It might be off-season week 2, but NRL fans have been provided with an array of signings, as well as call ups for the upcoming Pacific Championships. There’s even a current Eel making her mark in a high rating reality…
Bumpers Up – July 13, 2023: Origin And The Run Home
The run home. It’s the part of the season that all supporters want to engage in. After all, there’s nothing worse than either talking about next year or working out mathematical possibilities at a time when you’d prefer to be…
The Spotlight – June 12, 2023: Eels Face Biased Draw During Origin
The dust has only just settled on the Eels victory over the Bulldogs, but my focus has already turned to the incredibly unfair draw facing the Eels over the next month. It’s difficult to believe that such a bias exists,…
The Spotlight – The Gloom For Maroons (Or The Cane Toad Calamity)
What separates a successful representative team from the not-so-successful? With early discussions raising the prospect of the current NSW Origin team having the potential to rank as the best of all time, it seems like a reasonable question to ponder.…
Bumpers Up – Origin Done, Season Done, Pre-Season Arriving
Welcome to the first edition of “Bumpers Up”. Towards the end of the NRL season, I introduced the “Sixties Mind-Trip” column. The goal was to cover a range of topics from the previous week of footy. It was proving a…