Round 11 has wrapped up, and the “Not So Magic” Round, an Eels home game, has resulted in yet another lopsided defeat. The current NRL ladder has the club occupying 15th place with only the Titans and the winless Dragons…
The Preview – Round 11, 2026: Eels vs Storm
It’s the favourite weekend of every footy fan with a leave pass: Magic Round. Or as it is better known, Schoolies for Dads. While every footy Instagram personality you know is pushing their multis from the Caxton Hotel this week,…
TCT Golden Point – 15 May 2026 – The PNG Paradox: Selling the Dream, Corporate Social Responsibility and Benefit Beyond Symbolism
Hey Parra fans, welcome to this week’s edition of TCT Golden Point where I fly down ridiculously overcomplicated Rugby League related rabbit holes, so you don’t have to. Tax concessions, cap exemptions and player safety concerns for the PNG Chief’s…
From The Stands – May 14, 2026: The Value Of Collective Will
How important is leadership and is it more important than collective will? The most obvious answer is that leadership is very important and while I tend to agree with the principle of leadership being important I firmly believe that other…
Post Game Grades – 2026 Round 10 vs Cowboys
The Cumberland Throw’s patented, award winning post game grades for the Parramatta Eels’ round 10 2026 clash with the North Queensland Cowboys
The Preview – Round 10, 2026: Eels vs Cowboys
First up, apologies for the absence over the last week, while the NRL has gone back to 2021 with six agains, blowouts and general officiating driven angst, my household went back to that same period and all caught covid. That…
TCT Golden Point – 8 May 2026 – Regulation, Power and Influence: It’s a Business
Hey Parra Fans, Welcome to this week’s issue of TCT Golden Point, happy game-day and greetings from sunny Townsville. This week I am looking into regulation, power and influence across the NRL, and how it impacts the game’s core employment…
TCT Golden Point – 1 May 2026 – Due Diligence by Design: Balancing Safety, Sustainability and Spectacle
Hey Parra Fans, Welcome to this week’s edition of TCT Golden Point. This week, I explore whether the game’s evolving design is being engineered with sufficient regard for safety, sustainability and competitive balance from a due diligence perspective. I thought…
From The Stands – April 30, 2026: Keep It Simple
Watching our game against Manly felt like one of those conversations where you’re nodding along one minute, then shaking your head the next. There was a bit of everything, agreement with what we were doing, frustration when we drifted, and…
Off the Cumberland Fence – April 29, 2026: A Beginner’s Guide to NRL Las Vegas
Well, it’s been some time since my last TCT article and after significant pressure from TCT Corporate Office (namely joint CEO’s Sixties and Forties), I have decided to exit my self-imposed hibernation and see if my typing fingers still work…