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CLANCY OVERELL | Editor | CONTACT In some positive news for our health system and state governments, the media is reporting that a 'well-known' NRL player has been caught chonging in a nightclub toilet over the weekend. There has never been a more telling sign that our public health experts have managed to eliminate all community spread of this horrible virus, as our rugby...

CLANCY OVERELL | Editor | CONTACT Twelve of the biggest football (soccer) clubs in the history of organised sport are this week facing a PR disaster of monumental proportions. European football administrators, players and bodies have threatened to boycott any of these major clubs that join a villainous breakaway competition, one that would see them compete in an exclusive tournament every year without even having to...

LOUIS BURKE | Culture | Contact Ask any armchair NRL expert and they’ll tell you that Trent Barrett’s Canterbury Bulldogs have no chance of winning the comp, all because they can’t win a single game of footy and can barely score a try. Following the teams’ humiliating loss to literally every team in the comp armchair experts are quick to brand the Bulldogs as having...

CLANCY OVERELL | Editor | CONTACT The River City is filled with optimism today, after their dramatic 20-12 loss to the Penrith Panthers at Suncorp Stadium last night. After averaging 8 points per match for the last two seasons, and finishing with a wooden spoon in 2020 - the Brisbane Broncos are now at the point where the fans "losing by not much" is almost...

CLANCY OVERELL | Editor | CONTACT This weekend Josh "The Logan Wrecking Ball" Papalii will notch up 225 games for the Canberra, and with an opposition like Parramatta, there's good odds on him adding to his 53 NRL tries. 2021 will likely see the most versatile prop in the game make over 20 appearance for Queensland in the State Of Origin, and will add much...

WENDELL HUSSEY | Cadet | CONTACT As the nation mourns the passing of Rugby League's greatest character, NRL officials have confirmed that Tommy Raudonikis will receive a State Funeral this weekend. However, rather than receive a service in the city as politicians and 'culturally important people' like Carla Zampatti do, Tommy Terrific will instead be honoured with a full house a Leichhardt oval for...

CLANCY OVERELL | Editor | CONTACT As NRL clubs prepare break out the black tape in tribute to passing one of the game's most iconic characters, several other memorials are being planned to take place throughout the round 5 fixtures. Tommy Raudonikis's death at age 70 from cancer yesterday has cast a solemn shadow across the game, as the rugby league community comes to terms...

CLANCY OVERELL | Editor | CONTACT The venue manager at the pearly gates has today rushed to get everything in order for the arrival of one of rugby leagues great characters. Western Sydney icon Tommy Raudonikis has died at the age of 70, following a lengthy battle with cancer - one that lasted much longer than anyone thought it would. Born in 1950 to a Swiss...

CLANCY OVERELL | Editor | CONTACT It seems the days of The Raging Bull, The Pearl, El Magic and The Hitman are over, as the NRL comes to terms with the fact that they are facing a concerning lack of imagination when it comes to nicknaming players. This follows last week's round of rugby league football, where at least three different players were referred to...

CLANCY OVERELL | Editor | CONTACT After working tirelessly to build Australian Womens rugby league up to a semi-professional standard, the NRL is today celebrating a new milestone in gender equality. The NRLW is officially a major rugby league competition, after one of their stars reportedly bashed a couple bouncers at Northies over the weekend. Northies, an iconic mega-scale watering hole in the Shire, has previously...