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Opinion: Sharks Duo Mounts Inept Defence Of Referee Attacks

Bondi Beat Michael Byrnes - September 15, 2017 0

By MICHAEL BYRNES CRONULLA coach Shane Flanagan attended an NRL finals post-game press conference, as a paid beneficiary of the rugby league industry, and presented no...

Opinion: Eels Forced To Walk A Mile In Storm’s Shoes

Bondi Beat Michael Byrnes - September 15, 2017 0

By MICHAEL BYRNES PARRAMATTA went within a hair's breadth of having this weekend off, giving the runaway minor premiers a major scare in the process. Now...

Opinion: Tony Archer Ducks For Cover On Slater KO

Bondi Beat Michael Byrnes - July 25, 2017 0

By MICHAEL BYRNES AN ALMOST unanimous gasp emanated from the collective rugby league league community on viewing the very first replay of Sia Soliola's vicious assault...

Opinion: Don’t Let The Naysayers Kill Off State Of Origin

Bondi Beat Michael Byrnes - July 21, 2017 0

By MICHAEL BYRNES STEVE Mascord wrote a typically well-thought-out repudiation of State of Origin, ultimately arguing that Origin is eating Rugby League alive. The thrust of Mascord's...

Origin III – The Maroons Do The Unthinkable

Bondi Beat Michael Byrnes - July 15, 2017 0

By MICHAEL BYRNES IN probably the most remarkable Origin series since Paul Vautin's nobodies won 3-0 in 1995, Queensland overcame the widely-held assumption that their core...

Origin III Final Word

Bondi Beat Michael Byrnes - July 11, 2017 0

By MICHAEL BYRNES IT'S being billed as the most anticipated game in Origin history. That contention is a bit beyond me. Nevertheless, it's a clash that...

Opinion: NRL Players Entitled To Every Cent They Get And More

Bondi Beat Michael Byrnes - June 17, 2017 0

By MICHAEL BYRNES EVERYONE who's anyone has had a say in the ongoing NRL vs Players Association industrial dispute, including most recently, Steve Mascord. And now...

Origin II Dissected — Maroons Meatball Surgery

Bondi Beat Michael Byrnes - June 14, 2017 0

By MICHAEL BYRNES IT'S not so much that the Queenslanders didn't fire a shot in Origin I — more that they didn't bring any ammo. Kevin...

Opinion: Sharks and Storm disrespected each other – and us

Bondi Beat Michael Byrnes - June 8, 2017 0

By MICHAEL BYRNES THE round 14 grand final rematch between Cronulla and Melbourne revealed many home truths - but most emphatically it exhibited how much festering...

Opinion: The Loyalty Fallacy And Hormone-Free Chicken

column Michael Byrnes - June 7, 2017 0

By MICHAEL BYRNES THERE's no such thing as loyalty anymore in rugby league. The thing is, there probably never was. Supermarket chains like to advertise their chicken...

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