When the footy starts, it’s a beautiful time of the year. Nowadays, live streaming of trial matches makes access to early season form far easier. Where once such clashes were the domain of only the hardcore fan, many more punters…

When the footy starts, it’s a beautiful time of the year. Nowadays, live streaming of trial matches makes access to early season form far easier. Where once such clashes were the domain of only the hardcore fan, many more punters…
Anyone with more than a passing interest in rugby league understands how fired up supporters can be about news or events in our game. I’ve certainly been no stranger to mixed emotions over the past couple of weeks. There’s been…
What a trip this 2020 season has been. Will it, won’t it? Pledging the moolah. You can’t go, you can apply to go. The euphoria of so many victories, the downer of a finals exit. It was far from primo,…
Is it possible to be both happy and disappointed? I can’t fault the effort or attitude of our Eels. With this team I have come to trust and expect such effort, but I now want more than that. So what…
Is it the second edition of Sixties Mindtrip already? It seems like only last week I was compiling that first venture into the not so deep recesses of my mind. If you’ve come back for a return journey, many thanks.…
Welcome to the inaugural edition of “Sixties Mind-Trip”. In any week, there’s a mixed bag of moments in the NRL which captures the interest or the outrage of punters. Often times I’ll quickly tweet on the topic. On other occasions,…
The phone rings…. “Hey mate, BA here. We’re a player down after Browny’s brain snap last Thursday. I’m interested in your take on our starting pack and bench.” No, that call won’t be coming. But imagine if it did. Every…
Is NRL Grand Final Day everything you want it to be as the Game’s showcase event of the year? This post is being written during the Intrust Super State Championship Grand Final so it’s not sitting in judgement of the…
“ You may encounter many defeats, but you must not be defeated. In fact it may be necessary to encounter the defeats so you can know who you are, what you can rise from, how you can still come out…
“We had thirty thousand there yesterday for the Tigers game, and even though it was a Tigers home game, a big contingent were Parra supporters. We’d love nothing more than to get a big crowd to get right behind the…