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I’ve been thinking about the top eight for 2012. But something in the back of my mind seemed to say that each year, 4 teams that were in the top eight one season, fail to make it the next season. I call it the rule of four. Don’t believe me? Let go to the stats!

Footy is back! That long, miserable summer (mainly because of decidedly non-summer like weather) devoid of league action is over. Tonight we can warm ourselves in front of the tele watching some of the NRL’s in action.

You can smell it in the air. Sure cricket season is still in full swing but footy is only just over a week away. The trials start on January 28th with the Bunnies welcoming the Warrington Wolves to Redfern. The weekend after is when the action really hots up with quite a few games including [...]

With no further ado I give you the Manly Warringah Sea Eagles versus The New Zealand Warriors.

The Melbourne Storm fans are a little precious. It is not David Gallop’s fault that the Storm sorted the cap and were found out. And while we could debate the intricacies of the punishment he did what he had to do. The Storm had not simply paid a player or two a bit than they [...]

What about the teams that didn’t make the top eight? Do they have a hope in 2012? Read on for some thoughts on next season.

League won’t really moved in terms of broadcast till they rid themselves of Channel Nine as a major broadcaster. Nine takes the league rights for granted examples being showing games on delay when it feels like it (and the Sunday delay is a relic of the past that now only suits Nine to boost the [...]

Here we are folks! The final regular competition round. My tipping hasn’t been crash hot this year. Every year I say to myself “Tip using your head!” but my heart leads me astray. I’m going to ignore the fracas from Friday. Plenty has been said elsewhere. I’m more interested in highlighting Billy Slater’s wonderful sportsmanship [...]

The second last round already? This season has really flown by even if following the beloved Eels has seemed like a special hell this year. Already some are saying that the grand finalists have already been decided with the Storm and Sea Eagles to meet again for a third time in the grand final. I [...]