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New Fijian Team, The Kaiviti Silktails, To Join The Ron Massey Cup In 2020 With An Eye On Canterbury Cup

New Fijian Team, The Kaiviti Silktails, To Join The Ron Massey Cup In 2020 With An Eye On Canterbury Cup

Oct 12, 2019 International Rugby League News 0

In some amazing news for Rugby League a team from Fiji has finally be admitted into the Ron Massey Cup for the 2020 season with an eye on promotion to the Century Cup. The Fijian NSWRL bid team has...
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Super League Magic Weekend In France? Sign Me Up!

Super League Magic Weekend In France? Sign Me Up!

Sep 19, 2019 European Super League News 0

The Catalan Dragons have asked Super League to consider playing Magic Weekend in France beyond the 2021 according to the BBC. The move would see a complete round of Super League games played in...
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Expansion Needed For The NRL To Grow The Game In New Zealand

Expansion Needed For The NRL To Grow The Game In New Zealand

Apr 11, 2019 New Zealand Warriors 0

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...
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Podcast: Fergo And The Freak – Episode 2

Podcast: Fergo And The Freak – Episode 2

Apr 04, 2019 League Freak 0

In episode 2 of Fergo and The Freak Andrew and League Freak talk about the history of Rugby League expansion in Australia, the loss of clubs, what clubs could be relocated to new areas and which...
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English Rugby League Is Using Its Dying Breath To Criticise How The NRL Runs Itself

English Rugby League Is Using Its Dying Breath To Criticise How The NRL Runs Itself

Feb 16, 2017 World Club Challenge News 0

English Rugby League is dying. If you have been reading my web site for any length of time you knew that years ago. I was the first to write about the financial implosion and mass death of clubs that...
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NRL Being Left Behind In Expansion Of Australian Sport

NRL Being Left Behind In Expansion Of Australian Sport

Oct 23, 2016 National Rugby League 0

The Gold Coast Titans joined the NRL in 2007 at a time when Rugby League was still recovering from the Super League War. At the time the game was terribly underfunded with terrible broadcasting deals...
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Striking While The Iron Is Hot

Striking While The Iron Is Hot

Oct 17, 2016 International Rugby League News 0

A couple of years ago a great idea was put forward to enter a Fijian team into the NSW Cup lower grade competition. The basic idea was to have a Fijian club in the NSW state cup competition that...
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A Look At The Toronto Wolfpack National League One Club. Will It Work?

A Look At The Toronto Wolfpack National League One Club. Will It Work?

Apr 28, 2016 European Super League News, International Rugby League News 0

As a rabid Rugby League expansionist I was very interested in news that came out this week that the Chairman of the Canadian Rugby League Eric Perez would lead a bid to have a Toronto based club play...
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The NRL Should Capitalize On Hayne Interest

The NRL Should Capitalize On Hayne Interest

Aug 18, 2015 National Rugby League, NFL 0

Lets not get too far ahead of ourselves just now. Jarryd Hayne did very well in his first pre season match for the San Francisco 49ers but he still has a long way to go. It was important for him to...
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Concerns Over NRL’s New Broadcasting Deal

Concerns Over NRL’s New Broadcasting Deal

Aug 11, 2015 National Rugby League 0

It would be very easy to look at the NRL’s newly announced broadcasting deal with Channel 9 and be blinded by the figures. Channel 9 currently pays $90 million per year to broadcast 3 NRL...
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