Telstra Premiership Grand Final, ANZ Stadium, Sunday October 2nd, 2011. 5.15pm – Telstra Premiership Grand Final – Manly Sea Eagles v New Zealand Warriors. Manly – $1.50 New Zealand – $2.60 Sea Eagles: Brett Stewart, Michael Robertson, Jamie Lyon (c), Steve Matai, Will...

The only thing worse than a smug Manly fan is a cocky Collingwood supporter … actually, they’re as bad as each other. So why do the two football clubs we all love to hate have to be premiership favourites going into the NRL and AFL grand finals? Surely any sane person would like to see...

Manly Sea Eagles v Brisbane Broncos at Sydney Football Stadium, Friday 7:45pm. And then there were four. What a cracking finals series we’ve had so far. The Sea Eagles have somewhat flown under the radar as the teams who have the second week of finals off invariably do however you can make...

It’s rugby league’s most exclusive club. Seven Australian players from more than a century of the game deemed far enough beyond great to be called ‘Immortals’. The names read like a wish list from a fantasy team beyond imagination: Clive Churchill, Reg Gasnier, Bob Fulton, Johnny...

FRIDAY Wests Tigers v St George Illawarra Dragons at ANZ Stadium, 7:45pm. Wests – $2.10 St George – $1.75 An absolutely cracking game kicks off the 2011 NRL Finals Series with the Tigers hosting the Dragons at ANZ Stadium. These two teams met not long ago at the SFS and it was...

Welcome to the first week of the NRL finals. A week where 26 rounds of blood, sweat and tears is tossed out the window for the sake of dumping two teams from the finals series. Is it crazy that the minor premiers can suffer an identical fate as a team that finishes fifth or sixth? Both can win...