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From The Couch: Round 6

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From The Couch: Round 6

The End of an Era: Fans of Rugby League should watch as much of the Melbourne Storm as they can in 2017 because it will be the last we will see of one of the great Rugby League teams to ever come together. Cooper Cronk’s departure is the first rock to go in the foundation […]

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From The Couch: Round 5

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From The Couch: Round 5

The Short Dropout: The short kickoff and dropout have long been advocated by these pages so it has been so great to see the Bulldogs using it. It was used almost exclusively on Thursday night and it got some great results including making Jordan Kahu look like an absolute dill. It could be argued that […]

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From The Couch: Finals Week 2

Filed in From The Couch, NRL by on September 19, 2016 3 Comments
From The Couch: Finals Week 2

Stranger Things Characters: The characters of Stranger Things and their Rugby League equivalents: Dr Martin Brenner – Todd Greenberg: Silent, manipulating all, in charge of an evil empire. Chief Hopper – Cameron Smith: Walks the line between good and evil but has the respect of all.

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The 2016 Willie M Medal: Round 26

Filed in NRL, Willie M by on September 5, 2016 0 Comments
The 2016 Willie M Medal: Round 26

The 2016 Willie M Medal: Final Standings and Team of the Year The final Willie M votes are in and it is Daniel Tupou who claims the honour of being the most consistently mediocre player in the NRL. Tupou held off Mitchell Moses and Benji Marshall. The Willie M Team of the Year 1. Latrell […]

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The 2016 Willie M Medal: Round 25

Filed in NRL, Willie M by on August 29, 2016 1 Comment
The 2016 Willie M Medal: Round 25

There is still a round to be played in the NRL but we have our 2016 Willie M Medallist with Daniel Tupou joining a long list of mediocre players including Chris Sandow, Blake Ferguson and last year’s winner Tyrone Roberts. Tupou has been rotten all season and has posted five worst-on performances. For a former […]

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From The Couch: Round 24

Filed in NRL by on August 22, 2016 8 Comments
From The Couch: Round 24

  Paying Ricky His Due: This column has, at its very core, been built on whacking Ricky Stuart. For a good solid decade the material has flowed more than freely. He has made an ass of himself with his coaching, his blow-ups, his inability to coach attacking football, season after season of poor results. So […]

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From The Couch: Round 23

Filed in From The Couch, NRL by on August 15, 2016 7 Comments
From The Couch: Round 23

Has Anyone On the Match Review Committee Ever Watched A Game of Rugby League? That would be the first qualification that should be checked. There is certainly nobody there with a high school degree, an IQ of a Bunker official, the common sense of a drunk rugby union coach or eyesight better than 20/60. That […]

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From The Couch: Round 20

Filed in From The Couch, NRL by on July 25, 2016 6 Comments
From The Couch: Round 20

A Coach With No Idea: The Tigers may have won against the Dragons but that doesn’t make the decision to drop Robbie Farah any less moronic, particularly when his only alternative was Dene Halatau. To suggest the Tigers have a better attack without Farah is complete and utter nonsense. Farah is a class player, probably […]

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The 2016 Willie M Medal: Round 20

Filed in NRL, Willie M by on July 25, 2016 2 Comments
The 2016 Willie M Medal: Round 20

The 2016 Willie M Medal: Round 20 Canterbury winger Sam Perrett has drawn into a tie of the lead for the Willie M Medal with just six rounds to play. He is the worst defensive winger in the premiership. His handling is poor. He is slow. How he is in first grade is beyond me. […]

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From The Couch: Round 19

Filed in From The Couch, NRL by on July 18, 2016 4 Comments
From The Couch: Round 19

Sharp Finally Falls: Another humiliating reign of power has come to an end at Parramatta with Steve Sharp finally releasing his grip on the levers of influence at the Eels. He did so about six months after he should have and hardly went quietly, calling for the NSW Government to appoint an administrator to run […]

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