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

After six rounds last season I presented some data showing the Raiders had the statistical profile of a top four side. I also noted that given this data, I thought they were likely to make the top ...

Could the Canberra Raiders be a smokey for a top four spot in 2024? That would seem utterly insane considering their difficulty in beating the NRL’s only winless team on Sunday evening. However, I’ve ...

Now that the State of Origin distraction is over, we’re reaching a point in the NRL season where finals hopes are well and truly dashed for some teams, and they turn their attention full time to next ...

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 ...

Queensland won a thrilling State of Origin game in Perth last Wednesday evening, yet trailed NSW in a number of key metrics. After eighty minutes, the Maroons ended up behind on tries, run metres, ...

After the minor distraction that was the 2024 Paris Olympics, it’s time to get back to more significant matters. The Eye Test is back with another of my favourite posts of the season – NRL Sockwatch ...

Play the ball speed and “tunnel ball” has been in the NRL news cycle over the past week, on the back of a story by Adam Pengilly in THIS MASTHEAD the Sydney Morning Herald. In this article, Pengilly ...

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 ...

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 ...

The meaningless games are over and the NRL finals kick off this weekend, with not much separating the top seven teams on the field (as I broke down last week). With that in mind, I wanted to have a ...

Welcome to the setrestartmaxxing era of the National Rugby League, where set restart counts in single figures are the exception not the norm. We’re three rounds into the 2026 season and this one rule ...