Clubs and Associations

NRL immortal Clive Churchill's junior club is on a quest to bust a seven-decade premiership drought

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The Central Newcastle Butcher Boys won their last first grade premiership in 1949, and...

Outback footy club's novel recruitment drive involves free flights, board, a job and 25 instant friends

January 19, 2024 Cameron Simmons

Desperate to keep the Barcaldine Sandgoannas from folding, the club president’s method to lure...

How Manly's jersey predicament taught sport an unintended lesson about inclusion

July 29, 2022 Samantha Lewis

While their intentions were good, Manly’s approach to celebrating inclusion focused more on optics...

'It's a reflection on your community': How this local footy club became one town's lifeblood

June 4, 2021 Maddelin McCosker

Over 100 years of history has culminated in one western Queensland town’s love of...

'Tears in my eyes': The footy premiership that cost $150,000

October 17, 2019 Eric Barker

The Mornington Island Raiders love their footy, but the remote community team are paying...

Podcast: Asking AI About Rugby League December 18, 2024

Vote for our podcast here: https://www.sportspodcastgroup.com/podcast/fergo-and-the-freak/ View Andrews blog about a new International Rugby Leaguye ranking system here: https://andrewrlp.blogspot.com/2024/12/building-system-for-international-rugby.html In this episode we talk about John Bateman and his move to the North Queensland Cowboys, the Penrith Panthers and their chance of winning five titles in a row, and Jarome Luai and how, he’s a pretty good...

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LeagueFreak.com Is Celebrating 21 Years Online! December 11, 2024

In late 2003 I established this website, LeagueFreak.com. It was originally set up to post some cool footy photos on, a few players quotes I found interested, and was intended to be somewhere people could find me when weirdos banned me from internet forums. Over time, it has grown to everything you see here. I...

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Rugby League and NRL On Bluesky December 10, 2024

I now have a Bluesky account! You can follow me on Bluesky by clicking here: https://bsky.app/profile/leaguefreak.bsky.social As always I’ll be posting about everything happening in Rugby League and the NRL on Bluesky. You will still mainly find me using my Twitter account however. That is where you can always find me talking about the game!

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Podcast: The 2024 King Of Rugby League Awards – The Best Rugby League Player In The World! December 10, 2024

In this espide we present the 2024 King Of Rugby League Awards. We name the best rookie in the game, the team of the year, representative player of the year, the biggest story of the year, and then we announce the best Rugby League player in the world for 2024! We then talk about all sorts of other...

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If I Were The Wests Tigers, I Make That Jarome Luai Deal Too! December 6, 2024

Picture this….you are the worst team in the NRL. You’re not just bad, you’re historically bad. Not only do you win wooden spoons every year, but you haven’t even played in a finals series in over a decade. It got so bad that your clubs finally saw some major changed being made. A new coach,...

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Clubs and Associations

NRL immortal Clive Churchill's junior club is on a quest to bust a seven-decade premiership drought

Outback footy club's novel recruitment drive involves free flights, board, a job and 25 instant friends

How Manly's jersey predicament taught sport an unintended lesson about inclusion

'It's a reflection on your community': How this local footy club became one town's lifeblood

'Tears in my eyes': The footy premiership that cost $150,000

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