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The 2016 Willie M Medal: Round 6
We have a new leader after six rounds of the 2016 season with Cowboys rake Rory Kostjasyn hitting the front. For reasons only known to Paul Green, Kostjasyn has been starting with Jake Granville saved for the backend of the first half. It has done the Cowboys no favours.
From The Couch: Round 4
Heaven Help The Bunker: The gloss is off, the magic gone, belief shattered. Todd Greenberg timed his run to the top job perfectly – riding in on the back of The Bunker before it imploded. The entire system was a joke over the weekend with The Bunker costing North Queensland and the Sydney Roosters […]
From The Couch: Round 2
From The Couch: Round 2 Mann Oh Mann: Has Paul McGregor lost the plot? Are his eyes painted on? Is he being held to some kind of blackmail ransom by either Kurt Mann or Josh Dugan or every other NRL team? Surely these are the only explanations for his decision to play Mann at fullback […]
From The Couch: Finals Week 3
Grand Final Preview: As much as it would be a real delight – both spiritually for the great JT and financially having steamed in at the 10s pre-season – to see the Cowboys lift the trophy on Sunday night, it won’t happen. The Broncos look absolute specials to win their seventh title and end […]
From The Couch: Finals Week 2
Disgrace: How Tony Archer and Todd Greenberg did not resign immediately after firing Matt Cecchin for the outlandish decision to award Kane Evans a try last week does not surprise but it does disgust. These two are a cancer on the game, rotting the game away from the inside with their incompetency, incapability and inability […]
From The Couch: Round 26
Brown A Bad Decision: The Newcastle Knights had the opportunity to think wide. They had the chance for some blue square thinking. They had an opportunity to break free of the rut that has hampered them for a decade when looking for a new coach. But rather than chase a big name, bring in a […]
The 2015 Willie M Medal: Round 26
Despite not holding the outright lead in the Willie M Medal until the final round, Newcastle halfback Tyrone Roberts has claimed the award for the 2015 season’s most consistently mediocre and inept player. Roberts trailed Mitchell Moses all season with the young Tigers half seemingly home but with 12 votes in the final eight games […]
2015 Willie M Medal: Round 25
2015 Willie M Medal: Round 25 With a round to play the Willie M Medal is still up for grabs but the Willie M Rookie of the Year has been well and truly secured by the hopelessly inept Waqa Blake, who has shown the heart of a split pea and the nous of a brick […]
The 2015 Willie M Medal: Round 22
Penrith’s Waqa Blake has pushed himself into contention with a dramatic late-season run at the Willie M. The Penrith outside back who came into the top grade with so much promise has turned out to be a total dud, putting in a worst-on-ground performance against Parramatta. The Panthers have plenty of outside backs and Blake […]
From The Couch: Round 22
Deal with the Devil: Any hope that the horrid reign of Rugby League on Nine would end was extinguished on Monday when the NRL announced it had reached a $925 million deal with the network that extends their relationship until 2022. It is a sad day for followers of the code even if on face […]
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