Whether you love him, hate him, or are simply entranced by the chameleon qualities of his hair, you cannot deny that Phil Gould knows his stuff. Sure, he often comes across as his own biggest fan and as a commentator it’s usually not hard to tell which team he prefers. But the connections he holds…
In his ongoing series of season reviews Daniel Nichols today looks back on the Manly Sea Eagles season. Finished: 4th Predicted: 8th Fan Prediction: 4th Where It Went Right: When Manly lost Trent Hodkinson to the Bulldogs, fans were worried they had lost a long term partner for Keiran Foran, however as soon as Daly…
This was always going to happen… Last year at an NRL CEO’s meeting concerns were raised that the upcoming dramatic rise that was about to occur in the salary cap would see the player market skewed and teams mismanaging their salary cap. There wasn’t much the NRL could do about this although they did look…
It’s fair to say that the Penrith Panthers have been extremely busy in the player market so far in 2013. They have publicly chased Australian 5/8 Thurston as well NSW 5/8 Todd Carney and although they came up short in both efforts, media reports indicate they came within a whisker of securing each. After a less than…
The whispers are getting louder and louder that Todd Carney is on the verge of leaving the Cronulla Sharks and will be playing for the Penrith Panthers in 2014. I’ve been skeptical that this was going to happen for a while now for two reasons… First of all, I think Carney is happy and settled…
St George/Illawarra Dragons half Jamie Soward has signed a four year contract with the Penrith Panthers started from 2014. I think this is a very good signing for the Panthers. Soward has a fantastic kicking game. He will bring a cool head and Premiership winning experience to the Panthers halves. It has become clear in…
5 rounds into the 2013 season and it looks like it’s a three horse race for the Minor Premiership in the form of Melbourne, South Sydney, and Manly. Newcastle, Roosters and Cowboys fans would argue that their sides are well within the running but general consensus is that the top 3 sides are a class…
Billy Slaters amazing form has been rewarded despite a major push by some media types for Manly Fullback Brett Stewart to retain his place as the Australian fullback. Slater joins back rower Paul Gallen and prop Carl Webb who are also making their debut in a great looking Australian lineup that is probably a bit…
