News that covers Rugby League in Australia.
The club games are over, the teams have been in camp for nearly a week, and we are all set for the first State Of Origin game of 2019 at Suncorp Stadium. So…who do you think will win it? Vote in the poll below:
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…
The first rule of Fight Club is that you do not talk about New South Wales… As the media froths at the mouth over the Queensland Maroons employing a “coaching whisperer” for $5,000 a day ask yourself this. Is employing a mind coach to improve a State Of Origin teams performance any weirder than thinking…
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…
The Queensland Rugby League has announced a 20 many squad ahead of State Of Origin one to be held in Brisbane. The team is…. Queensland team for Origin I 1. Kalyn Ponga 2. Corey Oates 3. Michael Morgan 4. Will Chambers 5. Dane Gagai 6. Cameron Munster 7. Daly Cherry-Evans 8. Jai Arrow 9. Ben…
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…
The NSWRL team has named their side to take on Queensland in game 1 of the 2019 State Of Origin team. NSW team for Origin I 1. James Tedesco 2. Nick Cotric 3. Latrell Mitchell 4. Josh Morris 5. Josh Addo-Carr 6. Cody Walker 7. Nathan Cleary 8. David Klemmer 9. Damien Cook 10. Paul…
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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 is one of the hottest properties in the NRL and already in demand by a number of clubs looking to capture his signature, but Tevita Pangai Jr has his sights set on one thing right now, playing for Tonga in international Rugby League. Pangai Jr was born in Sydney and as such is eligible…
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…
The 2004 season was one full of turmoil for the National Rugby League. With off field scandals, rule changes and talk of big name players going to Rugby Union, it seemed like 2004 was a whirlwind of media noise that in many ways the game still feels the repercussions of to this very day. In…
Former Australian Rugby Union player Ben Darwin from Gain Line Analytics joined the Fergo and The Freak podcast to talk about how his company uses Rugby League statistics to measure team cohesion and find the holy grail of analytics use in sports. Team chemistry. Team chemistry has been a bit of a blind spot in…
The Penrith Panthers came into the 2019 season full of confidence that they had a big season ahead of them. After a great 2018 season, which still wasn’t enough for the club, everyone at the Panthers was looking for more heading into this season. The club had gone out of its was to pick up…
Phil Gould is set to depart the Penrith Panthers, with a club board meeting set to make it all official tomorrow. Gould came into the club as General Manager at one of the lowest points in the clubs history. At the times the Panthers were a complete basketcase. Gould took his time consulting with officials,…
When Greg Inglis announced his immediate retirement from the NRL and the South Sydney Rabbitohs questions were raised about the affect on the Rabbitohs salary cap. Inglis made it clear he would not be receiving the remainder of his salary for the remainder of the 2019 NRL season. This gives the Rabbitohs over a million…
The Canterbury Bulldogs have had to deal with a lot of media bias against the club over the years. Whether it be due to falling out with the media by denying access to coaches or players, or just the fact that the large supporter base of the club gives the media a big potential readership…
Despite the not so subtle whinging by the Wests Tigers, no one can deny that the brand new $300 million dollar Bankwest Stadium venue at Parramatta belongs to the Parramatta Eels. Built on the Eels traditional home ground that was once Cumberland Oval, and then Parramatta Stadium, Bankwest Stadium sits smash bang in the heart…
The Brisbane Broncos second post Wayne Bennett era hasn’t exactly got off on the right foot, with the clubs slow start to the NRL season compounded by a number of high profile out of form stars and constant criticism by former club legends. Going into the 2019 NRL season online casino sites had the Brisbane…
As the NRL looks to expand the competition ahead of the next broadcasting deal a number of locations are being looked at across Australia. The problem is, I think we need another team in New Zealand sooner rather than later. The New Zealand Warriors would benefit from having a little bit of competition in New…