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The 100 Biggest Winning Margins in NSWRL/ARL/NRL History Rugby league in Australia has seen some massive blowouts over its long history, from the NSWRL days through the ARL and into the modern NRL era (1998+). The all-time record remains St George Dragons’ 85-point thrashing of Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs (91-6) in 1935—still the benchmark after nearly 90…
Reece Walsh: Brisbane Broncos Fullback Profile Reece Walsh is one of the most electrifying and dynamic fullbacks in the NRL, known for his blistering speed, elite kicking game, line-breaking ability, and fearless attacking flair. At just 23 years old (born 10 July 2002), the Southport, Queensland native has already achieved premiership glory, State of Origin…
NRL Premiership Winners: 1908 to 2025 Here is the full list of every premiership-winning team in Australian rugby league history, from the inaugural NSWRL season in 1908 through to the 2025 NRL season. 1908: South Sydney Rabbitohs 1909: South Sydney Rabbitohs 1910: Newtown Jets 1911: Eastern Suburbs (Sydney Roosters) 1912: Eastern Suburbs (Sydney Roosters) 1913:…
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One of the great things about Rugby League, and the NRL in particular, is seeing the commitment of some of the games elite clubs to developing players from a young age, and giving them an opportunity to represent their local region at the elite level. To see players grow up wanting to play for their…
Our first Breaking News episode of 2026! Pay Hass has informed the Brisbane Broncos that he has signed a three year deal with the South Sydney Rabbitohs starting in 2027! Twitter AndrewRLP and LeagueFreak Patreon Rugby League Project Patreon and the League Freak Patreon! Websites The Rugby League Project League Freak NRL and Rugby League News Rugby League Podcasting…
Great news for Melbourne Storm supporters as super coach Craig Bellamy has extended his stay at the club for a further two seasons. The move will see Bellamy’s contract run through to an incredible 26th consecutive seasons at the club! Bellamys future is always surrounded by speculation in recent times with every year seeing like…
Taking a look over the 2026 NRL betting markets and it is clear that this Rugby League season bookmakers feel there are more teams capable of winning the NRL Premiership than ever. Brisbane Broncos The reigning champions the Brisbane Broncos are rightfully one of the betting favourites to take out the 2026 NRL Grand Final….
One of the most memorable things about the 2025 NRL season that will always stick with me was watching the rise of Reece Walsh from being a mercurial, sometimes erratic game breaker, to a premiership deciding superstar. It takes a special type of player to do what Walsh achieved in the 2025 NRL Finals series….
Player rating for game three of the 2025 Rugby League State Of Origin series for the Queensland. Queensland beat New South Wales 24-12 at Accor Stadium in Sydney to win the series 2-1. 2025 Queensland Rugby League Player Ratings To discuss the 2025 Queensland State Of Origin player ratings on Twitter with League Freak follow…
Player rating for game three of the 2025 Rugby League State Of Origin series for the New South Wales. Queensland beat New South Wales 24-12 at Accor Stadium in Sydney to win the series 2-1. 2025 New South Wales Rugby League Player Ratings To discuss the 2025 New South Wales State Of Origin player ratings…
Player rating for game two of the 2025 Rugby League State Of Origin series for the Queensland. Queensland beat New South Wales 26-24 at Perth Stadium to even up the series at 1-all. 2025 Queensland Rugby League Player Ratings To discuss the 2025 Queensland State Of Origin player ratings on Twitter with League Freak follow…
Player rating for game two of the 2025 Rugby League State Of Origin series for the New South Wales Blues. Queensland beat New South Wales 26-24 at Perth Stadium to even up the series at 1-all. 2025 New South Wales Rugby League Player Ratings To discuss the 2025 New South Wales State Of Origin player…
Player rating for game one of the 2025 Rugby League State Of Origin series for the Queensland. New South Wales beat Queensland 18-6 at Suncorp Stadium to take a 1-0 series lead. 2025 Queensland Rugby League Player Ratings To discuss the 2025 Queensland State Of Origin player ratings on Twitter with League Freak follow him…
Player rating for game one of the 2025 Rugby League State Of Origin series for the New South Wales Blues. New South Wales beat Queensland 18-6 at Suncorp Stadium to take a 1-0 series lead. 2025 New South Wales Rugby League Player Ratings To discuss the 2025 New South Wales State Of Origin player ratings…
With the Perth Bears given the green light to enter into the NRL in what is likely to be the 2027 season, lets have a look at some of the potential players the Bears may look at to build their inaugural team around. Keep in mind the Bears will have the full salary cap available…
Leading betting agencies have installed New South Wales as overwhelming favourites to win the 2025 Rugby League State Of Origin series. Queensland look to be in a bit of a rebuilding phase, with a number of rookies selected in their 2025 game one squad while the New South Wales Blues have an embarrassment of riches…
The Wests Tigers have posted a media release about the future of young star Lachlan Galvin. It seems as though Galvin will be leaving the club after the 2026 season after Galvin and the Wests Tigers could not come to an agreement on a contract extension. Here is the press release from the Wests Tigers:…
Click here to join our FREE NRL tipping comp in 2025 : https://tipping.nrl.com/comps/join/O20F3PX9 After the Penrith Panthers fifth straight loss in a row League Freak records an emergency podcast to talk about what looks like the end of this incredibly dynasty! Twitter AndrewRLP and LeagueFreak Patreon Rugby League Project Patreon and the League Freak Patreon! Websites The Rugby League Project …
Daly Cherry-Evans has told the Manly Sea Eagles this will be his last season at the club. It’s a bit of a sad situation, but at least it is a decision he has taken control of rather than the club pushing him out the door. I always love seeing players who have their entire career…
Dylan Brown’s recent 10 year, 13-million dollar deal to sign with the Newcastle Knights has received plenty of comment and amazement in the past few weeks since it was announced. It has automatically led the mainstream media to begin playing salary cap auditors and player managers. Phil Rothfield recently tried to prove that the salary…
Artificial intelligence is kind of fun when you ask it weird questions. So I decided to ask Twitter “Grok” who would win the next 75 NRL Grand Finals….just so we could have some idea how the rest of the century would turn out! Now, before we proceed, keep in mind these are not MY predictions….
The Australia and New Zealand Rugby League commission. It’s clear Peter V’landys is an expansionist. As an expansionist myself, I love it! V’landys has been very forthcoming with his ideas about not only expanding the NRL competition, but the overall footprint of Rugby League all over the world. He is being aggressive about it, and…
The NRL corporate media has throw it out there that NRL Rumours are swirling about that Kayln Ponga is unhappy at the Newcastle Knights and could be eyeing a move to the Sydney Roosters. The news comes just days after Dylan Brown told Parramatta Eels teammates he would leave the club at the of the…
It’s not too often that a young bloke makes his first grade debut in the NRL and he just looks like he belongs. That was the case with the Wests Tigers Lachlan Galvin in 2024. He stood out in a very poor Wests Tigers team, and he looked like he could turn into the type…
Reports are filtering out of the corporate media this afternoon that suggest Dylan Brown has told Parramatta Eels teammates he will leave the club at the end of this year to sign what is reported to be a massive 10 year deal with the Newcastle Knights that is supposed to be around $13.4 million in…
The St George/Illawarra Dragons have released an official statement on the clubs website after vision was circulated on social media showing someone throwing a meat pie at an opposition fans during the clubs 28-20 loss to the Canterbury Bulldogs. Its is a credit to the St George/Illawarra Dragons management that they put a statement out…
The first round of the 2025 NRL season is now in the books and one of the big things that stood out over the round were how many teams looked absolutely dreadful! Some games, like the Raiders beating the Warriors pretty well, were just a good performance against a team off their game a little…
The 2024 season was a bit of a rough one for the Brisbane Broncos. They come into the 2025 season with a new coach in Michael Maguire, some veteran leadership in Ben Hunt, and they kick their season off against a Sydney Roosters team who has been thrust into a full rebuild after losing so…
After a 2024 season that was derailed numerous times by injury, news that Mitch Moses would miss round one of the 2025 season should come as a real concern to Parramatta Eels supporters. Moses is suffering from soreness around a surgically repaired foot injury he suffered last season. The injury was repaired using screws to…