Tag: Rugby League

In the early 80s my uncle, a brash seven-year-old, came home from his cousin’s house and uttered five unforgivable words: “I like the Parramatta Eels.” Yet as Monday’s game showed, even bitter rivalries can be laid aside when honour, compassion and sportsmanship are demanded, writes George Al-Akiki.

You only need to look to Game 1 of this year’s State of Origin series—very oddly far from sold out just a day out from the game—to see rising costs are pricing out a whole generation of potential fans.

With Nathan Cleary ruled out for this year’s State of Origin series, who will new Blues coach Michael Maguire select in just over a week for Game I?

Work hours are a bit longer than your typical nine-to-five for Tanna Featherstone, but for this young athlete, there’s a lot on the [try] line at stake here.

Pressure is mounting on the NRL to ban kick-offs in the hope of stamping out dangerous head collisions. But instead of solving the problem, this decision would distort the very fabric of how the game is played.

Lifelong Bulldogs fans Fr Benjamin Saliba and Anthony Eltarraf explores their love of Catholicism and rugby league with their new podcast.

The Australian rugby league schoolboys and schoolgirls showcase reached its pinnacle on 7 July, delivering a day filled with exhilarating matches and outstanding performances.

In a highly anticipated clash within the Sydney Catholic Schools senior boys rugby league, Trinity Catholic College faced off last weekend against Christian Brothers High School Lewisham at the picturesque St Luke’s oval. The atmosphere was electric, as a perfect Winter's day set the stage for a crucial match that would determine the team progressing to the Sydney quarter finals.

Round four of the Sydney Catholic Schools (SCS) conference three opens rugby league competition saw St Patrick’s College Sutherland pull off an upset with a 16-14 victory against the previously undefeated Marist College Kogarah at Scarborough Park.

By Tasmyn Haynes Patrician Brothers’ College Fairfield pulled off a fairytale ending in the Peter Mulholland Cup (NSW/VIC/ACT) Rugby League competition, defeating The Hills Sports...

Students from Ashfield’s Bethlehem Catholic College are showing their true colours after designing the jerseys being worn by the Canterbury Bulldogs in this weekend’s...

Many youngsters spend their childhood dreaming of playing footy on TV and hearing the commentators shout their name as they race towards the try...