Dark Days and Bright Knights
I never thought I would say this, because I am a life long Roosters supporter. But I actually hope the Knights win. They are good people up there in Newcastle. Karma says the trophy is theirs.
Money For Jam
You are going to hear a lot of heart wrenching stories about the Newcastle Knights this week, and about how they are going to win the NRL Grand Final. Don’t believe a word of them. The Roosters are absolute certainties. Toia and Radley will take out Ponga, shut him down and out of the game. […]
Eric Grothe Jr on the Hip Drop That Ended Nathan Cleary and Penrith’s Season – Not That We Agree
https://www.youtube.com/shorts/CBge98JTPyM The tackle that broke Nathan Cleary’s leg was not a “hip drop” done with intention. It was a random collision. Contact was made, the body swung around the ball carrier, momentum carried him down. That is rugby league. It’s not a crime scene. Should defenders let go of a player they have hold of […]
Kalyn Ponga is God
Kalyn’s girlfriend (above) – gee the bloke is struggling Some players are that good that they can turn a team, and its season. Kalyn Ponga is one of them. His last ten weeks have been extraordinary. Ponga has almost single handed turned the Newcastle Knights from bums into grand final contenders. He wasn’t in market […]
PVL Pulls the Plugs – No, No, No, No, No
We all love Warnie, but it doesn’t mean we should try to get plugs like him. Or like Greg Matthews. Peter V’Landys looks he has tried to better both, Good try son. But in the words of the great man Gus, no, no, no, no, no. Now you have to pay for hair […]
God Ascends to the Throne
Peter V’Landys will be the NRL CEO by the end of the weekend. Was there ever any doubt that he would? Who else would you want but he? The self-interested fools in NSW racing will long regret letting PVL go. Rugby league fans will love him forever. Australia is the greatest country in the word. […]
Has Tevita Turned the Corner? – I Wouldn’t Pay to Find Out
The news that Tevita Pangai Jr wants to return to Rugby League makes me remember back to the time when the highly talented but ill-disciplined forward walked away from the sport to become a boxer. Look how that turned out, with him being beaten into near-unconsciousness by a bloke with a career record of none […]
Red Bull’s NRL Team of the Year
Archie’s NRL Team of the Year
Red Bull has had a shot at naming it’s NRL team of the year. So I will too. There are not many similarities among them. Here is mine. Starting Side 1 – Kalyn Ponga Has carried Newcastle to the finals on his shoulders. A brilliant player who has had perhaps his ever best season in […]
Billy Will Be Off to Melbourne – You Can Bet Your Life on It
The news that Billy Slater has quit as Queensland not long after he said he was staying on makes what we told you would happen a month ago an absolute certainty. Billy is off to Melbourne to coach the Storm. There has been no announcement about it yet, but you can bet your life on […]