Breaking NRL news, scores, team lists, squads, casualty ward, injury news, trades news, judiciary, … Stranger things: rugby league’s history …

Magpies’ mystery camp forges connection under the stars

The revamped Magpies under new coach Craig McRae spent a night camping under the stars at Wonga Park in Melbourne’s outer east as a final bonding session before their season kicks off with a practice match against Hawthorn in a fortnight. A contingent of close to 80 people, consisting of the players and all football department staff, ended up at […]

Continue reading »

Embarrassing, but success covers the cracks for Simon Goodwin

That the Melbourne Football Club’s hierarchy conversed with the AFL over concern about Simon Goodwin’s alleged behaviours, including a bullying claim by a since-departed doctor, represents an embarrassment for the coach and the Demons, who had spent four months basking in the glow of a storied premiership. Goodwin is fortunate that the dirty linen and internal division has been aired […]

Continue reading »

Sicily, Gunston impress as Hawthorn young gun signs on

Hawthorn’s hopes of delivering coach Sam Mitchell a strong debut season have lifted after Jack Gunston, James Sicily, Mitch Lewis and a top draftee were among those to impress in an intra-club match at Waverley on Tuesday. Sicily has not played a senior match since round 12, 2020 because of a knee reconstruction while Gunston managed only one match last […]

Continue reading »

Goodwin’s behaviour raised alarm at Melbourne and AFL: report

Melbourne held an emergency board meeting before the club’s premiership season to discuss whether senior coach Simon Goodwin should be stood down pending an investigation of alleged behavioural issues, according to a report in News Corp papers. The report also detailed an unlawful dismissal claim from former club doctor Zeeshan Arain, lodged in October 2020, in which he said he […]

Continue reading »

More technology and rules? Awesome, just what rugby league needs

The NRL wants to put a computer chip in footballs so it can eradicate forward passes from the game … FOREVER! Awesome. Because that’s what rugby league needs: more complex technology layered on top of more complex rules heaping more complex questions on the browbeaten match officials. Awesome. The NRL’s constant changing and interpretation of rules has created a nightmare […]

Continue reading »
1 111 112 113 114 115 240