sidelined

Well, last week was a shocker. We all heard the wail of Bismarck O’Measles when the Dragons won consigning him to 0 from 8 for the week. He wasn’t alone. Watching the Foxsports NRL show last night (it is slightly different from Nein’s version - on Fox, footy is the main topic of discussion), two [...]

Russel Crowe and Peter Holmes a Court copped a bit of flack last year when they made moves to free Souths from being reliant on income from the pokies. With the news that the taxes the NSW government impose on pokies revenue are hurting the leagues clubs, the intelligent CEO may be looking towards Crowe [...]

I hate the first few rounds for tipping. While a few teams seem to be sure things there is still too much uncertainty with the others. But already, a few teams seem destined for long seasons and their coaches destined for an early shower. So over the fold for the round 2 preview, tips and [...]

Let’s get the wing tackle issue out of the road. Yes, the tackle may have been legal but it was a cheap shot and a cowardly deed. Those defending the tackle, hiding behind the laws of the game (now changed), need to let the spirit of the game wash over them and cleanse their footy [...]

The long wait is over. Footy is back and for the next 6 months we can sit back and enjoy the twists and turns of the NRL comp. I promised a top eight to begin with and here it is:
1. Parramatta
2. Melbourne
3. Souths
4. Roosters
5. Manly
6. Cowboys
7. Warriors
8. Cronulla
I could be wrong about the order [...]

I don’t know which is worse. Another story of NRL players drinking till 4:00am (and causing no mischief) or the predictable moral outrage fostered by the Daily Telecrap and 2GB’s Ray Hadley. Going all out for outrage, Jeff Wall today decided to channel both the average Telecrap journo and the hyper-inane self-important blatherings of Hadley [...]

Exciting isn’t it? I can’t wait till Friday night and settling down in front of the Bunnies and Roosters to kick of the NRL’s centenary year. I’d like to do an in depth look at all of the teams chances but I’m unlikely to have the time this week.
However, today’s SMH had a good [...]

It was the last day of the season. The mighty Terrigal-Matcham Bellbirds eighth grade team knew the mission. If we were to have any chance of making the finals (after inclement weather robbed us off some valuable competition points) we had to win outright.
8 overs in the day we had first innings points and [...]

Gotta hand it to the NRL. They have a knack of getting the ads right. This is really good. Not on Youtube as far as I know so you’ll have to view it from the NRL site.
Try the slo-mo. There are some really nice surprises if you look closely.

If you live in Sydney and follow league, you wouldn’t have been able to escape the story of Parramatta star Jarryd Hayne having a shot fired at him in the wee hours of Monday.
And if you read the Daily Telecrap you be forgiven for thinking Hayne was doing all the fighting and the shooting [...]