News that covers Rugby League in Australia.
Parramatta Eels English forward Lee Mossop may have spend most of the season on the sidelines, but he has told the BBC that Super League is more physical than the NRL. Mossop, who made the move from Wigan to the Parramatta Eels at the end of last year, played his first game of his NRL…
Over the course of his career Jarryd Hayne has shown that when he is playing at his best, he is possibly the best player in the world. While injuries and inconsistency has plagued his career at times, you get the feeling that things have changed. He has been playing great football for Parramatta this year…
Cronulla Sharks chairman Damian Keogh has ruled out the club taking any legal action against ASADA as the Essendon AFL club and its former coach have done over the last 24 hours. Keogh has stated that the club wants to get through the ASADA process and not prolong it any further than needed. The Sharks…
Jason Nightingale has told News Limited that he expects some of his team mates to try and get under the skin of Jamie Soward when he runs out for Penrith against the St George/Illawarra Dragons for the first time. While Nightingale said he has no problems at all with Soward, you get the feeling some…
Overnight players from the Essedon AFL club received show cause letters from ASADA meaning that the investigation into the alleged use of performance enhancing substances has been concluded. The Cronulla Sharks are expected to receive their show cause letters next week, however the Sydney Morning Herald is reporting that a second NRL club will also…
In one of those “What the hell are they thinking?” moments, the Daily Telegraph is reporting that is New South Wales win State Of Origin two, they will have to wait until game three of the State Of Origin series to receive the Origin shield. You would think it makes sense to hand the trophy…
The Sydney Morning Herald is reporting that the Brisbane Broncos will make a massive offer to Daly Cherry-Evans to join the club in 2016. While the Broncos may be dealing with a salary cap investigation, rises in the cap coupled with their unmatched ability to put together massive third party deals with sponsors in Brisbane…
Dave Taylor joined the Queensland State Of Origin squad yesterday and walked into a barrage of criticism…from his own coach! Mal Meninga has said that Dave Taylor has not done the job for Queensland in the past and that he expects more out of the 130 kilogram giant. It is kind of a strange way…
Benji Marshall has given Tim Sheens his backing to take over the coaching role at the St George/Illawarra Dragons. Marshall played the majority of his career under Sheens at the Wests Tigers where the pair won a Premiership together in 2005. A number of names have already been tossed up for the Dragons coaching job….
Yesterday it was confirmed that Will Hopoate and Josh Dugan will replace the injured Morris brothers in the squad for the second State of Origin squad, with Dugan set to take up the centre position. Josh Dugan has always lifted in the Origin arena, and was amongst the state’s best in last years series, however…
Brent Tate has spoken about the affects on his family that the backlash from his comments made after State Of Origin one caused, while also stating that none of it fazed him. The article, which you can tell is from the Courier Mail because of the way it is written to make all of New…
Clint Newton has attacked NSW coach Laurie Daley and QLD coach Mal Meninga for not releasing players to attend a meeting been the Rugby League Players Association and the NRL. The strange thing about Newtons comments is that the RLPA is supposed to represent all players, they don’t have to be in the room to…
Imagine having to make a million dollar decision about your entire career at the age of 21. For some people that decision would be difficult at the best of times. For others it would feel almost overwhelming. Over the last few seasons we have seen a number of younger players in the game make big…
After missing out signing Josh Mansour, Kevin Proctor and having James Tedesco backflip on his decision to join the club, Canberra Raiders coach Ricky Stuart written a press release. The statement which was released via the clubs official web site reads: Ricky Stuart Statement The Canberra Raiders’ recent disappointing recruitment results will not alter or…
News Limited is reporting that Ben Te’o will switch codes at the end of the 2014 NRL season and play Rugby Union, possibly in an effort to turn out for England at the next Rugby Union World Cup. This move has been quietly on the card for a while and even as late as yesterday…
Beau Ryan has announced his immediate retirement from Rugby League due to a neck injury. Ryan has been trying to play through the injury for a long while now but this season in particular it has become clear that any time he received contact in a tackle the injury was troubling him. Ryan had a…
Ben Te’o made his thoughts about Danny Weidler very well known in a press conference yesterday. Ben Te’o has every right to refuse to talk to certain journalists. I am one of the few people that support Darius Boyd when he refuses to talk to anyone at all. We live in a free country, and…
Ben Te’o has let Danny Weidler know in no uncertain terms what he thinks of him at a South Sydney Rabbitohs press conference. Te’o refused to answer any of the questions Channel 9 journalist Danny Weidler put to him, or any questions Weidler asked other journalists to ask Te’o. “Nah, no questions from you” Te’o…
News Limited journalist Dean Richie is reporting that James Tedesco has backed out of his deal to join the Canberra Raiders and is looking to remain with the Wests Tigers. This is a stunning backflip and a devastating blow for the Raiders. What prompted the backflip is anyone’s guess, but the Raiders form in recent…
The Parramatta Eels re-signing of Semi Radradra is great news, not only for the club, but for the game in general. For Radradra to go from an unknown player just a couple of years ago to one that will earn over $1 million during the term of his four year contract is amazing. It is…
Good luck trying to fight a case that has not given you a chance to front any hearing, and for which the charges continue to be changed. Sandor Earl has had new trafficking charges laid against him by ASADA and the NRL. This mess of a case will probably further change by the time Earl…
Josh Mansour is off contract at the end of the season and right now it looks as though he is weighing up a deal to head to the Canberra Raiders, or stick with the Penrith Panthers for what is likely to be less money. Now, I’m a Penrith Panthers survivor (That’s no typo!), but I…
Well, that escalated quickly! The New Zealand Warriors have announced that current CEO Wayne Scurrah will leave the club in November. That role will then be filled by current NRL COO Jim Doyle who will stand down from his current role at the end of the year. Doyle, who used to be the head of…
ASADA has dropped the trafficking charges it had laid against Sandor Earl, paving the way for Earl to return to Rugby League. While other charges are still in place, the trafficking charge, which was a little sketchy in my opinion, was the big charge that carries a ban of between 4 years to life. Because…
All men are created equal. Its a nice line, but its a lie. All men are not created equal. Every single one of us are different. We are unique. What drives us, what we value, what we believe in, it differs from person to person. One thing we do all share is a strong survival…
While the Daily Telegraph is reporting that Jamal Idris had been stood down for an alcohol related incident, the Penrith Panthers are adamant that Idris has been stood down so he can deal with undisclosed personal issues. Who ever you believe, the fact is that Jamal Idris will not be playing football in the near…
The salary cap investigation involving the Brisbane Broncos has extended to the Broncos Leagues club. The licensed club, for which Andrew Gee was a director until he resigned from his post there recently, will be looked over as part of a forensic investigation into the salary cap irregularities the Broncos Football club recently alerted the…
Game one of the 2014 State Of origin series was a classic contest. Now it is time to rate each players performance. Be warned, I rate players harshly no matter which side they play for. I rate all players on a scale of 1-10 and I’m not afraid to use the entire scare to show…
First of all let me say thank you to the 34 footballers that put on one of the best sporting contests I have ever seen. The 100th game of State Of Origin football will long be remembered as a war of attrition. A game that was as physically taxing as any sporting contest I have…
After almost a year of hearing Queenslanders gloating, then whinging, then working themselves into a lather over Paul Gallen telling them they have two heads, it is now time for the New South Wales to belt Queensland on their own home soil. It doesn’t matter that Queensland have won 8 series in a row, they…