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. …
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!
In this episode we talk about the World Club Challenge match between the Sydney Roosters and St Helens. We do a bit of a deep drive into the overall record of teams in the World Club Challenge and come up with some surprising results. We then talk about the NRL All Stars games, some trial…
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…
With the NRL All Star game coming up there is a lot of talk that the NRL may be looking to cut the event to help ease the workload on players. The NRL All Star Game is very important for the Indigenous All Star, that is something that can not be overlooked at all. It…
North Queensland Cowboys star Johnathan Thurston has flagged the idea that the NRL Grand Final should be played two weeks after the semi finals, with the NRL All Star Game played during the week off. This is a similar set up to the one the NFL uses where the Superbowl is played two weeks after…
Next years NRL All Star Game could be scrapped with concerns over player burnout and a crowded fixture list worrying clubs according to the Daily Telegraph. A final decision will be made at a meeting of NRL CEO’s this week with the proposed Rugby League 9’s competition in Auckland expected to take priority over the…
The Gold Coast is looking to muscle in on Lang Parks monopoly over State Of Origin football by formulating a bid to host a State Of Origin game in 2017. The Brisbane Times is reporting that Gold Coast mayor Tom Tate wants to use a State Of Origin match as a warm up to the…
The 2013 NRL All Star Game is being played at Brisbane’s Suncorp Stadium this year and I tend to think it needs to be a belter this year if this game is going to continue into the future. When it was first announced, I liked the idea. I felt like it was something Rugby League…
In the history of top grade Rugby League in Australia, there are only 16 players since 1908 that have played 300 or more clubs games. Think about that for a moment. For the thousands of players who have pulled on one of the famous Rugby League jerseys of either an NSWRL, ARL or NRL club,…
The Australian Aboriginals Vs NRL All Stars game is a great concept that ticks so many boxes. Its a fantastic focus for the kickoff to the Rugby League season. It has great fan interaction as people can vote for who they want to play in both sides online. It is a game that can be…
The NRL All Stars have defeated the Indigenous All Stars 28-12 with Josh Dugan being named the Preston Campbell medal winner as the man of the match. It was a game played at a really high intensity, just about every player looked sharp and while there were a few bumps, bruises and some blood spilt,…
Well the NRL All Stars game is played this weekend and I’ve got to say, I’m not feeling it. I think with the drawn out process that happens in regards to voting for players over the course of about three months, only to have many players pull out with injury, it just has lost me…
There is a lot of talk right now that the Rugby Football League are looking to establish an All Star Game between the English test team and a selection of players from Super League clubs. It would be very easy to suggest that the RFL have looked at the All Star Game in Australia held…
The NRL Indigenous All Stars team has beaten the NRL All Stars 16-12 in front of 26,687 on the Gold Coast. Any worries about how fair dinkum this game was going to be were quickly erased early on in the match with big hits and great play being the order of the night. Usually at…
Just hours after being cleared by the courts of assaulting a female at a night club, Greg Bird has been called into the Indigenous All Stars team. Having not played in the NRL for about a year and a half now, and having two high profile court cases in which he was on trial (And…
Remember the other day when I mentioned that the NRL had finally announced the NRL All Stars team after 4 months and 578 stages of voting? Well yeah…..scratch that! Players are now dropping out of both sides with injuries in what is both a worrying sign for the games credibility and a sign of the…
Well it only took three months and 25 stages of voting, but the 2010 NRL All Stars team has finally been announced. Over 50,000 fans took part in the voting process which I think needs to be simplified and streamlined the next time around. The squad includes a players from every NRL team as well…
Everyone knows I love the concept of an Aboriginal All Stars team taking on an NRL All Stars team. It will make for a great game, it will be a great way to kick off the season and it will celebrate the fact that Rugby League has a higher percentage of Aboriginal players than any…
I can not wait for this game between the Indigenous All Stars and NRL All Stars earlier next year. I’ve wanted there to be a game for the best Aboriginal players in our game for many years now, and I think the NRL has just about got it right in terms of who they will…
On February 13, 2010, at Skilled Park on the Gold Coast the NRL will be showcasing some of the best players in the game. The NRL Indigenous All Stars will take on the NRL All Stars in a fixture that will become a kickoff to the start of the Rugby League season in Australia. Fans…