Tag: From The Couch
From The Couch: February 21
Image: Ten Cheers for Ten: Rugby league fans should be weak at the knees, moist under arm and chattery at the teeth over the prospect of Ten making a big-money play for the NRL. It was reported last week that Ten chairman Lachlan Murdoch is behind a huge push for the NRL rights, either in […]
From The Couch: February 13
Image: Independence Day: Finally. Our day of independence has arrived. After a three-year war and 14 years of peace, rugby league in Australia can grow to become all it can be. It was an historic day. News Limited and the ARL are out. The dawn of a new era has begun. The war is over […]
From The Couch: Round 17
Image: Origin III Preview – The Decider: For the second straight year and the fourth time since Queensland began its Origin reign of dominance, we have a decider. Oh, the excitement. This is one hell of a match and one hell of an occasion, a game the experts fancy will be the highest rating league […]
From The Couch: February 7
Image: The Optus Fall-Out: The NRL received the worst news possible last week when the Federal Court allowed Optus to sell a product whereby consumers can "record" and watch sporting events on a delay as small as two minutes. In one moment, the court theoretically ruled out the value of the $153 million online broadcasting […]
From The Couch: January 31
Image: Rugby League is Back: After a long summer that lasted the better part of 10 weeks, The Great Game, rugby league is officially back. The tennis may just be done, the golf long forgotten and the cricket still sticking around like the stench of rotting prawns, but rugby league is back. It all kicked […]
From The Couch: December 11
Image: Television Screws Rugby League (Again): If I didn't know rugby league, I would be shocked. But knowing how this sport has been run for 103 seasons, I could only shake my head in knowing disappointment. The AFL will open its season with a one-out local derby between new boys Greater Western Sydney and the […]
From The Couch: December 5
Image: A Sad Day for Rugby League: Rugby league suffered one of its darkest days last Thursday when word came through that Immortal Arthur Beetson had died, aged only 66, of a heart attack. It was the premature end to a life devoted to rugby league. Sadly, I never got to see Beetson play. I […]
From The Couch: November 28
Image: Luke Must Go: South Sydney and New Zealand hooker Issac Luke confirmed his standing as the biggest grub in rugby league by admitting he tried to break the leg of England’s Rangi Chase throughout the Four Nations. Where are all the apologists for Luke now, who want to defend this filth-merchant when he continually […]
From The Couch: November 13
Image: The Great Implosion of the Manly Sea Eagles: To the surprise of nobody, the clusterfuck at Manly has gone extremely sour and the only policy being invoked by all involved is a scorched earth one and it has sent the club straight to the galleys only six weeks after winning the premiership. In the […]
From The Couch: November 8
Image: Tim Moltzen Cannot Be Trusted: It takes a special kind of deviant to walk away from a signed contract and it seems Tigers turncoat Tim Moltzen is that kind of person after he reneged on his deal to move to the Dragons so he could stay under the tutelage of Tim Sheens. It was […]
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