In this episode Fergo and the Freak have a chat about the NRL All Star Games, both the mens and womens versions. They talk about the opening round of Super League games, why Promotion and Relegation is terrible, and repond to a Tweet Andrew recieved about Super League now compared to when it first started. …
In this episode Rugby League historian Andrew Ferguson takes us through the first Rugby League tour to Australia which was by the New Zealand Māori . From promising beginnings to a breakdown in the relationship between the Māori and the Australian administrators, this is a fascinating story that had some big ramifications for the game. To have…
Want to see the match highlights for the 2021 NRL All Star Game between the Indigenous All Stars and the Maori All Stars? Well, you’ve come to the right place!
It has been moved around and the format has changed, but with the NRL All Star Game heading back to the Gold Coast in 2020 it feels like the NRL might have finally settled on a winning combination. With the Indigenous All Stars taking on the New Zealand Maori the NRL All Star Game feels…
Castleford Tigers standoff Rangi Chase has opened up to TheSun.co.uk about the abuse he received after making the decision to play for England. Chase has described his treatment as “discriminatory” and pointed to examples in other sports where people born and raised outside of England turn out for England. You know what Rangi, I’ve got…
International Rugby League is a funny thing. You always get the feeling that its held together with sticky tape and rubber bands. Whether its the expert commentary team from England stuffing up players names from the opposition they have clearly never seen, depspite the fact these players are regular NRL players, to the Kiwi commentators…
It has been a game thats been on my radar for months now. Englands first big test down under since their humiliating 2008 Rugby League World Cup disaster. While England goes about talking itself up with the same old lines about just lacking a bit of confidence and Australia just being a bit lucky, for…
This is the footage I know some of our friends in the UK may not have seen yet. This is the moment the “Welcome To Australia” game between the Australian Aboriginal Dream Time Team faced off with the New Zealand Maori. This ended up being a great contest in which the Aboriginal side won 34-26…
In an article in todays Sydney Morning Herald the ARL has come under attack for rejecting a proposal to have both an Australian Aboriginal team and New Zealand Maori team take part in the 2008 World Cup. For once, I agree 100% with the ARL. It was a complete and utter farce that the Maori…