At the end of the Super League War, and as part of the deal that saw the ARL and Super League merge their competitions, News Limited insisted on the creation of a team based in Melbourne. A Melbourne based team had been on the cards for a number of years, but with News Limited being…
There is nothing quite like seeing the hottest NRL players taking the field and tearing up the Rugby League landscape, and we have so many great performances in recent seasons, lets look at some of the best. Nathan Cleary was incredible in the 2024 NRL Grand Final, leading the Penrith Panthers to their third straight…
It is considered to be one of the most exciting Grand Finals of all time, and a game in which the little brother of Queensland Rugby League emerged from the shadows of its bigger brother and finally become one of the leagues heavyweights. Since entering the top grade in 1995 the North Queensland Cowboys had…
So you want to know how many games Wally Lewis won over the course of his Rugby League career? Well, you’re come to the right place! Wally Lewis played in 31 State Of Origin games for Queensland between 1980 and 1991. He lost 12 games during his State Of Origin career. During that time Wally…
So you want to know how many Grand Finals the Melbourne Storm have REALLY won during their history in the NRL. Since entering the NRL in 1998, the Melbourne Storm have officially won 4 Grand Finals. 1999 – Melbourne Storm defeated the St George/Illawarra Dragons 20-18 2012 – Melbourne Storm defeated the Canterbury Bulldogs 14-4…
So you want to know how many Rugby League Grand Finals the Parramatta Eels have won over the course of their history? Well, you’ve come to the right place! The Parramatta Eels have won the Rugby League Grand Final 4 times since entering the NSWRL competition in 1947. All four of their Premierships were won…
The 1996 season was a tumultuous one for the game of Rugby League, with the Super League War finally having an effect on the field as Super League aligned clubs chose to forfeit games in the first round of the season. Despite this many of the best team of the mid 90’s put their best…
People had always wondered how a Grand Final played in Sydney that didn’t feature a team from New South Wales would be received, and in 2006 we go our answer. The minor premiers, the Melbourne Storm fielded one of their strongest teams ever. So much so that it would later be revealed that this Storm…
So you want to know how many NRL Premierships the Canterbury Bankstown Bulldogs have won over the course of their history? Well, you’ve come to the right place! The Bulldogs have won 8 Premierships since entering the competition in 1935. During their history the teams nickname changed from the Berries to the Bulldogs. 1938 –…
In what would turn into one of the best years in the games history, a lot of big guns lined up in 1994 with red hot teams with some of the games best players in their absolute prime of their careers. The Raiders spent the 1994 season absolutely lighting up the competition with scintillating football…
The NRL has smashed the record for the biggest crowd to attend a Rugby League game in the United States, with 40,746 people attending the NRL season opening double header at Allegiant Stadium in Las Vegas, Nevada featuring the Manly Sea Eagles vs the South Sydney Rabbitohs, and the Brisbane Broncos vs the Sydney Roosters….
So you want to know what year the NRL first entered the National Rugby league competition? Well, you’ve come to the right place! The Penrith Panthers entered the New South Wales Rugby league competition (The forerunner to the NRL) in 1967. Rugby League had been played in the Penrith District going back as far as…
So you want to know which team won the first NRL Premiership? Well, you’ve come to the right place! The South Sydney Rabbitohs were the first premierships of the News South Wales Rugby League competition, the forerunner of the National Rugby League competition. The Rabbitohs won the 1908 Grand Final 14-12 over Eastern Suburbs in…
So you want to know how many Premierships the Newtown Rugby League club, now known as the Newtown Jets won during their time in the top grade of Australian Rugby League? Well, you’re come to the right place! Newtown Rugby League club won 3 NRL Premierships over the course of their history in the top…
So you want to know how many NRL Premierships the Brisbane Broncos have won in the clubs history? Well, you’ve come to the right place! The Brisbane Broncos joined the NSWRL (The forerunner to the NRL competition) in 1988 and since then they have won 5 NRL Premierships and one Super League title in 2007….
So you’re looking for which NRL team has won the most National Rugby League premierships in a row? Well, you’ve come to the right place! The St George Dragons won 11 consecutive premierships in a row between 1956 and 1966. Players like Ken Kearney Norm Provan, Brian Clay, John Raper, Reg Gasnier, Eddie Lumsden, Billy…
So you want to know which team has the biggest losing margin in a World Club Challenge game? Well, you’ve come to the right place! The Halifax Blue Sox suffered a 76-0 thrashing at the hands of the Brisbane Broncos on the 22nd of June in 1997 at a match played at Queensland Sport and…
So you want to find out which player has scored the most overall points in World Club Challenge games? Well, you’ve come to the right place! Ryan Girdler of the Penrith Panthers has scored 118 points, including 11 tries and 37 goals in 6 games played. Ryan Girdler also is an equal record holder for…
So you want to find the biggest win in a Rugby League World Club Challenge match? Well, you’ve come to the right place! On June 22nd in 1997 the Brisbane Broncos defeated the Halifax Blue Sox 76-0 at Queensland Sport and Athletics Centre in Brisbane in front of 11,358 spectators. Wendell Sailor and Darren Smith…
So you want to know who has scored the most tries in a Rugby League World Club Challenge game? Well, you’ve come to the right place! Ken Nagas scored scored 6 tries in the Canberra Raiders 70-6 win over the Halifax Blue Sox on the 8th of June in 1997 at Canberra Stadium. That is…
Want to know which NRL club has won the more NRL titles in the history of Rugby League? Well, you’ve come to the right place! The South Sydney Rabbitohs have won 21 Premierships since the premiership kicked off in 1908. The seasons the South Sydney Rabbitohs have been premiers are 1908, 1909, 1914, 1918, 1925,…
Want to know what the biggest losing margin in the history of the Australian Rugby League team is? You’ve come to the right place! On November 4th in 2023 the New Zealand Kiwi’s defeated the Australian Kangaroos 30-0 in the Pacific Championship Final in Waikato, Hamilton New Zealand. Jamayne Isaako scored 18 points in the…
Having won two Grand Finals in a row, the Penrith Panthers entered the 2023 season looking to become the first team in the modern era to win three straight Grand Finals, a monumental goal in not only the 10 meter era, but the salary cap era. The Panthers were outstanding in the regular season, never…
So you want to know what the biggest come from behind victory is in an NRL Grand Final? Well, you’ve come to the right place! On October 1st 2023 the Penrith Panthers were down 8-24 against the Brisbane Broncos in the NRL Grand Final in the 61st minute of the match. They would go on…
Want to know what the biggest losing margin in the Wests Tigers history is? You’ve come to the right place! On July 1st in 2023 the North Queensland Cowboys defeated the Wests Tigers 74-0 at Queensland Country Bank Stadium in Townsville. North Queensland Cowboys centre Valentine Holmes scored 30 points in the match through 2…
On May the 20th in 2023 the Wests Tigers beat the North Queensland Cowboys 66-18 at Leichhardt Oval. On July the 1st in 2023 the North Queensland Cowboys beat the Wests Tigers 74-0 at Queensland Country Bank Stadium. That is a 122 point turn around between the two results! North Queensland Cowboys centre Valentine Holmes…
Every so often a team gets off to a bad start to the season and you wonder just how bad things can get. On the Fergo and The Freak NRL podcast Rugby League statistician Andrew Ferguson and Rugby League expert League Freak go through the 20 worst seasons a club has endured in the NRL’s…
So you want to know who holds the single game record for the most tries scored for the Penrith Panthers in an NRL match? Well, you’ve come to the right place! On July the 7th in 1974 Panthers lock Peter Langmack scored 5 tries in the Penrith Panthers 22-21 victory over the St George Dragons…
So you want to know what the biggest loss in the history of the Cronulla Sharks is? Well, you’ve come to the right place! On August 23rd in 2003 the Cronulla Sharks were beaten 74-4 by the Parramatta Eels in round 24 at Parramatta Stadium. 7,050 were in attendance as Jamie Lyon scored 5 tries…
So you want to know who has scored the most points for the Australian Kangaroos Rugby League team? Well, you’ve come to the right place! Johnathan Thurston scored 382 points in 38 games for the Australian Rugby League team. He scored 13 tries and kicked 165 goals. Jonathan Thurston played his first international for Australia…