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…
I’m a fan of most sports, not just Rugby League. In fact outside of a few completely shit house sports like Rugby Union and AFL, I’ll give any sport a go. So news this week that the Newcastle Knights Rugby League club had applied to the courts to have the Newcastle Jets soccer club wound…
Look, we all know I’m better than you, we worked that out a long time ago. What I’m gonna do now however is let you have a taste of my greatness. I’ve set up a Fantasy Rugby League competition on the Fox Sports web site. Why Fox Sports? Well they have a few different things…
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…
Normally we don’t see the the draw for a major international Rugby League competition until a few weeks before the bloody thing kicks off, however this time around the IRLF (ARL/RFL) have taken time out from meetings in Singapore in high priced hotels to get a draw out early. The 2008 World Cup was a…
I find few things in life more boring than Lote Tuqiri. A bloke that played Rugby League as a youngster, went chasing money in Rugby Union (Fair enough), spent the whole time miserable and hating it, wrote about a million news paper articles talking about Rugby League and pleading with League players to switch codes,…
You see, fans, coaches, club officials and the media can talk as much crap as they like about a player. At the end of the day, as long as he can still play football, he will always come out a winner. As the season draws closer and coaches change their mindset from preparation that will…
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 the Super League season has just kicked off and I supposed I really should make a few predictions and we’ll see how I’ve done at seasons end. I find Super League season previews very boring, simply because we all know right now who is likely to win the bloody thing! I throw in my…
I find very few things in this game completely outrageous. Maybe its the the way Rugby League throws up a yearly does of atrocities, it numbs you to certain types of news. Every so often though I read about something so ridiculous and I can not believe the lack outrage it causes. The BBC is…
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…
There is a Golden Rule in Rugby League that states: If you wanna f*cking it up, leave it to a Pom. So goes every single thing the Poms touch when it comes to Rugby League, it is like they have a national commitment to Rugby League disaster. This time around the dirty, soap dodging whingers…
In 2008 the National Rugby League organized a massive Rugby League fans day as Sydney’s Olympic Stadium. It was set out to commemorate the fact that the game would be turning 100 in Australia. Every player from every team was in attendance (Not and easy feat in a one of the worlds most widely spread…
Imagine if you will for a moment that you make a living writing about the game of Rugby League. During the season work is good. There are few sports in the whole world that produce as many stories and as much drama as Rugby League does. There is always a rumour to chase, always a…
If you don’t know whats been happening here is the very quick rundown. Six Huddersfield Giants players were arrested in relation to an alleged rape that occurred in Gosforth, Newcastle (England). All players have been released on bail until March 18th. Now for obvious reasons no person or web site can really say too much…
One day when my three readers get to have actual sex with an actual girl, they will realize that 35 second experience pales into comparison with reading League Freak on Twitter. That’s right, I’m Twittering away and you are missing out! During the day and night you’ll be able to see whats actually on my…
As you may or may not know, there is not an official push to remove the Challenge Cup from a list of protected sporting matches so that it does not have to be shown on free to air TV in the United Kingdom. The Challenge Cup may have its critics, but the fact is it…
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 always think that going into a season, you can get a feel for what direction a club is heading in by the little subtle things they have been doing over the last few months. Some things are good. For instance, have you heard much from the Melbourne Storm? No. Thats a good thing, more…
At what point do you realize you have had enough? For some people its when they start to feel a bit under the weather. For others, its when they start to slur their words. Some people go even further than that. When they can’t stand up on their own, when they throw up, or when…
Paul Gallen is a real top bloke! For years Gallen has forged a reputation on the field as a grub, and in 2009 he pushed that reputation to new heights through his stupid behavior, on and off the field. It all started well when he was fined $10,000 for a racial slur he made towards…
A Christmas, don’t you just love this time of year? Its stinking hot, beach weather, thunderstorms rolls out of the west from over the Blue Mountains, you put up a Christmas tree and decorate your house. You go into debt buying presents, you send cards to people. I have to say my favorite part is…
Another day, another off field disgrace for Rugby League fans to deal with. This time its Newcastle prop Danny Wicks who has been charged with supply and possession of prohibited drugs. Serious? Well, he’s been refused bail. Even Greg Bird got bail… It just makes you wonder what goes through the head of some of these…
There is a difference between doing something stupid, and being stupid. We’ve all done something stupid in our lives thats made us look back and think “What the hell was I thinking”. However there are people that just don’t get it, who don’t look back and ask that question. These people are morons, they are…
Every day I like to jump online and do my rounds of all of my favorite Rugby League news sources. I hit up the Daily Telegraph in Sydney, the Sydney Morning Herald, I sometimes see if the Australian and anything good to read, and then I’ll take a quick look at the BBC. Then I…
It is always fantastic news when we see the game expanding, and you all know I’m all for spreading the word and getting new areas into the games higher levels. This ones got me asking some questions though…. The BBC is reporting that a South Wales consortium have made a bid to enter a Bridgend-based team…
Greg Bird is free to negotiate with NRL clubs. Most have turned their back on him, but now it seems long time rumours that the Gold Coast Titans want him are true. The Titans are in a tough position in some regards. As a footballer, Bird is just what the Titans needs. For a team…
Running a web site is a very interesting experience. You get funny e-mails, weird e-mails, threats, offers, and generally its all a bit of a laugh. In running this web site I try and do two things. First, I want to entertain. Second, I want to make people think a bit more deeply about the…
We all know how terrible the 2009 season was for the Sydney Roosters. In fact by the time you are finished reading this article its likely that one of their players will commit another crime against humanity. So the club doesn’t know how to handle itself, that much is clear. They have continued to allowed…
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…