News that covers Rugby League in Australia.
Last week, Ricky Stuart brought Parramatta Eels into a meeting. At that meeting he put up a list of players the club would not be re-signing for the 2014 season. Whether or not you agree with how Stuart and the Eels handled the entire situation, you can not argue against the fact that this is…
After having the full support of the Canterbury Bulldogs has he dealt with personal issues, will Ben Barba really leave the club and head north to Queensland? The Daily Telegraph is reporting that the 2012 Dally M Medalist is in the sights of both the Brisbane Broncos and Gold Coast Titans. According to the Telegraph…
The North Queensland Cowboys sit in 15th place on the NRL ladder after winning just 4 of their 13 games this season. The word is that Neil Henry is about to be given his marching orders, and when you look at the the teams results, that is completely understandable. I would ask one simple question…
Ever since State Of Origin one last Wednesday Gorden Tallis hasn’t stopped whinging about Paul Gallen. Paul Gallen went in with a swinging arm on Nate Myles. Both players stood up, toe-to-toe, and Gallen threw a combo that left Myles struggling to stay on his feet. After the game, Myles was happy to leave it…
The Melbourne Storm went into KickYourArse.com mode on the Cronulla Sharks tonight, running out huge winners 38-6. The Storm were brilliant in the first half, racking up 28 points over a Sharks team that were just not in the contest at all. The most resistance the Storm faced all half was when a Seagull walked…
The Wests Tigers face the prospect of losing another player to a long term injury after winger Marika Koroibete dislocated his elbow in a gutsy 20-18 win over the Penrith Panthers. In the 25th minute and with the Panthers leading 12-4, Koroibete was trying to make meters from within his own ten meter line when…
As the New Zealand Warriors get closer to signing Sam Tomkins from Super League clubs Wigan current Warriors fullback Kevin Locke has said he would be open to a move to five-eighth to accommodate the Wigan youngster. Locke told The Sunday News “I wouldn’t mind playing a bit of standoff. It’s a key position, like…
Going into the 2013 NRL season, every team knew what the salary cap rules were. I therefore find it hard to feel any sympathy for any club that only gets to round 13 and starts to have issues with who it can and can not bring into first grade due to salary cap constraints. That…
This was always going to happen… Last year at an NRL CEO’s meeting concerns were raised that the upcoming dramatic rise that was about to occur in the salary cap would see the player market skewed and teams mismanaging their salary cap. There wasn’t much the NRL could do about this although they did look…
The Sydney Daily Telegraph is reporting that the Cronulla Sharks may be hit with a salary cap breach for undeclared sponsorship payments made to players by the clubs former security provider in 2011 and 2012. The breach may be as high as $200,000 and would be a huge blow for the club as it struggles…
In the wrap up to last nights match people are talking about the performances of the respective sides. The big talking point remains the fight between Paul Gallen and Nate Myles. Gallen has been charged by the judiciary but will be available for State Of Origin two, something you could have bet your house on…
New South Wales has jumped out to a 1-0 lead in the 2013 State Of Origin series after beating Queensland by a scoreline of 14-6. It was a brilliant start to the game that saw New South Wales set the platform for their victory. The Blues go forward was outstanding and really put Queensland on…
Well, here we go again… New South Wales is going into another State Of Origin series hopeful it can break Queenslands winning streak. We have a coach who is untested at this level and a few new additions to the side. We hope its enough to finally get over the top of Queensland, but we…
Confirmed: Its is now official, Craig Gower will join the Newcastle Knights for the remainder of the season. Daily Telegraph journalist Dean Richie has tweeted that current London Broncos halfback Craig Gower is “almost certain” to join the Newcastle Knights within the next few days. This news comes just days after it was revealed that…
It was a low key Monday Night Football Game. An under strength Brisbane Broncos side hosted the last played New Zealand Warriors in a game that I honestly didn’t watch all that closely. I actually missed the kickoff to the game because I was firing up my laptop to work on this web site. Not…
Canterbury Bulldogs fullback Ben Barba has been charged by the NRL Match Review Committee with Grade 1 Dangerous Contact – Unnecessary Use of Knees. Barba will avoid suspension if he decides to take the early guilty please. If he chooses to fight the charge and loses, he would face a one match suspension. Barba was…
Do the Newcastle Knights look like a team coached by someone earning well over $1 million per year? I look at the Newcastle Knights and I don’t see any value for money coming from Wayne Bennett and what he is doing at the club. I don’t see them doing anything special. I don’t see a…
The 2013 State Of Origin series will reach the largest potential global audience in series history, with overseas networks covering the series as well as games being streamed over the internet. In Australia the match will be covered live by Channel 9, WIN and NBN networks. In New Zealand the game will be shown live…
When Penrith Panthers fans were sold the dream of signing Johnathan Thurston things were looking pretty good! I wasn’t sold on signing Thurston, I think he was demanding too much money and is too old to be investing that much salary cap space into, but there is no doubt he would have got the job…
On Friday night as the video referee was called upon, I knew Bulldogs fans would be very unhappy with the decision that was about to be made. We were either going to see Ben Barba awarded a sensational, game ending try, or we were going to see the Dragons awarded a penalty within the Bulldogs…
South Sydneys John Sutton and Canterburys Josh Reynolds have been called into the New South Wales Blues squad, with a decision to be made later this week on which player will replace injured utility player Kurt Gidley. Sutton’s size and ability to play in the back row would mean New South Wales is going for…
Queensland has named its team for the opening game of the 2013 State Of Origin series with a few interestings selections in their side. Mal Meninga was never going to move away from a backline that has won the bulk of the last seven series, but the Maroons forward rotation looks a little different with…
Update: Kurt Gidley will miss the entire State Of Origin series. He has been replayed by Josh Reynolds for game one. New South Wales has named its team for Game 1 of the 2013 State Of Origin series. This is the first team named by new NSW coach Laurie Daley as the Blues stare down…
This weekend see’s Super League clubs take an entire round of games to one stadium, Etihad Stadium, home of Manchester City. The concept was born as a way to try and open up expansion markets in Wales and Scotland. The Rugby Football League would take over a major stadium for one weekend and put on…
When an NRL club signs a highly paid player to a long term contract, they are taking a risk. It doesn’t matter who that player is or what they have done in the past, committing so much money to one player and hoping that he is still performing at a high level at the end of that deal is…
The South Sydney Rabbitohs only informed the NRL of assault allegations leveled against Ben Te’o last night, despite having said they knew about the allegations five weeks ago. This news comes as the NRL looks to establish an independent investigation into these allegations via the NRL’s own Integrity Unit. NRL CEO David Smith played a straight bat to reporters…
South Sydney will take no action against back rower Ben Te’o after allegations of domestic violence were made against him by Brisbane woman who will be the subject of a Channel 9 interview later tonight. The incident is alleged to have occurred on Friday the 19th of April after the Australia vs New Zealand test…
Brent Tate looks like he will retire as a North Queensland Cowboys after re-signing with the club through to the end of the 2014 season. With the re-signing of Jonathan Thurston soaking up a huge amount of the Cowboys salary cap space, the club is starting to look at where it can save a bit…
The NRL has announced that it will introduce a 30 second time limit on the formation of scrums in an effort to speed up the game. There will also be a change to the time limit currently applied to line drop outs, with the limit dropped from 40 seconds down to 30 seconds. These changed…
Last night’s game between Manly and Melbourne reignited the debate on whether or not golden point is a good idea. Twitter lit up with arguments saying it’s the most exciting way to decide a winner whilst others were saying it’s nothing but the penalty shoot-out of rugby league. Personally I would much rather it be…