sidelined

And it is 7 days since the NRL had a salary cap scandal. But the Storm still dominate the back pages and surely in weeks to come as more dodgy deals arise from the stygian depths to be cleansed by the light. A shame as the game showed some rude health last weekend. Melbourne fans [...]

A heavy blow indeed but David Gallop and the NRL have done the right thing by the game to strip The Storm of two premierships, minor premierships, points for the rest of the season as well pay back prize money. It is a decision that will give no comfort to rival codes as a standard [...]

The advantage is now with the players (and fans) as ridiculous advantage rule is scrapped. The refs can now apply common sense when deciding if a side has taken the advantage. Of course, the next issue is which refs actually have common sense. And I’m not sure that dropping Cummins and Sutton will actually do [...]

One day there may be a new enlightenment. An age where all irrational beliefs, customs and ideas will be swept away. All of them, except for one. The (seemingly often unrequited) love of your footy team. No blast of logic will ever kill the wretched but beautiful passion involved in supporting your footy team. It [...]

I have no idea. One week a team seems down and then emerges from mediocrity with a stunning performance like Souths’ victory over the Bulldogs on Monday night. Something which gives Eels fan some hope. Funnily enough it was an embarrassing loss to Cronulla last year that sparked the Eels run to the finals. But [...]

A most amusing piece in the paper on the weekend titled NRL to investigate the game’s latest craze. The ‘craze’ is the Power Balance band, a piece of plastic with a holographic disk, that can to improve balance, core strength and flexibility just by wearing it. It is all to do with bodily electro frequency [...]

Easter tis the season. Marking the time when the Romans did ‘orrible things to the Easter Bunny back in the day. It tends to be when the weather has that first hint of the approaching cooler weather. And it should be about time when the comp starts to sort itself out. But apart from Melbourne [...]