I love Origin as much as the next red-blooded New South Welshman or Queenslander. It is the pinnacle of the sport. Fast paced, exciting, brutal, tribal… it ticks just about every box and it is never a…
The Sydney weather didn’t stop me from venturing out to the Olympic Stadium for my first LIVE match of 2013. Parting with my $35 bucks was a new adventure – I don’t think I have ever paid…
It was a wet miserable and disappointing night for the Raiders as Souths gave them a lesson in footy physical and smarts I thought. No disgrace to lose to the Rabbits at present as they are on…
So the back pages scream of a farce and miss the real points by a mile. Could the sin-binning have been handled differently? Sure. But what difference would it have made? To the result? Please! The real…
Factor One If ever anyone talks about the ATTITUDE of your footy team and you want to talk about some other aspect of your team’s performance stop. Reflect on this Origin series and use Queensland as the…
State of Origin 2 I have a strong feel that Queensland will win tonight’s big one. Why? The Footy Gods seem to have a big say in these games. And the Footy Gods like a third and…
Benji Marshall’s situation with Wests Tigers is one of those very difficult times for a player and club who have claimed a place in history together. But does their history end here in 2013. It’s going to…
I know an elite coach with an outstanding record over a long period of time who privately says that he believes that selecting the right players in the right positions is about 80%of winning. Many of we…
It’s a long time since I was last at Wheldon Road, the home ground of the Castleford Tigers. Not much has changed. The stands all look pretty much the same as they were when I first went…
NRL boss Dave Smith says that fighting will be penalised with sin bin time if it occurs in Origin 2. It was to be expected I suppose that the responses from current players would be negative and…