It was a relatively quiet week for odd rugby league news, so here’s some analytics you might not have seen (mostly from me, yes): Elo ratings NRL Round 20 via @pythagoNRL pic.twitter.com/vXCm7ZNEdB — Keith Lyons (@520507) August 5, 2019 We've launched the newest tool in our free suite of @StatsInsider analytical tools – the SI… Read More NRL Tips – Round 21, 2019
“He’s not worth a million a year!” -NRL Twitter proverb The trick in any sport is spending your available bankroll wisely. Soccernomics established that good soccer managers, among other things, bought players low and sold them high and that was at the heart of prolonged success. Moneyball was a two hour long movie with Brad Pitt… Read More What makes a million dollar NRL player?
I’ll spare you the lengthy and moderately pompous words I had written about cheating. The last week has been dominated by refs faulting to a sickening degree and to a lesser extent, the lack of appreciation of Super League on the Gold Coast. The announcement of St Helens coach Justin Holbrook as the Titans new… Read More NRL Tips – Round 20, 2019
Unrelated to the NRL premiership itself, it’s been a good week for rugby league headlines (except for Ottawa). Here’s what you might have missed: The Downer Rugby League World Cup 9s Pools have just dropped 🔥 #RLWC9s pic.twitter.com/myg2AxZONn — NRL (@NRL) July 22, 2019 The LRLF announces that misconduct charges against three Lebanon heritage players… Read More NRL Tips – Round 19, 2019
In last week’s tips, I talked about potentially going to watch India play Colombia at a suburban junior footy ground in Brisbane. I ended up more or less live tweeting the match. FT at WJ Scott Park, Holland Park. 🇮🇳 India 30🇨🇴 Colombia 16#INDvCOL pic.twitter.com/TN0QvgxgYK — Liam (@pythagoNRL) July 14, 2019 Despite Colombia’s experience, the… Read More NRL Tips – Round 18, 2019
Between Souths Logan (12th of 14, 3-12-1), Brisbane (14th of 16, 6-9) and Queensland (lost both men’s series and women’s game), rugby league is at serious risk of no longer speaking to me. Fortunately, there is a light. This Sunday, kicking off at 3PM, India will play Colombia at WJ Scott Park in Holland Park.… Read More NRL Tips – Round 17, 2019
The plight of the Broncos this year has been annoying for me personally – especially on social media – but the Broncos’ now inevitable (probably long overdue) transformation into a western Sydney-style football club has been infuriating, as well as completely avoidable. A western Sydney-style football club is a club that hasn’t won a premiership… Read More NRL Tips – Round 16, 2019
Here are the tips for this weekend’s action: National Rugby League Intrust Super Cup
Just to get it out there, here’s a couple of thoughts from the representative weekend: It’s shit watching both Queensland teams be terrible. I have enough terrible teams in my life (thanks Broncos and Souths Logan), I don’t need my rep teams joining the list without some upside of the game overall. For example, Australia… Read More NRL Recap – May/June 2019
The RLIF had a meeting in Singapore earlier in the week, revealing some details about what the international calendar might look like moving forward. Of course, the main outcome, that the powers that be have acknowledged the need for a calendar in the first instance, should be considered something of achievement. We don’t know what… Read More NRL Tips – Round 14, 2019
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