Origin And Extinction Of Rugby League

Note: I sent an earlier draft of this essay to the Editor of The Sydney Morning Herald hoping they would publish it. With so much being said about the current state of NRL play – I refuse to call the game Rugby League as it now more closely resembles touchfootball with collisions and wrestling –Continue reading “Origin And Extinction Of Rugby League”

It’s Rugby Football Jim, But Not As We Know It

Just imagine watching the 2035 NRL grand final beamed live from Las Vegas.  Gone from NRL games are boring things like post-try conversions, penalty goals or field goals. It was once believed the breaks in play created by these, which allowed commercials to be shown during broadcasts, kept them safe from the incessant bastardisation ofContinue reading “It’s Rugby Football Jim, But Not As We Know It”