About Us

Nick F is so committed to bringing something new to the rugby league media that he's spent three years of his life being indoctrinated at Uni about how to be like every other mainstream journalist. However, even the lure of the most lucrative Dad's Army back-page splash couldn't convince him to say something negative about Nathan Hindmarsh. Nick's weekly match of the round analysis and slightly less considered but more regular rants about Krisnan Inu's headspace and other pressing rugby league issues will be a key feature of the footy footy footy landscape. He may also one day get around to playing a game of competitive rugby league before he dies.

Sam H, on the other hand, has zero qualifications when it comes to the rugby league media. What he does have is an unqualified sense of entitlement to rant endlessly about the many perceived shortcomings of the footy press. When not boring people to death with complex statistical analyses which prove that Benji Marshall is in fact the second coming of Jesus, he can be found on the comments section of the Tele website encouraging Phil Rothfield to ditch the journalism caper and take up fingerpainting. In between, we hope Sam will find the time to publish a post or two on NRL player ratings and longer-term issues in rugby league.

Luke W is the blog's roving sports reporter - or would be, if the other contributors allowed him to talk about anything other than rugby rugby rugby league. Unflustered by this, and undetterred by the strange meteorological phenomenon which ensures bankruptcy-promoting rain at Shark Park every second Saturday night, Luke will provide regular features including a light-hearted weekly Top 10, and also attempt to offer some more profound insights on crucial questions like why is Paul Gallen so angry, all of the time? He'll also try to check the score in the Swans game at half time, so make sure you don't let him near the remote.

Chris R is a footy footy footy enigma, travelling incognito every weekend to far-flung corners of Australia to track down leads and bring to you the latest and greatest in rugby league coverage. Just don't tell his boss, who still thinks that Chris does all this jetsetting as part of his day job. When not being far more qualified to run a football club than the current Chairman of his preferred NRL team, Chris will be busy sharing his fantasy NRL expertise, boasting about his tipping prowess, ranting about the prospect of another weekend spent travelling to regional AFL-mad backwaters and reminding us all how much he doesn't like rum (seriously).