Boasting the best attendance figures for a domestic competition of either Rugby code, the National Rugby League competition based in Australasia is the premier rugby league tournament in the world. The NRL features 16 Australian teams with one side based in New Zealand. The NRL is 26 rounds long and starts its season in March and culminates in October with the Grand Final. The NRL year runs in tandem with its representative season, which boasts one Anzac Test match, a City – Country fixture and the three game State Of Origin series. Currently the Manly Sea Eagles are reigning premiers, having beaten the New Zealand Warriors 24-10 in the NRL Grand Final, filled with terrific attacking rugby league from both sides, while Queensland currently hold a six-year dominance over NSW in the State of Origin arena.
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BROWNIE: Stuart picks an exciting team for Origin Game One
by Nathan Brown - May 17th 2012 @ 3:30am
I was impressed with the Blues team selected for Origin One next week. It reflects a realisation that NSW are going to have to score a lot of points to beat Queensland. There’s been a lot of discussion around a few of the more contentious selections: notably, the recently demoted Michael Jennings in the centres [...]
Exclusive Trent Barrett interview: Todd Carney will handle Origin [VIDEO pt. II]
by John Davidson - May 17th 2012 @ 3:06am
NSW assistant coach Trent Barrett believes Todd Carney has the mental strength and bolter Jamie Buhrer the toughness to handle the rigours of Origin. Speaking to The Roar inside the NSW camp, Barrett says the pressure “doesn’t worry” Carney. “He’s a different sort of a bloke Toddy, he just cruises along and does his stuff,” [...]
Queensland will be spurred on by Beetson
by Wayne Heming - May 17th 2012 @ 2:33am
Blues out to end State of Origin demons
by Steve Jancetic - May 17th 2012 @ 2:32am
Lewis backs Jennings to fire for NSW
by Steve Jancetic - May 17th 2012 @ 2:30am
Slater backs GI for Queensland Origin try record
by Wayne Heming - May 17th 2012 @ 2:29am
Five things we learned from round 10
by Andrew Tilley - May 16th 2012 @ 8:45am
What did we learn from round ten of the 2012 NRL Season? Here’s the five big points, starting with the Cronulla Sharks. The Sharks are the real deal Despite their best start to a season in a number of years – missing inspirational leader Paul Gallen and playing the undefeated Melbourne Storm seemed like a [...]
NRL TV deal: Who do you believe, News Ltd or Fairfax?
by jamesb - May 16th 2012 @ 6:08am
Last week, I was looking through the sports sections of the two major Sydney newspapers, The Sydney Morning Herald (Fairfax) and the Daily Telegraph (News Ltd). What I found were two different headlines and stories related to the NRL TV deal. Over at News Ltd, under the headline “NRL much hyped $1billion broadcast deal unlikely [...]
Head-high contact a headache for the game
by Sluggers - May 16th 2012 @ 6:00am
A spate of players staying down after high shots is cause for concern. The NRL needs to review its current policies for head injuries. After all, a player’s safety should never be questioned. On the flip side, the frustrations of fans and opposition coaches boil over when a player deliberately stays down to increase the [...]
The war that’s not a war
by Chris A - May 16th 2012 @ 2:30am
There is no such thing as a football code war. On all sides of the media we hear pundits – who are apparently different to normal people – spouting lines about the “Barassi line” and poaching players. Israel Folau and Karmichael Hunt have become household names and part of marketing campaigns for the AFL juggernaut’s [...]
THE ROAR ON