That's the line that sticks in my mind when I think about the name Vince Lombardi. The man who demanded perfection and the coach that almost every professional coach looks up to. The only coach to have never had a losing season and the most successfu
Read more…A strong second half performance from the Cronulla Sharks meant that they powered pass the hapless Eels. After that performance the blue and golds remain rooted to the bottom of the table.
The Sharks started with early pressure on the Eels' line but
Read more…Parramatta Eels legend Peter Sterling is back wit
Read more…Reni Maitua says he remains ''great friends'' with Ricky Stuart despite being part of the Parramatta coach's controversial cull and revealed the move has him seriously contemplating retirement at the end of the season.
Maitua was the highest profile
Read more…You hear that some players have their "pump-up" songs before a match. I'm not sure Gallen does but if he did I'm sure it would be Reg Reagans' "Bring Back the Biff." And Gal certainly brought it back on Wednesday night.
Now many have criticised the B
Read more…As the dust settled and New South Wales celebrated, it was apparent that the Blues now held a 1-0 lead over the Maroons in this years' series. New South Wales out-enthused Queensland in the first half and kept the Maroons scoreless at half time for t
Read more…Whether you loathe him or like him, Phil Gould's monologue at the start of each Origin gets your heart pumping and the adrenalin coursing. Below I will attempt to write my own below. This could be great or a flop, I have about as much idea as you do
Read more…It's that special time of year every season. When winter has begun to descend upon the rugby league land. The build-up has been going on since the end of the previous series. The people north of the border begin beating their chests, gloating and spe
Read more…Following Cooper Cronk's 41-metre field goal that sailed between the posts in game three last year to sink the Blues' State of Origin title hopes for a seventh straight year, a number of the NSW players collapsed in despair at full-time.
The agony of
Read more…It's very easy to blame our poor performances on a guy like Matt Keating, Ben Smith or Reni Maitua but it's a team performance. Practically the entire team has played badly. Sandow has had a relatively good year but he hasn't had the support around h
Read more…A number of years ago I was at a function where Wayne Bennett was asked when he knew that Gorden Tallis was captain material.
The great coach regaled a story regarding a 2000 pre-season army-style training camp which the Brisbane Broncos employed on
Read more…Ok, so I think it would be safe to assume that everyone has seen Phil's blog and that he will be away for 1 week. After chatting with a number of member's on this site there are some things that have to be dealt with. I know people like this as a fre
Read more…Jarryd Hayne has been endorsed by Blues coach, Laurie Daley, to be in the number 1 for the first Origin match. Manly fullback Brett Stewart was the original choice but has been ruled out for a month due to a back injury. Hayne will be given his chanc
Read more…EGJ has been spreading the false rumour that Denis Fitzgerald is secretly backing Parra First. This is complete and utter garbage but people are believing it. I know that both Phil and Muttman have said numerous times that they are only consulting Fi
Read more…The Parramatta Eels put in an inspired effort but it wasn't enough to topple the Johnathan Thurston led Cowboys. The Eels however were a different team to the one that was trounced by the Panthers.
Parramatta were the first to score when Matt Bowen d
Read more…Parramatta coach Ricky Stuart maintains his belief Jarryd Hayne could become as good a pivot as he is a fullback, but has no plans to fast-track him into the No.6 jersey.
Hayne offered to make the switch for the good of the team after the Eels slumpe
Read more…Around five years ago the NRL launched what it believed to be a superb competition for junior players. The National Youth Competition. Five years on and in my opinion this competition is starting to hurt the game. Let's look at what is happening in t
Read more…THE independent report into Cronulla's 2011 supplement program has warned peptides given to players may have accelerated former prop Jon Mannah's fatal cancer.
An explosive report has raised concerns about the potential of an "identified causal lin
Read more…That's right Jason Robinson will be one of the men in charge this round against the Panthers. This is an incredibly blind move by the NRL. Robinson was obviously heavily criticised by Ricky Stuart last week following a lopsided penalty count in the s
Read more…I would like to open the floor to the members of this site. In order to help this site grow and further evolve we would like to know how to make the site more member friendly. We want the site to be getting more and more hits on Google as well as hel
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