If you have a keen eye, you might have noticed a change of advertising on the blog in the last week or two. I had an idea last year that there’s lots of rugby league logos around that go by the wayside and that some might look good on a cap or a t-shirt. I found… Read More NRL Tips – Round 11, 2019
Magic Round was fun. Do rugby league teams remember fun? I’m not sure all of them do. The ones that attended Magic Round definitely couldn’t avoid it. But don’t take my word for it, let’s hear what the fans had to say: On the experience Magic weekend rules anyone who says otherwise drools pic.twitter.com/pnUcZ2IINv —… Read More NRL Tips – Round 10, 2019 (Magic Round edition)
Other than the field goal, there are few more exciting kicking moments in rugby league than the correct execution of a 40/20. The 40/20, meaning that the kick is taken behind the player’s forty metre line, bounces in the field of play and goes into touch inside the opponent’s twenty metre, gives a huge advantage… Read More The 40/20
It’s Magic Round, baby! I am very excited to be attending seven out of the eight games (please just make it eight games in three days next year, preferably aligning with the Labour Day weekend) and we found out this week on NRL.com that Magic Round is staying in Queensland for at least the next… Read More NRL Tips – Round 9, 2019
By the way, it’s not just your imagination. If you, like me, have been wondering whether rugby league is somewhat lopsided so far this year, I don’t think you’re wrong. In the NRL, there are by some metrics only six teams above average and really only two of those – Souths and Easts – are… Read More NRL & ISC Recap – April 2019
To not put too fine a point on it, the Broncos have been shockingly bad in 2019. Riding the hype train in this year, they were touted as premiership contenders (disclosure: including by me). The Broncos have won just two games. One was against a Cowboys side that is facing similar struggles and another against… Read More The young forwards are not to blame for the Broncos’ demise
The big news of the last couple of days is that Kodi Nikorima is set to leave the Broncos and join the Warriors. Those of us who are Broncos fans are pretty happy about it, although I’d be happier if we were getting one of the Warriors’ three halves in return and not blooding an… Read More NRL Tips – Round 8, 2019
Despite being set an 18 point line, the Warriors managed to run the Storm close on ANZAC Day in Melbourne. Were it not for a dubious decision or two in the closing phase of the game, the Aucklanders might have left AAMI Park with the win. That led to people, including me, wondering out loud via… Read More Are the Warriors the most inconsistent team in the NRL?
In what seems like fairly tame news compared to recent months, Phil Gould has been ousted from the Panthers. I don’t particularly care for Gould but that’s because he’s a massive gronk and cranky old man in the commentary box. I don’t have any strong opinions about his ability as a club executive, largely because… Read More NRL Tips – Round 7, 2019
It’s a short post from me but it’s a big weekend of football: Most games for the QCup will be on Thursday night with the Easter weekend ahead (I’ll be at Langlands watching the Magpies get pummelled) Top of the table clash between Sydney and Melbourne on Friday night Port Moresby is hosting a triple… Read More NRL Tips – Round 6, 2019
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