Jarome Luai is a 26 years old, three time Premiership winner, a State Of Origin representative for New South Wales, and the best player at the 2022 World Cup when he led Samoa to the final against Australia. Needless to say, he is a very good player and a key part of the best side…
Coming into the 2022 NRL Grand Final the Penrith Panthers faced their old foe the Parramatta Eels, one of the few teams who could boast that they beat the Panthers during the regular season, and a team that was confident of their chances of preventing the Panthers from joining the very short list of Future…
Presented by Palmerbet In this episode of the Fergo and The Freak NRL podcast Andrew and Freaky talk about the George Burgess situation, the Penrith Panthers looking to lock up the Clearys for a few years, a few injury concerns around the league and a look at the last round of games. Then they get…
The Penrith Panthers came into the 2021 NRL season looking to go one step further. Having lost the 2020 NRL Grand Final, this young Panthers team was hungry to be crowned Champions. Check out aviator game app download! After starting the season with a 12 game winning streak the Panthers squad was decimated by State…
Goto manscaped.com and get 20% off + free shipping with the code: NRL In this episode we have a talk about the disrespectful nature of Ivan Clearys existence. Yep, all of it! It doesn’t sit well with potato. What more do you need to hear from us? Well, it turns out we have half an…
No NRL club ever signs a coach thinking about the day they will have to sack him. Then again with some of the deals NRL clubs have done recently, they might not have been thinking at all! After guiding his Parramatta Eels team to a terrible 64-10 less, the Parramatta Eels re-signed Brad Arthur to…
The Penrith Panthers came into the 2019 season full of confidence that they had a big season ahead of them. After a great 2018 season, which still wasn’t enough for the club, everyone at the Panthers was looking for more heading into this season. The club had gone out of its was to pick up…
You’ve got to hand it to Phil Gould, he has done an amazing job when it comes to handing the “Cleary situation” at the Penrith Panthers. To be able to sack Ivan Cleary and keep hold of a younger Nathan Cleary was big in itself. As Nathan showed signs that he wasn’t just going to…
Before the excuses starts let me just say that I’m not a big fan of excuses. Excuses are for people that have failed and that want to come up with some sort of fantasy scenario where they didn’t fail and they were actually successful. When you start making excuses in Rugby League, you basically are…
With last night’s one-point win over a very capable and in-form North Queensland side, the Panthers may have finally silenced at least some of their doubters. I wrote earlier in my 50 random NRL thoughts, the first thought in fact, that I still can’t believe fans of other teams have taken to social media to…
Sometimes you just have to be the better person and admit your mistakes. You need to sit down, think about what you have done, and come to the conclusion that you need to make amends for your actions. As the Penrith Panthers find themselves atop of the NRL ladder, again, we have seen a bit…
As we approach State of Origin Three, which in terms of the series doesn’t really matter, players seem to be putting their club futures at risk. Josh Morris has taken extraordinary measures to be fit for Origin Three after suffering a potentially season altering injury in the first game of the series. Luke Lewis will…
Lets not fall for the dressing up of this situation, Matthew Elliott was fired. He didn’t resign… As the winless Cronulla Sharks thrashed the New Zealand Warriors 37-6 on the weekend, you could tell that Matthew Elliott’s short time at the club was over. There is a look that teams get when they have given…
Whether you love him, hate him, or are simply entranced by the chameleon qualities of his hair, you cannot deny that Phil Gould knows his stuff. Sure, he often comes across as his own biggest fan and as a commentator it’s usually not hard to tell which team he prefers. But the connections he holds…
The writing is on the wall for Stephen Kearney as the NZRL has made the decision that he will have to re-apply for his role as the coach of the New Zealand Rugby League team. Kearney guided the New Zealand team to their first World Cup success in 2008 and backed that up with an…
The Penrith Panthers have extended the contract of coach Ivan Cleary through to the end of 2016 on the same day they revealed a new logo to club members. Cleary has done a fantastic job at Penrith so far, especially when you look at the players the club has lost and the “quality” of some…
Shaun Johnson is under contract with the New Zealand Warriors until the end of the 2014 season. That hasn’t stopped the Penrith Panthers from making the young halfback a massive offer that would make him one of the highest paid players in the game. There has been a lot of speculation about Johnson’s future at…
The New Zealand Warriors are a club with a lot of talent. That they sit in 15th place on the NRL ladder with just 2 wins in their 10 games this season is a disgrace. Last night it all culminated in an embarrassing 62-6 loss to the Ivan Cleary coached Penrith Panthers and with former Warriors player…
It’s fair to say that the Penrith Panthers have been extremely busy in the player market so far in 2013. They have publicly chased Australian 5/8 Thurston as well NSW 5/8 Todd Carney and although they came up short in both efforts, media reports indicate they came within a whisker of securing each. After a less than…
It is very rare that a terrible coach can manage to win a Premiership. It does happen from time to time (Hello Michael Hagan) but for the most part, the best coaches normally share the spoils. With the NRL salary cap strictly policed and teams not recruiting youngsters from all over the place, the biggest…
5 rounds into the 2013 season and it looks like it’s a three horse race for the Minor Premiership in the form of Melbourne, South Sydney, and Manly. Newcastle, Roosters and Cowboys fans would argue that their sides are well within the running but general consensus is that the top 3 sides are a class…
Josh Dugan and Blake Ferguson are two very talented footballers. Both are athletic players that add an explosive element to any team they play in. They both bring a real x factor to the game, they can make something out of nothing. Normally these qualities are something all teams would crave. However when it comes…
The New Zealand Warriors are expected to announce that Matthew Elliott will coach the club for two seasons starting from 2013. This is a disastrous decision that will cost the club players, sponsors and fans. It is a decision that will lead to the complete erosion of any advantages that the Warriors have built over many years of hard…
If the 2012 season showed us anything it was that a great coach is worth their weight in gold to any club. With top coaches now commanding million dollar salaries, clubs are more than aware that a top coach controls the entire destiny of a club. A coaches performance can make or break a club, not just…
Luke Lewis has asked for, and received an early release from his contract at the Penrith Panthers sighting a desire for a new challenge at another club. Lewis is a local junior and has played for the Panthers for 11 years. He was stripped of the club captaincy earlier this year in a move that…
How good is it to go into a Rugby League season and feel optimistic about the club? Its been a long time for us Panthers fans since we could feel positive towards the club. For so long it was a closed shop. No one was accountable for their behavior off the field or their failure…
The Manly Sea Eagles are the 2001 National Rugby League Premiers after a dominant display in their Grand Final showdown with the New Zealand Warriors. I was going for the New Zealand Warriors in this match and they looked pretty good early on. In fact, the first 30 minutes of the match reminded me a…
Grand Finals are life changing experiences. For players, it is about that life long goal they have always had to reach the great pinnacle of the sport. It is a chance to live a childhood dream. For coaches, it is about going over everything a million times in their heads. As their team walks out…
Last season felt like most of the competition was in transition and only a couple of teams were really primed for a real shot at the title. This season we have a number of different clubs ready to roll. The Storm are looking for redemption. The Dragons are looking to prove it wasn’t just a…
No doubt you have all read about the blowup this week by Phil Gould after some squiggles he wrote on a piece of paper at a recent meeting between all NRL club CEO’s and Chairman was “leaked” to the media. Gould felt like it was a personal attack on him by “someone” at the NRL…