I didnt have money on the match, I actually tipped the Dragons to win the game, I just loved watching a great game of footy. Then it was ruined. The Bulldogs scored an amazing 60 meter, last minute, game winning try against the St George/Illawarra Dragons. It was a grand stand finish that sent the…
South Sydney have destroyed the Sydney Roosters by a scoreline of 52-12. It would a good start to the game for Souths and it just kept getting better and better, to the point where they basically scored at will by games end. This game also provided one of the greatest moments of sporting theater I…
Wigan and Warrington find themselves in a self made crisis that really worries me. The last time I saw a club in a position that these two find themselves in, it took about 18 months and the very rich and keen owner of them walked away and left them to fend for themselves. That was…
Hazem El Masri is now the greatest point scorer in Australian Rugby League history. The record was 2176 points and that was held by Andrew Johns. El Masri took the record in his 292nd first grade game in a remarkable career that has seen him become the gold standard for goal kickers. I think its…
The Manly Sea Eagles obviously live in a glass bubble, thats the only conclusion you can come to when you hear that they are pissed off about the handling of the Brett Stewart affair. So upset are the players that they have threatened to boycott the end of season Dally M Awards. So, lets think…
Billy Slater has jumped on the bandwagon and signed a contract extension with the Melbourne Storm. He will play with the club until at least the end of the 2012 season. You don’t need me to tell you how good Slater played last year and how he is probably a top 5 player in the…
Benji Marshall has signed a contract extension that will see him remain at the West Tigers until at least the end of the 2011 season. It seems the speculation grew very old with Marshall and he decided to get the deal done before the season kickoff against the Canberra Raiders on Monday night. This is…
If you are wondering why the NRL took until Wednesday to ban Brett Stewart for the first five rounds of the competition, just look at the Manly Sea Eagles board. The NRL gave the Sea Eagles every opportunity to do they right thing. They allowed them time to meet, twice, they even contacted Manly and…
Maybe its their way of waving a white flag well ahead of time, but still, this news just astounds me. After a complete and utter disaster of a World Cup, where France was only just pipped by England as the worst side in the competition, the French Rugby League have decided to replace John Monie…
The NRL today announced that it had signed off an some made up rule that would supposedly stop Benji Marshall, an off contract player who would have no obligation or ties to the NRL any more, from playing Rugby Union in Japan before returning to the NRL before the start of the 2009 season. How…
Just when you thought it was safe to go back into the international waters, the idiots running this game destroy any hope or enthusiasm you might have had. Today the RFL announced the details for the Four Nations competition to be held at the end of the year between World Champions New Zealand, Australia, France…
I don’t know if he has just taken a huge reality bite or what, but all of a sudden Todd Carney is desperate to get back to playing Rugby League again. His visa to go and play over in Super league has been rejected, the Raiders don’t want him back, and the NRL has said…
The reason the Manly Sea Eagles are the best team in the world is because they have all the right people making the right decisions as far as the football team goes. The people with the money left the football brains go out and do their job. They don’t get involved in the football decisions,…
It takes you about one week on the internet to realize the thing is full of idiots. Whinging, crying, racist, weirdo, psycho, moronic, self important wankers! When you learn this you realize that your brain needs to filter 90% of opinions you see online, take 5% in for a bit of humor and the other…
Ive been supportive of the Celtic Crusaders and the push to fast track them into Super League. Rugby League needed a professional club in Wales in 1995. If the powers that be had used their brains at that time and get things going back then we’d probably have more expansion clubs and Super League would…
When Brian Smith took over the Newcastle Knights, he walked into a club that was a total mess. The inmates were running the asylum, to the point where journeyman reserve grade garbage were going to the media when their contracts were not extended, and the clubs was run of a mates basis. Player fitness and…
I know, I know…..I apologize! We all know it should be me, but because far to busy and important to take up the role, I thought I should force my opinions onto the like of you, ya know, kind of like what I’ve been doing for the last 11 years. I’ve said for a long…
Its sad that journalism has slipped so much that these days you have to read all the news and then interperate what the real story is. Its just so lucky that I’m here, standing as the last bastion of journalistic integrity! Over the last couple of months we have seen a few stories published stating…
Are the days of England being an easy out for trouble making players coming to an end I wonder? Right now a number of players who have signed with Super League clubs are still waiting back home in Australia and wondering if their past behavior has finally closed a door on them. British officials have…
Well the Cronulla Sharks now longer have to deal with Greg Bird and the mess he has created. Both parties have agreed to a buyout of Birds contract that that will see Bird released from his Sharks contract on the proviso that he plays for not other NRL club in 2009. This will most likely…
Well the new NRL season is slowly getting closer and the St George/Illawarra Dragons are feeling pretty good about themselves, as they always do this time of the year. They’ll be the Premiers by March, just you watch. Anyway they recently showed off their new, but unfinished renovations to Oki, Win, Jubilee stadium, or what…
Well its been a long, forced break from the site but it was rotten news to have to come back with. By now you all know about the tragic loss of New Zealand Warriors youngster Sonny Fai who went missing saving his brother from drowning in rough surf. I had watched Sonny Fai’s career for…
Australia were outstanding in their first game against anyone since their mid season thrashing of New Zealand. Their combination looked good, the forwards played well, the backs were oustanding and Lockyer and Thurston were clicking already. England meanwhile have had a number of games over the same period of time including a thrashing of Wales…
Well, Leeds beat St Helens in the Grand Final and made it back to back titles. I have to confess that I haven’t watched the game yet and to be honest, I don’t think I will be chasing it down. There has been a bit of whinging because St Helens players didn’t wait around after…
The Gold Coast Titans have been making a lot of news recently with future signings being the order of the day. First of all we saw that the Titans were willing to go all out to sign Melbourne Storm, Queensland and Australian hooker Cameron Smith, seemingly offering half of South east Queensland to move north…
One of the major stories out of the 2008 Rugby League World Cup was how poor England played. Winning just one of their four games played at the World Cup, and then only just beating Papua New Guinea, the England side went to Australia talking themselves up and left with their tail between their legs….
I remember when I was in Primary School and we had our Library lessons, ever so often you’d pick up one of those choose your own adventure books, skip through all the directing pages, and just get to the end and see what happens. Yeah, Primary School was the best 17 years of my life….
Its amazing to think that after so many years of waiting, the 2008 Rugby League World Cup is now behind us. After setbacks, questions about whether it would even be run, countless doubters and a cynical supporters base wondering if they would get it right, you have to give the organizers credit for pulling together…
It was very strange seeing New Zealand doing a victory lap with what I consider to be OUR World Cup, and while it was great for the game to see it happen make no mistake, I wanted Australia to win the big one. Having said that, I think the reaction by some within the Australian…
Strap in folks, this is gonna be a long one! In an amazing game that was a fitting end to the centenary celebrations in Australia, New Zealand has beaten Australia 34-20 to claim the Rugby League World Cup! I was lucky enough to be at the game and it was very surreal to see New…