Tag: Rugby League
The List: The Fourth Annual Top 50 (Part 1)
Here we are again. Another season done and dusted. After 201 games played by 472 players, I list the top 50. There will be arguments, there will be criticisms but this is the list of the top 50 players in the game in 2011. A quick note: The number in the bracket is where the […]
The Early Line: Grand Final
Manly have opened up 6 point favourites across the board against New Zealand in Sunday’s Grand Final despite the Warriors’ impressive win over the Storm. The Warriors match-up well with New Zealand again holding a big advantage in the pack. What the Warriors have is a big, aggressive, mobile, disciplined forward pack and man-for-man they […]
The Early Line: Preliminary Finals Weekend
Manly have opened up 4.5 point favourites against Brisbane in their preliminary final at the Sydney Football Stadium. There is supposedly a question mark over Broncos skipper Darren Lockyer after surgery on his fractured cheekbone but there is absolutely no doubt that the champion will play. And it does seem like he is on a […]
The Early Line: Finals Week 2
The Wests Tigers open their semi-final clash with New Zealand as 8.5 point favourites. The Warriors were awful last week, getting hammered by 30. In their last 11 matches following a 20-point defeat over the last three years, the Warriors have bounced back with a win only twice. Up against a Tigers team that has […]
The Early Line: Finals Week 1
One of the great modern rivalries plays out on Friday night with the Wests Tigers and St George-Illawarra squaring off, the Dragons going off at 2 to 2.5 point favourites. The Dragons have won 4 of their last 5 against the Tigers but Tim Sheens’ men won when the two teams last met 16-14. ANZ […]
The Early Line: Round 26
Betting in the Newcastle-South Sydney playoff has opened pick 'em though some early money for the Knights has seen them firm to 1.5 point favourites with some books. There is a play with the Knights here. The Rabbitohs three-quarter line looks as bad as any I have ever seen and surprisingly, in what could be […]
Podcast: White Line Fever
Modern technology is a wonderful thing. As you are about to find out with the first episode of Steve Mascord's White Line Fever, which first up features none other than Making The Nut's own Nick Tedeschi, along with Ray French and a ton of other guests talking rock 'n' roll and rugby league and rugby […]
The Early Line: Round 25
In a monster clash, Manly have opened 2.5 to 3.5 point favourites against Melbourne. I remain unconvinced by the Sea Eagles. Their attitude has been patchy over the last few weeks and they were very lucky to get away with the win and cover against Canterbury following another uninspiring win against Parramatta. Melbourne, meanwhile, have […]
Footy Almanac: Celebrating Billy
Nick Tedeschi is the editor of The Footy Almanac: Rugby League, a new arm of John Harms' Footy Almanac. A number of different writers will be covering all of the remaining matches of the 2011 season. Please check it out if you are interested in quality and personal rugby league writing. I first visited Melbourne […]
The Early Line: Round 24
South Sydney face their biggest match in four seasons when they host North Queensland on Friday night in a must win affair. Bookmakers have opened the red-hot Bunnies up 2.5 to 4 point favourites. Leave me out of South Sydney as a favourite in a high-pressure encounter that their season swings on. It is not […]
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