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…
There has been a lot of noise around this hot topic within footy circles recently. Here is a brief adapted version for simple folk like this dairy farmers’ son. The top cap embraces the payments to the…
The first impression this match created was that it is an extension of Super League. Its rugby league no doubtbut it is quite different in style to what we are generally used to Down Under. What’s different?…
While the Socceroos were ensuring our country would be a participant of the World Cup on a much smaller but just as intense stage another significant sporting event took place in Canberra. The ACT Brumbies team took…
Smithy’s pre-season preview of STORM MYTHS: Melbourne are a grinding, defensive, wrestle, rule-bending champs – well they are. But they are also full of tricks (all practised to razor-sharp execution) in both attack and defence. A team with…
PENRITH PANTHERS MYTHS – as per Eels, rapid improvement can’t happen in the NRL. In the past decade there are many examples of teams jumping from the foot to near top of table in a SINGLE season…