Hallelujah! The reboot of the 2020 Premiership on May 28 means that this week’s team list will be the last of the special editions. Not that it hasn’t been enjoyable coming up with the themes. However, the business of every…
The Spotlight – Six Again? No Thanks!
At a time when the NRL needs the majority of its stakeholders on the same page, I’m somewhat surprised that the decision has been made to introduce a rule change as significant as the six again call. In my opinion,…
Team List Tuesday – Eels Hair Heroes
Give me down to there hair, shoulder length or longer Here, baby, there, momma, everywhere, daddy, daddy Hair, hair, hair, hair, hair, hair, hair, hair Flow it, show it, long as God can grow it, my hair (Hair – The…
20/20 – A 20 Round Season By The Numbers
The return of rugby league is on the horizon. After broadcast deal dramas, quarantine dramas and finally vaccine dramas we are still somehow on track for a May 28 kick-off. The abbreviated 20 round regulation season is locked in and…
Team List Tuesday – The All Time Nicknames
When I was tasked with choosing my team of the best Eels to never win a premiership post-1986 I dabbled…nay, I delved heavily into the sub-topic of best nicknames. Sports always produce a wonderful bag of endearments and epithets and…
Team List Tuesday – The Award Winners
This week’s team list is close to the creme de la creme of Eels players from the last 50 years. To qualify for a place in this team, the players needed to receive an end of season award measured against…
The Spotlight – Protect The Product
“At our core, we are a football club and so we continue to be totally committed to providing our fans and partners with a successful NRL Rugby League team.” Bernie Gurr The parting words of former Eels CEO Bernie Gurr…
Team List Tuesday – Star Eels Who Played Less Than Ten Games
This week I’m naming a “best of” team with a difference. It comprises players who played less than ten top grade games for the Eels. Apart from not considering any player currently under contract, there are no provisos with this…
Instant Reaction – Greenberg Steps Down
Queue the cliche – “The drums have been beating…” Todd Greenberg’s resignation from his NRL CEO position late this afternoon has come as little surprise to anybody remotely familiar with rugby league. Once again, when there’s “noise” around a big…
Team List Tuesday – The Greatest Eels To Never Win A Premiership (Post 1986)
Sixties kicked off this unique celebration of Team List Tuesday by assembling the list of the greatest Eels to never win a title prior to the breakthrough campaign in 1981. He has since tasked me a similar responsibility to compile…