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To celebrate the NRL’s Indigenous round a lot of people are talking about the best Aboriginal players they’ve seen play the game. This started a discussion on Twitter which resulted in Sandy coming up with a team of the best Aboriginal players she has seen play the game. So with a big thank you to…
This article was created by Eoin Delaney using Chat GPT based upon a set of parameters laid out in an episode of the Fergo and The Freak podcast. Here is the description by Eoin himself as to the instructions he gave Chat GPT to work with: “Give me a article for a report on a…
Do you want to know who the best player in the game is? I have ranked every player in the NRL. Just remember even the players on the lower end of the list are still amazing players and have to be exceptional in what they do to even get an NRL contract. Do you agree…
The is an unusual phenomenon happening in the NRL right now. It is called: The curse of Julie. Whenever Julie decides to tip against her beloved Parramatta Eels in the tipping comp run by the NRL, the Eels will miraculously beat their opponent convincingly no matter how badly they have been playing in the lead…
In 2018 the NRL referees were given a green light to crack down on ruck infringements as wrestling was slowing down play too much. Several rounds into the season we saw punishing penalty counts and many sin bins, which revealed just how rife the issue was and how the NRL was right to take action…
Who are the Hottest players to being playing NRL in 2022? I’m glad you asked League Freak and gave me this assignment. Below is the definitive list of best looking players to be currently gracing the footy field. Now I want to apologise to these players in advance as the last time that I wrote…
First off, this a huge pipe dream and the most pub napkin idea that you have ever heard. It would require money, favouritism, and a bit of a gamble but not as big as you may think. Everyone in Australia is fighting over who the 17th team and potentially 18th team will be, but this…
They say beauty is in the eye of the beholder, and over years of watching the NBA I have seen so many beautiful players! As a Golden State Warriors supporter I may be a little biased towards some of my favourite players, but hey, this is my list, not yours! So here is my personal…
Firstly, hear me out. I know it sounds harsh, but there is a huge contradiction present in the Rugby League community where so-called fans still seem to have this racist mentality, yet follow our great game full of multiculturalism, talent and pride amongst its athletes. The NRL as an organisation does so much to promote…
The structure of the Sydney clubs is another key to maximising the growth of the game. Once the Sharks are relocated to Perth and the new stadium structure in Sydney is complete, quite simply, suburban grounds are dead at NRL level. Sydney crowds have not increased over last 20 odd years because the suburban grounds…
Everyone has been doing lists of the greatest ever players and other random stuff; so I thought why not have a list of the sexiest players to have ever played the game? This list is completely subjective to my taste but despite that, this is THE definitive list and everyone who doesn’t agree with me…
On January 9, 1908, a meeting at the Glebe Town Hall containing the Metropolitan Rugby Union’s best side, Glebe, their officials and board members, politician Henry Hoyle and businessman James Giltinan lead to the iconic club deciding to switch codes and join the breakaway Rugby League for the upcoming season. The club’s decision to switch…
With over 50 players worth the title of the greatest superstar in the rugby league, it can be hard to handpick only a few players to highlight as NRL’s greatest. We’ve gathered a brief snapshot of rugby players whose influence on the game has been undeniable in 2019 due to their incredible personas, talent, and…
A Message from a Storm Supporter. If I was to tell you that people hate the Melbourne Storm, you wouldn’t be surprised at all. I reckon if there were a poll of the all NRL fans, most would agree that Storm is up the top when it comes to the team that people love to…
Rugby League began its second year of existence having survived a busy and financially demanding opening season, culminating in a marathon pioneering Kangaroo tour to Great Britain. With the tour still ongoing at the start of 1909, reports trickling in from England were stating that the Kangaroo’s had run at a considerable financial loss. Several…
Edward Rennix Larkin was a man who is most remembered and revered for his leadership qualities in everything he involved himself. He was a constable in the police force, a journalist, a sergeant in the army, a captain of his Rugby Union club Endeavour, a parliamentarian and the first fulltime secretary of the NSWRL. Born…
While the legacy of the great Dally “The Master” Messenger has endured the tests of time, and rightfully so, there was another great pioneering centre who many argue was as good as Dally. Jim Devereux. James Devereux was born in 1887 in the St.Leonard’s. He had 7 siblings – brothers Timothy and Michael and sisters…
Born in Cooks Hill on May 3, 1879, Patrick Bernard Walsh attended Newcastle Superior Public School where he received medals for running and in 1895 he received a medal for the best cricket all-rounder. The following year he left school aged 17, to work as a railway porter. He joined the Norwoods Rugby Union club…
Henry Clement Hoyle’s entire life read as the perfect plan for a man to become a senior member of the Australian Labor Party and as the first presidents of the game for the working class man, Rugby League. He was born on November 20, 1852 in Millers Point and attended a convent in Balmain before…
Dudes, if you’ve ever caught yourself thinking, “gee, he’s a good lookin’ geezer”, or maybe you’re also a woman like me, so it’s a little more a long the lines of “damn, he hot”, well strap in, let’s rehash the who’s hot of the Greatest Game of All. Yeah, don’t give me that drivel about…
2019 has seen a dramatic spike in interest surrounding player welfare, especially in the area of concussions. We recently learnt that Chronic Traumatic Encephalopathy, or CTE, was discovered in the brains of two former NRL players. Currently the only way to know if a player has CTE, sadly, is via an autopsy. This is of…
AS a Bulldogs fan I know just what it’s like to feel frustrated. Our brand of footy for much of last year and this year has been boring, predictable and down right annoying. Fans have asked for change because of just that – our style. They want to see some fluid attack. They want to…
This is an NRL Season Preview like NO other… It is a very light hearted look at the season ahead. So much so…. For every prediction I get right (16 club position predictions, 48 individual team predictions) I will give $10 to my local volunteer fire brigade, and the bigger more out there predictions I…
Super League returns tonight with what we expect to be a cracking opening game. In its 21st season, the teams will be playing once again for that elusive Grand Final trophy but can Leeds be stopped? Here we preview the opening round fixtures: Leeds vs Warrington (Thursday 4th February, 8pm, Sky Sports 2) The champions…
It is one of the most worn out phrases in the game. You don’t read about the good things that players and club do, you only hear about the bad things. Today is not one of those days. Let me share with you my story and maybe you’ll understand why Canterbury are not only my…
As a fan of the Kangaroos, Saturday Night’s game was a close to a train wreck as Kangaroo performances get, yet there could not have been a better result for the Four Nations tournament, or the international game. Before we all get too carried away with the big victory to our brothers across the Tasman,…
From the eye-popping virtuosity of Jonathan Davies to the stupefying mediocrity of Jon Gallagher, countless Rugby Union players have crossed the great divide to Rugby League with varying results. But how well have personalities from other sports fared when entering the blood and thunder of 13-a-side? Liam Botham – Cricket Probably the only godson of…
Another end-of-season, another round of clubs fines for breaching the salary cap. This time it was Sea Eagles, Knights, Roosters, Tiger and Tigers named as offenders. The breaches date back to the 2013 season, and the Titans aside, seem like minor offenses at worst. For instance the Tigers over spent on their Holden Cup cap,…
Hands up if you thought at the start of 2014 that Blake Austin would be a sought after recruit and that a club’s fans would celebrate upon signing him? Anyone with their hand up needs to be called in for questioning, because you’re telling fibs. Austin began the year not only behind Braith Anasta for…
By now I’m sure you have all heard the massive news this morning that NRL superstar, and current Dally M medalist Jarryd Hayne has announced he is headed to the USA to try his hand in the NFL. Sighting the fact that he felt he had ‘done it all’ in the NRL, one of the…