Sustainable growth key to success of the women’s game

This article was first written and published for the Roar. W hen you experience something good, your natural reaction to that experience is to want more of it. That’s certainly what has happened in women’s rugby league. After seeing the quality of the women’s State of Origin at North Sydney Oval last year and the […]

Twin goals: Sisters powering along pathway to top

This article was first written for and published by NRL.com.  I want to introduce you all to two incredible women. Sophie and Emily Curtain are twins from Sydney’s west who represent the next generation of women playing rugby league. Sophie first started playing rugby league 11 years ago at age seven. When she picked up […]

Wiser Thompson takes the good with the bad

This article was first written for and published by NRL.com.  Indigenous Round is much more than just another round on the NRL calendar. If you have any doubts over the validity of that statement, a chat with Manly forward Joel Thompson will put you on the right course.

The players unlucky to miss Blues selection

This article was first written and published for the Roar. Last night the New South Wales Blues announced their squad for Game 1 of the 2019 State of Origin series. There are five debutants in the squad: Nick Cotric and Jack Wighton from the Canberra Raiders, Cameron Murray and Cody Walker from the South Sydney […]

Women’s State of Origin launched for 2019

This article was first written and published for The Roar. With fewer than 30 days to go until the 2019 women’s State of Origin at North Sydney Oval, this week the NRL took the opportunity to launch the game. Several high-profile players like Kezie Apps, Ali Brigginshaw and Corban McGregor were in attendance ahead of […]

The Parramatta Eels cop a reality check

This article was first written and published for The Roar. The 2019 Parramatta Eels are not the Melbourne Storm. They are not the Sydney Roosters and they are not the South Sydney Rabbitohs. Perhaps I deluded myself into thinking they were something more than what they are at the beginning of the season, particularly heading […]

Tahina Booth a testament to the healing power of rugby league

This article was first written and published for NRL.com. For Tahina Booth, having the opportunity to play for the Cronulla Sharks in this year’s Harvey Norman Women’s Premiership has been a game-changer. Tahina only recently returned to the game after some time away and is enjoying playing alongside some of the biggest names in women’s […]

Women’s rugby league goes from strength to strength

This article was first written and published for The Roar. Women’s State of Origin may still be six weeks away, but that doesn’t meant that there isn’t plenty happening in the space at the moment, particularly in New South Wales. NSWRL head of competitions Yvette Downey has seen the women’s space continue to expand at […]

Brave new world awaits baby Bremner thanks to trail blazing mum

This article was first written for and published by NRL.com. For Jillaroos star and St George Illawarra player Samantha Bremner and her husband Wayne, this Mother’s Day will be their last as a family of two. Sunday is the 26-week mark in Bremner’s pregnancy. Baby Bremner is not too far away.