Archive for July, 2018
From The Couch: Round 20, 2018
Remembering The 1990s: It is impossible to remember an entire decade in just a few words. So here are 11 random moments that come to mind from a great era of Rugby League. The Last Playoff (aka The Great Screwjob): Playoffs were great and should never have been eliminated – midweek football should always be […]
The 2018 Willie M Medal: Round 20
The 2018 Willie M Medal: Round 20 Brisbane v Cronulla 3-Chad Townsend (Cro) 2-Jayson Bukuya (Cro) 1-Matt Moylan (Cro) Judge: Nick Tedeschi North Queensland v Newcastle 3-Johnathan Thurston (Cow) 2-Gavin Cooper (Cow) 1-Shaun Kenny-Dowall (New) Judge: Darren McNamara Canterbury v Wests Tigers 3-Russell Packer (Tig) 2-Elijah Taylor (Tig) 1-Benji Marshall (Tig) Judge: Matt Fisk Manly […]
From The Couch: Round 19, 2018
The Bunker Is Almost Certainly Refereeing: The disaster that beset the game on Friday night highlighted many things: the lack of confidence among on-field refereeing; the failure of officials to bother to learn the rules of the game they are paid to officiate; the lack of competence in the refereeing leadership; the clear lack of […]
The 2018 Willie M Medal: Round 19
The 2018 Willie M Medal: Round 19 Parramatta v Canterbury 3-Lachlan Lewis (Bul) 2-Bevan French (Par) 1-Jeremy Marshall-King (Bul) Judge: Nick Tedeschi Cronulla v Canberra 3-Dunamis Lui (Can) 2-Michael Oldfield (Can) 1-Joseph Paulo (Cro) Judge: Nick Tedeschi Brisbane v Penrith 3-James Maloney (Pen) 2-Christian Crichton (Pen) 1-Viliame Kikau (Pen) Judge: Cliff Bingham Newcastle v Gold […]
From The Couch: Round 18, 2018
From The Couch: Round 18, 2018 The NRL and the Height of Farce: Only the NRL could be incompetent enough to take away from one of its showpiece events by cutting corners and then covering up a simple element of the post-game. They managed it though with the farce that was awarding Billy Slater the […]
The 2018 Willie M Medal: Round 18
The 2018 Willie M Medal: Round 18 Penrith v Cronulla 3-Jarome Luai (Pen) 2-Paul Gallen (Cro) 1-Tyrone May (Pen) Judge: Cliff Bingham Newcastle v Parramatta 3-Clint Gutherson (Par) 2-Bevan French (Par) 1-Josh King (New) Judge: Matt Fisk Canterbury v South Sydney 3-Michael Lichaa (Bul) 2-Jeremy Marshall-King (Bul) 1-Dane Gagai (Sou) Judge: Matt Fisk Manly v […]
From The Couch: Round 18, 2018
From The Couch: Round 18, 2018 Origin III Preview: State of Origin heads to Suncorp for what feels like a relatively flat dead rubber. While Queensland can get nothing but pride from this match, for New South Wales, this match should be viewed as just as important as any of the first two. This is […]
The 2018 Willie M Medal: Round 17
The 2018 Willie M Medal: Round 17 Melbourne v St George Illawarra 3-Darren Nicholls (Dra) 2-Jason Nightingale (Dra) 1-Brodie Croft (Mel) Judge: Darren McNamara Penrith v New Zealand 3-Peta Hiku (War) 2-Adam Blair (War) 1-Blake Green (War) Judge: Matt Fisk Canterbury v Canberra 3-Kerrod Holland (Bul) 2-Joey Leilua (Can) 1-Silvia Havili (Can) Judge: Nick Tedeschi […]
From The Couch: Round 16, 2018
From The Couch: Round 16, 2018 A Crime Against Rugby League: Jared Maxwell should be fired immediately. He should be made to turn in his credentials to the NRL and told to leave immediately with the threat that if he returns he will face complete public humiliation through the game’s admission that they hired a […]
The 2018 Willie M Medal: Round 16
The 2018 Willie M Medal: Round 16 St George Illawarra v Parramatta 3-Ben Hunt (Dra) 2-Clint Gutherson (Par) 1-Gareth Widdop (Dra) Judge: Matt Fisk New Zealand v Cronulla 3-Agnatius Paasi (War) 2-Chad Townsend (Cro) 1-Jazz Tevaga (War) Judge: Nick Tedeschi Sydney Roosters v Melbourne 3-Latrell Mitchell (Roo) 2-Billy Slater (Mel) 1-Cameron Munster (Mel) Judge: Nick […]
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