Rugby League has a long, rich, proud history. One that few others sports can hope to compete with. On Fergo and The Freak the Rugby League historian Andrew Ferguson and Rugby League expert League Freak break down moments that have shaped the game over time. With History lessons about the most well known moments in…
In this emergency episode we talk about the RFL list of top five players of ALL TIME! This list includes Kevin Bloody Sinfield! We give our thoughts on this DISGRACE and then promise to rectify the situation before destroying the situation with the #GOATSinfield drive! You can also follow Andrew Ferguson and The Glorious League Freak on their respective…
In this episode we look back on the 1995 season, a year that should have been a celebration of 100 years of Rugby League but instead was dominated by a battle for control of the game, otherwise known as The Super League War. The football took a back seat to court cases and while the…
In this episode we look back on the 1994 season, one that saw some incredible, memorable performances at all levels of the game. You can also follow Andrew Ferguson and The Glorious League Freak on their respective twitter accounts. Check out The Rugby League Project for all your Rugby League statistics. Also check out The Official Website Of The Glorious League Freak for…
In this amazing episode we talk about the first referee in the NSWRL, Ted Hooper. You can also follow Andrew Ferguson and The Glorious League Freak on their respective twitter accounts. Check out The Rugby League Project for all your Rugby League statistics. Also check out The Official Website Of The Glorious League Freak for all your Rugby League news and opinions. Become…
In this episode we look at the 1917 NSWRL season, the impact that one little lie had on not only one club, but on an entire competition, and how the impact of World War One effected Rugby League in Sydney. This is another history episode we know you will love! To watch Headgear to Helmets…
In this episode we look at the extraordinary 1909 season which proved to be a pivotal season for Australian Rugby League. From a failed Kangaroo Tour to the famous forfeited NSWRL Final between Balmain and South Sydney, so much happened in 1909 and this is the story of that season! Episode Links: Details Of The…
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…
Dally Messenger Born: Herbert Henry Messenger on 12/4/1883 at Balmain, New South Wales Died: 24/11/1959 at Gunnedah, New South Wales It was just 20 hours before the first game of professional Rugby was to be played in Australia that Herbert Henry “Dally” Messenger agreed to join, making him the face of what would become Rugby…
Very few people know of the second president of the NSWRL. Largely due to the fact he served for less than a month, however Ernest Clement Vernon Broughton was the very definition of a career politician who very much worked himself into the ground. He was born in Kangaroo Point, Queensland on January 29, 1865….
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…
Renowned Rugby historian professor Tony Collins recently appeared on the Fergo and The Freak podcast to talk about the civil war that gripped Rugby in the last 1800’s. With the controlling body of Rugby in the UK, the RFU desperate to keep control of the sport, and with the powerful block of clubs in the…
In this episode we look back on a short lived competition called the Endeavour Cup. While it wasn’t around for very long, it had an immediate impact on the game across the world and gave us a number of rules we now take for granted in the game. Thats right ladies and gentleman, its another…
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….
The very first episode of the Fergo and The Freak podcast has arrived! In this episode we talk about the history of international Rugby League, from its very beginnings, the establishment of the Rugby League World Cup, we look at the changes that need to be made, eligibility rules, and how we would change the…
Rugby league is very much a global sport, and it can be easy to forget where the game began. The NRL has a long, proud history of its own, and Australians take great pride in getting behind their well-established clubs from the country’s great towns and cities while enjoying https://bastaspelbolagutanlicens.com/ But many rugby league fans…
I find it very strange that when I sit down to watch my Penrith Panthers play these days, most of the time they are wearing a bright pink jersey. Its hard enough being a Penrith Panthers supporter at the best of times. There have really only been a few times in the clubs entire history…
There is no doubt that at representative level, Johnathan Thurston’s record is incredible. You can not deny his impact on Queensland’s historic State Of Origin winning run. Throw in his fantastic record at international level, that now include that elusive World Cup victory, and Thurston has done it all at rep level where the great…
And so we meet again… If you think the 2013 Rugby League World Cup final is just another game, you are very much mistaken. This game is carrying a legacy for many of the greatest players in a generation. This game will dictate whether or not history will look back on certain players and judge…
Ever wondered how much damage one little lie could do? One Newcastle player certainly found out the hard way. Before the salary cap was introduced, players had to play for the team representing the area they lived in. If a player residing in Sydney wished to change clubs, he had to leave the suburb he…