November 1st is approaching and NRL clubs will finally be able to (officially) negotiate with players off contract after the ...

Two weeks ago, we looked at the top performers for the NRLM this season by the Eye Test’s suite of advanced metrics. This week we’re going to run the same ruler over the NRLW. I’ve been a bit slack ...

The 2026 season is over for ten of the NRL’s seventeen teams. That would be the bottom nine sides plus the perpetually unserious Cowboys who appear to have packed it in about a month ago. It also ...

With little to play for in Round 26 as the top eight sides have been confirmed, much of the league is now just treading water until their season is over. Especially the Sharks. Not even the latest ...

If the Warriors never had to play at Suncorp Stadium again, they’d probably be quite happy. After torching the Panthers and tormenting the Broncos early, Luke Metcalf tweaked a hamstring during a ...

Given the traction my data on set restarts has gained over the past month, I though this week would be a great time to do a deep dive on infringements league wide and how the game is being officiated.

Friday evening sees one of the marquee matchups of the 2026 NRL season with the Roosters hosting Canterbury at Allianz Stadium. Depending on the result of the other high profile game that evening in ...

Recently friend of the site Sam Hewat, host of Running It Straight on SportNationNZ, had noted to me that he thought there were fewer set restarts being called recently, leading to some closer games ...

If you ever wanted to see what the ceiling was for improvement purely by replacing a coach, the performances of the 2026 Manly Sea Eagles may be studied for decades to come. It’s not exactly a perfect ...

Saturday night’s Parramatta versus Canberra game from CommBank Stadium was yet another close and exciting game that would never in a million years be deemed high quality or something you’d want to ...

The Brisbane Broncos are in a very similar position to last year after 13 rounds. Both their 2026 and 2025 campaigns had five wins and seven losses. Yet as similar as their position is on the latter, ...

I know it’s not technically the halfway point of the season, which exists mid round for a 27 round schedule. Two teams have played half of their season (12 games) some 11 and some 10. Somehow the ...