes back to not only the ASADA scandal, but then a subsequent salary cap scandal that led to their coach…
Breaking news as Bronson Xerri has been stood down after returning a positive drug test. “The Provisional Suspension Notice asserts that Mr Xerri returned a positive A-sample for exogenous Testosterone, Androsterone, Etiocholanolone and 5b-androstane-3a,17b-diol which are prohibited by the World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA) and the NRL’s Anti-Doping Policy. “He was tested by the…
You’ve gotta love Twitter sometimes! After Fox Sport reported news that John Bateman had requested a release from his contract at the Canberra Raiders it became the talk of Rugby League social media. Bateman didn’t let it last for long however, taking aim at James Hooper, the journalist at Fox Sports who reported the news….
Update: John Bateman Gives It To “Bald Headed” Fox Sports Journalist, Denies Asking For A Release For Sports is reporting that Canberra Raiders back rower John Bateman has asked for a release 4 times over the last few months after switching from an English player manager to an Australian one. Batemans new manager would not…
ARL Chairman Peter V’landys has made the extraordinary decision that the NRL will proceed with just a single referee for the rest of the 2020 NRL season in a measure that has been put down to “cost cutting”. Despite the fact the first two rounds of the competition were played under the now familiar two…
Australian Rugby League is so lucky to have such a long, rich history. With so many great players putting in so many fantastic performances. The top point scorers in a single game have hit some amazing heights, and its interesting to not that it has been over a decade since anyone had joined the top…
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Remember when Channel 9 and New Limited were attacking the NRL relentlessly over the investment the NRL made in setting up and running NRL Digital? It was a giant waste of money they said. Why is the NRL producing so much content? Why are they paying so many people to write about the sport? Why…
With the season looking to get back underway on May 28th its time to start thinking about where the NRL premiership season stands right now. After two rounds of the 2020 NRL season we have 6 teams that remain unbeaten. So, which of these teams is more met likely to win the 2020 NRL Premiership…
During the Covid19 lockdown the mainstream media has really shown its true colours, looking to tear apart Rugby League at every opportunity. In between spreading misinformation about the game, its financial standing, misquoting officials and using buss words like “chaos” and “confusion” the media has been actively running a campaign to undermine the broadcasting rights…
On the Fergo and The Freak podcast we tackle many difficult subjects. In our latest episode we decided to put together a list of ten people in Rugby League who just really piss us off. This was a last minute decision on our behalf, but we believe we came up with a fantastic list. Take…
We were only two games into the season when the NRL was forced into an unexpected hiatus, but there were already plenty of pointers for how things might pan out, now when we have the squads already concluded for all clubs. A packed programme and Grand Final might still seem a long way away but…
It seems the media finally got their man with breaking news that Todd Greenberg will step down as the NRL CEO effective immediately. Greenberg will also step down from his role on the ARL Board. The media has been on the hunt for Greenbergs job for around 6 months, and the fact that clubs have…
The New Zealand Warriors are a very difficult problem for the NRL to work out. The club itself wants to participate in the NRL season once everything restarts. Most of the players want to take part in the season too. All the signs are positive from the Warriors point of view. The problem comes with…
The Sydney Morning Herald is reporting that Channel 7 has shown interest in taking over Channel 9’s broadcasting rights of the National Rugby League. The news comes just one day after it was revealed that the NRL has secured up to a $250 million loan that shored up the games finances and put Channel 9…
With the very transparent campaign being waged against the game by the media I thought it was time to provide something that news services don’t value much these days. Facts. There are a lot of questions the media asks of the sport that they never want answered. Things like “Where has the money gone?” and…
Channel 9 have shown themselves to be a bunch fo disgusting opportunists, using the conditions created by a global pandemic to try and make financial gain, pressuring the NRL and putting out gross statements across their “network” to try and turn the games current situation their their advantage. As the NRL strives to get Rugby…
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We are all going through the same, strange experience right now. One that turns the volume down on things in life that use to be very important to us all. When the NRL decided to postpone the season it wasn’t great news, but it was totally understandable. We have seen so many different areas of…
The 2020 NRL Season is now here! The Sydney Roosters are going for 3 straight titles, the Gold Coast Titans are trying to avoid the wooden spoon, the Wests Tigers are aiming for 9th place, and its all about ti kick off! On the NRL Podcast Fergo And The Freak your favourite Rugby League expert,…
News Limited is reporting that the Sydney Roosters are considering handing Israel Folau a 2 year deal for the 2021 and 2022 seasons. Folau’s pathway back to the NRL was halted last season by then ARL Chairman Peter Beattie. Folau was then blocked from playing for Tonga in last years international games. Folau eventually found…
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