Unlike previous years, the wait between the Grand Final and the beginning of the following season has included some exciting football. The RLWC and the Auckland 9’s have kept the thirst for quality rugby league fostering and fans are ready to see what lies ahead for 2014. As per usual, there have been some off-field …
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2013 Rugby League World Cup Final
The 2013 RLWC is coming to an end and to close out the successful tournament, the two favourites will face off against one another at Old Trafford, in front of a sell-out crowd. It is a very awkward time for fans in the southern hemisphere but come 1:30am, there will be two sides ready to …
Rugby League World Cup Semi Finals
After a fairly predictable weekend during the quarterfinals, we are now left with four teams desperate to extend their stay within the competition for another week. Many will suggest that the matches that will be played this weekend with be a foregone conclusion, however at this stage of the competition, anything can happen. In saying …
Rugby League World Cup Quarterfinal Preview
Now that the “Group Stage” is finished, we can focus on the teams that actually have a chance of winning the tournament. In saying that, some of the remaining teams could consider themselves “lucky” to be here. Despite the criticism of many “fans of the game”, the past few weeks of rugby league action has …
2013 RLWC Group Stages – New Zealand v France
The first week of the 2013 RLWC is down, with action aplenty throughout the matches thus far. If you were still apprehensive about the quality of games before the beginning of the tournament, that should disappear as we move into the second week. It is good to see a balance between predictable results and the …
2013 RLWC Group Stages – England v Australia
Finally, the wait is over for rugby league fans as the 2013 RLWC kicks off at Millennium Stadium, Cardiff. The opening game of the competition is a cracking contest between the host nation, England, and the tournament favourites, Australia. There is a lot riding on the outcome of this contest as the winner has the opportunity to move to the other side …
2013 Rugby League World Cup Preview
It is a special time for rugby league fans as they are now treated to an extension of the season with the RLWC. In recent years, this concept has struggled to gain the support of fans and sponsors; and as a result, it fell by the wayside. The last competition of this calibre to be …
2013 NRL Grand Final
After 200 matches, 30 000 plus minutes of rugby league and countless controversial issues arising throughout the season, we have finally reached the Grand Final. It is a spectacle that has the ability to surprise the fans on any occasion, let alone a contest that is as close as this one is appearing to be. …
2013 NRL Finals Weeks 3
And then there were 4! Teams are now only one win away from a spot in the Grand Final and the chance to take out the Premiership. Just when you thought that everything was going to plan, the Roosters blood test scandal has been brought to light and again, the rugby league world is thrown …
2013 NRL Finals Week 2
The NRL competition now moves into Week 2 of the Finals and while being filled with plenty of controversy, the games on the weekend couldn’t be more exciting. The size of the competition is now reduced as the Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs and the North Queensland Cowboys were bundled out of the competition without a second thought. …