Luke Keary is set to announce his retirement from the game this week after a very good career which in the last few years has been slowed by concussion issues. It is a good move for Keary and one he should be respected for. Keary will leave a lot of money on the table by…
Cronulla Sharks forward Dale Finucane has retired from Rugby League with immediate effect due to repeated concussions. Finucane played 251 games during his career in which he played for the Canterbury Bulldogs, the Melbourne Storm and the Cronulla Sharks. He also played State Of Origin football for New South Wales in 5 games. Rugby League…
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…
Jamie Lyon has accomplished a hell of a lot during his NRL career. He even spent time overseas playing in England absolutely killing it for St Helens. The thing is, when ever I talk to people about Jamie Lyon one subject always gets brought up. The way he left the Parramatta Eels. A lot has…
Beau Ryan has announced his immediate retirement from Rugby League due to a neck injury. Ryan has been trying to play through the injury for a long while now but this season in particular it has become clear that any time he received contact in a tackle the injury was troubling him. Ryan had a…
Manly Sea Eagles forward Richard Fa’aoso has been forced to retire at the age of 29 due to a neck injury he sustained at the conclusion of the 2013 NRL season. Fa’aoso made his first grade debut for the Penrith Panthers in 2004 and played 155 first grade games for six different NRL clubs. Fa’aoso…
Ben Hornby has announced that he will retire at seasons end in a move that will hopefully allow the Dragons to go into a fully fledged rebuilding mode. In recent seasons I think Hornby has been a liability to the Dragons on the field. Playing in the halves, he lacked creativity, his kicking game was…
Mark Gasnier has announced that he will retire at the end of the 2011 season and get on with life after football. Gasnier told the media today that he knew going into this season that it would be his last. This is Mark Gasniers first full season of Rugby League, having returned by a stint…
Australia beat Papua New Guinea 46-6 up in Townsville tonight in a game that marked the end of the Test career of PNG legend Stanley Gene. PNG fought hard all game and did themselves proud. They managed to keep the Kangaroo’s close then England did just last week. Its amazing, after watching every game in…
So many announcements from someone that plays so little football. If you haven’t been following the Paul Sculthorpe saga, then well done, you have been missing a lot of hot air and bullshit. Paul Sculthorpe has played less top grade football over the last few years than even I have….and I haven’t played any! While…
You have to wonder where Steve Menzies stands among the games all time greats. At the age of 42 he is still running around for Manly, scoring tries seemingly every week. Early on in his career Menzies copped a bit of a bad wrap, and funnily enough it was because he was so good. Playing…
Paul Sculthorpe has announced his retirement from International Rugby League to concentrate on his club career. I’m sorry? Brad Fittler, Darren Lockyer, Mal Meninga, these are the types of players that retire from International Rugby League. Player who are at their peak, who there are no substitute for. Players who are in a Test side,…
On the same day that Danny Buderus announced that he would not be taking part in the 2006 Tri Nations in Australia due to personal reasons, Keiron Cunningham announced that he would retire from test football all together because…well, he wants to. Two international hookers of a similar age. One stepping down for the series,…