Papua New Guinea captain Kyle Laybutt backs the creation of a home-based NRL side and wants Wayne Bennett to be the inaugural coach. The 28-year-old led the Kumuls to the Pacific Cup title on the international stage last year. Laybutt welcomed recent comments by ARL Commission chairman Peter V’landys that basing a PNG NRL side […]
NRL’s kick restart rule helps bring back another genuine contest but what about scrums, it isn’t fair
After many a season of rule changes that the ARL Commission has used to keep rugby league moving with the times and entertaining its audience, 2024 sees something of a pause. As such, the game will look very much as it did in 2023, yet with one key change designed to increase the likelihood of […]
Super Rugby tipping week three: Will Tahs suffer a hangover from emotional Crusaders win (and DC’s 15 schooners)?
Super Round produced some thrilling results and tipping carnage – except for our Kiwi panellist. Hamish Bidwell nailed five out of six last week while the rest of the panel, and The Crowd, barely passed with their 50 percent rate. The result took Hamish from equal bottom of our table to second behind Rugby Editor […]
Don’t sleep on one of the AFL’s most exciting young teams – St Kilda can win the 2024 flag
St Kilda fans should dare to dream in 2024. In a season where trying to narrow down finals contenders to a final eight seems to be even harder than usual, the Saints stand out as one of the most well-rounded teams going around. Overall, the return season of Ross Lyon was a success. A finals […]
Already in the name: Why sending the Tigers west makes the best sense for NRL expansion
With most of the media’s focus on the NRL’s recent move to take over America, it’s important to remember that they still haven’t taken over Australia. Despite its official name having an N in the title, it’s national in name alone. Yet for some strange reason, there’s talk of new teams from PNG and New […]