Archive for August, 2020
From The Couch: Round 16
From The Couch: Round 16 The Sad and Sorry Seibold Saga Ends: The sad and sorry Anthony Seibold saga at Brisbane ended just the way everyone expected … in a mist of excuses, poor PR strategy, disingenuity and confusion. It was a humiliating and confronting day for a club that is in dire straits. Seibold […]
The 2020 Willie M Medal: Round 16
The 2020 Willie M Medal: Round 16 Parramatta v South Sydney 3-Waqa Blake (Par) 2-Blake Ferguson (Par) 1-Ray Stone (Par) Judge: Nick Tedeschi Gold Coast v St George Illawarra 3-Corey Norman (Dra) 2-Ashley Taylor (GC) 1-Mikaele Ravalawa (Dra) Judge: Nick Tedeschi Sydney Roosters v Brisbane 3-Joe Ofahengaue (Bri) 2-Darius Boyd (Bri) 1-Sean O’Sullivan (Bri) Judge: […]
From The Couch: Round 15
From The Couch: Round 15 Canterbury Need To Start Again: Canterbury’s performance against New Zealand on Sunday confirmed one thing to anyone who knows anything about Rugby League: the club is riddled with cancer and the only hope of survival is to start again. The club may have faced salary cap strife over the last […]
The 2020 Willie M Medal: Round 15
The 2020 Willie M Medal: Round 15 Parramatta v Melbourne 3-Sandor Earl (Mel) 2-Felise Kaufusi (Mel) 1-Josh Addo-Carr (Mel) Judge: Nick Tedeschi Penrith v Cronulla 3-Matt Moylan (Cro) 2-Jesse Ramien (Cro) 1-Siosifa Talakai (Cro) Judge: Nick Tedeschi Brisbane v St George Illawarra 3-Jordan Kahu (Bri) 2-Adam Clune (Dra) 1-Rhys Kennedy (Bri) Judge: Nick Tedeschi Gold […]
From The Couch: Round 14
From The Couch: Round 14 The Saints Finally Pull The Pin … Many Years Too Late: Paul McGregor, as an NRL head coach, was the personification of mediocre. He was not awful. He was not embarrassing. But he was a long way from good and an eternity away from above average. The Saints never came […]
The 2020 Willie M Medal: Round 14
The 2020 Willie M Medal: Round 14 Sydney Roosters v Melbourne 3-Joseph Manu (Roo) 2-Lindsay Collins (Roo) 1-Jake Friend (Roo) Judge: Nick Tedeschi New Zealand v Penrith 3-Kodi Nikorima (War) 2-Tyrone May (Pen) 1-Lachlan Burr (War) Judge: Nick Tedeschi Parramatta v St George Illawarra 3-Dylan Brown (Par) 2-Tyrell Fuimiano (Dra) 1-Blake Ferguson (Par) Judge: Nick […]
The 2020 Willie M Medal: Round 13
The 2020 Willie M Medal: Round 13 St George Illawarra v Sydney Roosters 3-Tariq Sims (Dra) 2-Ben Hunt (Dra) 1-Matt Ikuvalu (Roo) Judge: Nick Tedeschi Manly v New Zealand 3-Corey Waddell (Man) 2-Reuben Garrick (Man) 1-Jack Hetherington (War) Judge: Nick Tedeschi South Sydney v Brisbane 3-Tevita Panga Jnr (Bri) 2-Jake Turpin (Bri) 1-Brodie Croft (Bri) […]
From The Couch: Round 13
From The Couch: Round 13 Bad Clubs Make Bad Decisions: The New Zealand Warriors have really fucked it up. The new Warriors owner called it “the best thing to happen to the Warriors in 20 years”. It will be up there with the worst. The Warriors on Saturday confirmed that Nathan Brown would become the […]
From The Couch: Round 12
From The Couch: Round 12 Gus Help Not Needed: PVL does not pull the wrong rein too often. He absolutely has with his attempts to bring Phil Gould into the fold at NRL HQ. Never mind his many conflicts of interest that are both real and need to be properly examined. More important is the […]
The 2020 Willie M Medal: Round 12
The 2020 Willie M Medal: Round 12 St George Illawarra v South Sydney 3-Campbell Graham (Sou) 2-Corey Norman (Dra) 1-Zac Lomax (Dra) Judge: Nick Tedeschi Wests Tigers v New Zealand 3-Chris Lawrence (Tig) 2-Blake Green (War) 1-Oliver Clark (Tig) Judge: Nick Tedeschi Brisbane v Cronulla 3-Joe Ofahengaue (Bri) 2-Thomas Dearden (Bri) 1-Briton Nikora (Cro) Judge: […]
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