This story was first written for and published by NRL.com. It’s time to come clean. As a Parramatta Eels fan, each week I commit a cardinal sin. Even though the Eels have been my team since I was eight years old (and they will always be my number one team) ever since I started taking […]
Month: June 2017
Ten weeks to go – who’s hot and who’s not?
With Round 16 of the NRL completed over the weekend, I can now officially start the count-down to finals football. There are only ten weeks until finals, which means that if your team is in the top eight, they only need to hold onto their place for ten more weeks. If your team is outside […]
Ladies Who League: Origin heartbreak
This article was first written for and published by NRL.com. I am absolutely convinced that being a sports fan has taken years off my life. On Wednesday night, watching State of Origin Game II took off another couple of years.
Origin scheduling lets the young guns shine
This article was first written for and published by The Roar. At this time of the rugby league calendar, State of Origin absolutely dominates the news. I still find it incredible that three games played between two states manages to capture the attention of the rugby league community for a sustained period of at least eight […]
Ladies who league: The importance of mental health
This article was first written and published for NRL.com. I know plenty of men that grew up in a world where there were very specific character traits you had to exhibit to be a man. Messaging like this was common – men do not express emotion. Men are bold. Men are brave. Men do not […]
Walters finally has the guts to make necessary changes
This article was first written for and published by The Roar. After the New South Wales Blues defeated the Queensland Maroons with a final score of 28-4 in the opening game of this year’s State of Origin series, many declared that the Queensland Maroons dynasty was finally over. Were New South Wales fans premature in […]
Ladies who League – Redemption and role models
This story was first written for and published by NRL.com. A very good friend of mine often describes rugby league as a ‘pantomime’. And it’s a pretty accurate summation. In any given week our game is the source of plenty of joy, much madness and a constant state of controversy. In most cases at the […]
Des’ Canterbury no longer the Dogs of war
This story was first written for and published by The Roar. Sunday afternoon’s game between the Penrith Panthers and the Canterbury Bulldogs was one of the strangest matches I have watched in 2017. After being heralded as Premiership favourites at the start of the year, the Panthers went into this game having made wholesale changes to […]
Women’s Sport Weekly Wrap: Origin double header on the cards
This article was first written for and published by The Roar. I have a confession to make. Netball has never been a sport I have taken much interest in. It started in school when during term three my options for sport were hockey or netball. I opted for hockey and throughout my teenage years and […]
Is the Maroons dynasty over?
This story was first written for and published by NRL.com. There’s just something about State of Origin and over the last decade there has certainly been something about the Queensland Maroons. Led by players like Cooper Cronk, Billy Slater, Cameron Smith, Sam Thaiday and Johnathan Thurston, the Maroons have won 10 out of the last […]