The 2024 season was a bit of a rough one for the Brisbane Broncos. They come into the 2025 season with a new coach in Michael Maguire, some veteran leadership in Ben Hunt, and they kick their season off against a Sydney Roosters team who has been thrust into a full rebuild after losing so…
Fresh off coaching New Zealand to the Pacific Championship and a record breaking win over Australia, the New Zealand Rugby League gave an ultimatum to Kiwi’s coach Michael Maguire. He could coach New Zealand, or New South Wales, but not both teams. As a result Maguire chose to step down as New Zealand coach, leaving…
Presented by Palmerbet In this episode of the Fergo and The Freak NRL podcast the boys talk about all the strange goings on at both the Wests Tigers and New Zealand Warriors, who both decided to part ways with their coaches on the eve of State Of Origin one! They look at who might be…
In this episode your two Rugby League experts talk about the Wests Tigers coaching situation, the dramatic finals game between the Panthers and the Eels, great coaches and how good Ricky Stuart was as a player! Also in this episode, League Freak was drunk while Andrew was not. Follow the boys on Twitter at AndrewRLP and LeagueFreak Visit The…
After a terrible start to their 2021 NRL season the heat is already on Wests Tigers coach Michael Maguire with online gambling sites suggesting he will be the first coach to go this season. Maguire has received the dreaded “full support of the board” already, and its a rotten situation when you consider the situation…
The Wests Tigers season is all but over after falling to the Manly Sea Eagles at Brookvale Oval by a scoreline of 32 – 12. The Tigers, who came into the game missing hooker Robbie Farah, were dealt a massive blow early on in the game when replacement hooker Jacob Liddle suffered what looked like…
South Sydney Rabbitohs are Australia’s most successful side, having won more premierships (21) than any other club in the country. However, Michael Maguire’s current crop of players are struggling to find their best and have just completed a miserable 2017 campaign, which has seen them once again fail to rediscover their best. The Sydney-based club…
I love Golden Point. Not just The Golden Point Podcast, I also love seeing NRL games decided by a moment of brilliance by one side or the other. One of the reasons I love Rugby League is its unforgiving, uncompromising nature. There are no excuses to be made, you win or lose, and the final…
South Sydney. No two words in Rugby League history have ever garnered such pride and passion and equal part disappointment and ridicule. Throughout formative years of Australian Rugby League the Rabbitohs were truly the pride of the league. Their 20 premiership wins far eclipsing all other comers. So impressive is that haul that after 43…
Some great news for South Sydney today with coach Michael Magure extending his contract at the club through to the end of the 2017 season. Maguire would have been highly sought after by a number of NRL clubs. His decision to stay is great news for the Bunnies who have improved to be one of…
After South Sydney’s exploits this season, Rabbitohs coach, Michael Maguire, looks set to become the most wanted man in the NRL at the end of the current NRL campaign. With South Sydney charging towards their first minor premiership since 1989, there is a growing concern among the Rabbitohs fans that they may lose their head…
When Dr Marwan Koukash took over the Salford City Reds, he clearly wanted to do everything possible to make the club a success. It didn’t take him long before he was making changes to the clubs management, including getting rid of the coach to bring in Brian Noble and making changes to the front office,…
The North Queensland Cowboys sit in 15th place on the NRL ladder after winning just 4 of their 13 games this season. The word is that Neil Henry is about to be given his marching orders, and when you look at the the teams results, that is completely understandable. I would ask one simple question…
South Sydney coach Michael Maguire has come out and stated that he believes Greg Inglis has been targeted by defenses To this I say “Ah Duh!!!” Manly’s Richard Fa’aoso is serving an 8 week ban for 2 separate spear tackles on the South Sydney ace but this is not the first time this season Inglis has…
From the point of view of a card carrying pessimist such as myself, the major talking point from last weekend’s round of NRL will not be the glorious half-ton that my re-tootled Roosters poured on to the outstripped Eels at Allianz Stadium on Monday night. Inside my cynical headspace, this titillating 80 minutes of tri-coloured…
Russell Crowe has made the decision to sell his controlling interest in the South Sydney Rabbitohs to focus more on his family. When Russell Crowe and Peter Holmes a Court took over the South Sydney Rabbitohs the clubs was a mess. On the field they were not worthy of a place in first grade. Off…
If the 2012 season showed us anything it was that a great coach is worth their weight in gold to any club. With top coaches now commanding million dollar salaries, clubs are more than aware that a top coach controls the entire destiny of a club. A coaches performance can make or break a club, not just…
The Sydney Roosters have announced that Catalan Dragons coach Trent Robinson join the club starting next season on what is a three year deal. Robinson was previously an assistant coach under Brian Smith in 2010 and linked up with the Catalan Dragons in 2011. He has done OK with the Dragons and his ability to…
It is one of the questions I have been asked the most over the last few days. With the financial crisis in Super League seeing three of the competitions 14 clubs fall over in the last 12 months, people realize that something has to give, and it is probably the ability of Super League to…
Well its that time of the year again when Santa going on the worlds largest break and enter spree. We don’t mind it because he leaves presents. Now, Santa spends all year making a list. Then, he checks it twice. He want to find out who’s naughty and who is nice. Personally, I think the…
Wigan are once again at the top of the pile in England after a dominant 22-10 win over St Helens in the 2010 Super League Grand Final. A sellout crowd of 71,526 filled Old Trafford to watch the two old rivals face off but it was pretty clear from early on that Wigan looked up…
When I woke up this morning and read the headline “Brian Noble Looks To Swap Super League For The NRL” I felt sick. I didn’t have to read the article to know that such complete and utter stupidity could only be aiming towards one man. I mean, lets think about this for a second. An…
I’m a Hull FC fan, and today my team ran up a scoreline of 42-18 against the London Harlequins, despite the fact they were without a few injured players. This season Wigan looks strong, as does Warrington. St Helens are not in top gear, but they are still dangerous. My Hull FC are probably punching…