The rumours being made up in Rugby League at the moment are beyond ridiculous. Being on Twitter, you see them every day. You have to wonder where they come from becomes 95% of them make no sense at all to anyone involved in the rumour! One of my personal favorites was that Darren Lockyer was…
On Sky Sports Radio this morning Peter Peters has revealed that there is unrest among the Penrith Panthers playing group. Players are said to be unhappy with the way Steve Georgallis was overlooked for the Panthers coaching position, with Ivan Cleary signed to coach the Panthers from the beginning of next season. This isn’t the…
The New Zealand Warriors have called a press conference for Wednesday where it is expected that they will announce that Ivan Cleary will leave the club at the end of the 2011 season and take up the vacant coaching role at the Penrith Panthers next year. When people asked me who I wanted to coach…
Phil Gould was named the Penrith Panthers “general manager” with much fanfare a number of weeks ago. Soon after his appointment, Matthew Elliott was told he would no be the clubs coach beyond this season and the clubs CEO decided to “retire”. Then things went quiet… That all changed yesterday when Gould must have decided…
Optimism is the most important emotion for a sporting fan. Without it, supporting a team is a soul destroying process. You can have optimism no matter where you sit on the ladder. The team in first place give their fans hope that they can go on and win the title. The team at the bottom…
Today has been a glorious day in the history of Penrith Rugby League club, for today, we have finally, officially, got rid of Matthew Elliott as coach of the Penrith Panthers. Elliott was told on Tuesday morning that he would not have his contract renewed at the end of the year. Not long after, the…
I wasn’t going to write this. This web site has always been one that a general fan of the game can come to a feel like they will get a taste of all the flavors our game has to offer. I might be a Panthers fan, but you don’t come to this site and get…
The start of a new Rugby League season brings expectations. Everyone starts with the same number of wins, the same number of losses, no baggage and for the most part, injury free. The first few weeks of a season don’t make or break a campaign, but they are telling. You can see who has come…
How could I describe the soul crushing exercise that is following a club coached by Matthew Elliott? Let me put it this way… I would quite happily watch Penrith get off to a win less start to the season, getting thrashed in every game, having no chance of making the finals and losing players to…
Look out Sydney, there is gonna be a group of tens of Roosters fans hitting the town hard tonight! The Sydney Roosters have easily accounted for the Penrith Panthers in their qualifying final, running it in with a scoreline of 34-12. Only 23,459 turned up on a perfect night in Sydney to watch this game,…
Remember a couple of months ago when I wrote off the Canberra Raiders because they were just too inconsistent? Basically I said, I like them, but they can’t win the title because they can’t string performances together. When they do however, look out! The Raiders last night become the first NRL clubs to win six…
When I woke up this morning and read the headline “Brian Noble Looks To Swap Super League For The NRL” I felt sick. I didn’t have to read the article to know that such complete and utter stupidity could only be aiming towards one man. I mean, lets think about this for a second. An…
On the list of the most frustrating footballers I’ve ever seen, Frank Pritchard has got to rank right up there among the very best. For most of the season the fire just doesn’t seem to be there. He is one step slower, he doesn’t have the impact, and quite honestly, he looks like he is…
Sometimes it can feel like its a bit of a meat market, and while most players make good, sound decisions, others base their decisions on the wrong factors. I’ve always been a big believer on sticking with something good. When the magic is happening, when everything is going great, don’t leave a club for big…
Only 11,000 people turned up to watch Penriths season opener against the Canberra Raiders. After an off season full of promises and talk from the club, here we are on opening night, and the crowd figure was terrible. Don’t blame the fans though, if there is one thing following Penrith teaches you its to expect…
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…
Under Matthew Elliotts coaching the Penrith Panthers have yet to have a winning season in his three years on control of the club, Despite this the Penrith Panthers management decided to give him a three year contract extension. Now, during the 2009-10 off season the Penrith Panthers have been spending a lot of money. Penrith…
Well now its time to have a look at my own team, how they are going, what chance they have of making the finals and what chance they are of winning the Grand Final. Penrith is terribly coached. Really terribly coach. Their game plan is very loose, their defense is terrible, they have poor discipline…
Talk about something coming from out of the blue! If you haven’t hear yet, Brad Fittler will be relieved of his coaching duties at the Sydney Roosters at the end of this season and he will be replaced by Newcastle’s current coach Brian Smith. This all happened so quickly that Knights players found out via…
The Penrith Panthers today extended Matthew Elliott’s contract through to the end of the 2011 season, despite the fact the highest position the clubs has finished under his coaching is 12th place. In charge of a club that has a wealth of talent, one that hand picks the best players from the worlds biggest junior…
So its Penrith at home hosting the Brisbane Broncos. The Broncos are one of the hottest teams in the NRL, sure they have played ugly at times, but they have also played the most outstanding football in the 2009 season as well. So to start the game Penrith look dangerous. They get a penalty 5…
Well 2008 turned out to be another stinker for the Penrith Panthers. The season started off with a flogging by the Brisbane Broncos and never looked to get any better. Some pointed to an improvement on last years Wooden Spoon season, but the fact is that if the Bulldogs, Rabbitohs and Cowboys hadn’t fallen in…
You know I think Matthew Elliott is a double agent. There can be no other reason for a coach to be so active in destroyed success. After being a disaster in the UK and almost running the now successful Raiders out of the competition, Matthew Elliott has turned his attention to runining the Penrith Panthers….
The Canberra Raiders have done it tough over the last decade but there are finally signs that things are starting to turn around. They are probably the youngest team in the NRL but they sport a number of top class players that any team would love to have in their lineup. I’ve been hyper critical…
The rumblings started late last year but now its been all but confirmed that Trent Barrett wants to end his stint in Super League and head back home to the NRL for what is being called one last season. Why anyone would want to sign Barrett for just one year is beyond me, but there…
St Helens have “captured” the signature of Penriths Tony Puletua in what is a huge relief for Penrith. Penrith has been looking to offload Puletua for about a year now because of his poor, inconsistant form and his big contract. Puletua is contracted with Penrith until the end of 2009 and while no other NRL…
Question: You’re the CEO of an NRL club and your brother is the coach. You’ve had a terrible season, the clubs going in the wrong direction and you need a change. How do you sack your own brother? Thats the question that could face Canberra Raiders CEO Don Furner in the future after he named…
With Neil Henry set to sign with North Queensland, and Wayne Bennett meeting the Dragons, a lot of positions are starting to be filled very quickly when it comes to the head coaching positions available in the NRL. So it comes as a bit of a surprise that reports of Daniel Anderson has been house…
Penrith have won their first game of the season despite giving up 16 points in the second half, downing the winless South Sydney Rabbitohs 24-20. If you haven’t been keeping up with the goings on at the worst club in the NRL, the players got Petero Civoniceva to confront coach Matthew Elliott about his game…
Penrith must once again be favorites for the wooden spoon in 2008 after being easily beaten by the Broncos 48-12. Brisbane did it easy, despite their side looking to be the poorer side on paper and starting Darren Lockyer from the bench for the first 20 minutes of the game. Brisbane looked fitter, faster and more…