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NSWRL & NRL: RUGBY LEAGUE EXPANSION IN 1988. WHERE ARE THEY?
Posted on November 17 2023

All I want for Christmas is... a classic retro footy jersey from 1967, the year which changed Rugby League forever.
Posted on December 20 2019

TOP 5 GREATEST MID-SEASON FORM TURNAROUNDS IN THE HISTORY OF RUGBY LEAGUE: NSWRL, WINFIELD CUP, ARL & NRL
Posted on May 06 2019

2018 NRL SEASON (P)REVIEW - THE SEASON SO FAR AND HOW GOOD WERE OUR PREDICTIONS!?
Posted on April 24 2018
2018 NRL Season Preview - Part 1: Broncos to Sharks
Posted on March 01 2018

Part 1 of our 2018 NRL Season Preview including Broncos, Raiders, Bulldogs and Sharks.
With input from a cast of more reliable and knowledgeable characters than us, including:
- The Phantom Tragic - owner of the best mailbag in Rugby League gives us his (her?) lowdown on each team’s chances this year and lays it on the line with predictions
- The lads from NRLCEO Fantasy - the greatest damned Fantasy game in the Universe, give us their picks for your Fantasy team, the best left-field choices to get you one up on your mates, and threw in who they wish they could pick in Fantasy teams as well!
So Read on!
2018 NRL Season Preview - Part 2: Titans to Knights
Posted on March 01 2018
Part 2 of our 2018 NRL Season Preview including Titans, Sea Eagles, Storm and Knights.
With input from a cast of more reliable and knowledgeable characters than us, including:
- The Phantom Tragic - owner of the best mailbag in Rugby League gives us his (her?) lowdown on each team’s chances this year and lays it on the line with predictions
- The lads from NRLCEO Fantasy - the greatest damned Fantasy game in the Universe, give us their picks for your Fantasy team, the best left-field choices to get you one up on your mates, and threw in who they wish they could pick in Fantasy teams as well!
So Read on!
2018 NRL Season Preview - Part 3: Cowboys to Roosters
Posted on March 01 2018
Part 3 of our 2018 NRL Season Preview including Cowboys, Eels, Panthers and Roosters.
With input from a cast of more reliable and knowledgeable characters than us, including:
- The Phantom Tragic - owner of the best mailbag in Rugby League gives us his (her?) lowdown on each team’s chances this year and lays it on the line with predictions
- The lads from NRLCEO Fantasy - the greatest damned Fantasy game in the Universe, give us their picks for your Fantasy team, the best left-field choices to get you one up on your mates, and threw in who they wish they could pick in Fantasy teams as well!
So Read on!
2018 NRL Season Preview - Part 4: Dragons to Tigers
Posted on March 01 2018
Part 4 of our 2018 NRL Season Preview including Souths, Dragons, Warriors and Tigers.
With input from a cast of more reliable and knowledgeable characters than us, including:
- The Phantom Tragic - owner of the best mailbag in Rugby League gives us his (her?) lowdown on each team’s chances this year and lays it on the line with predictions
- The lads from NRLCEO Fantasy - the greatest damned Fantasy game in the Universe, give us their picks for your Fantasy team, the best left-field choices to get you one up on your mates, and threw in who they wish they could pick in Fantasy teams as well!
THE REAL REASON WHY THE MELBOURNE STORM ARE UNBEATABLE, FOR NOW.
Posted on February 16 2018

If you count the Premierships won by the Melbourne Storm and subsequently stripped from the club by the NRL, no team in the history of Australian Rugby League has ever been so successful. In their 21 seasons played, with five Grand Final wins, they basically start a season with a 25% chance of ending that year as Premiers. It’s mind boggling.
Many have pondered, but few have found the answer...what is their secret?
We know what it is and we'll tell you right here. HINT: It isn't AFL.
Greatest Indigenous Rugby League Players of All Time
Posted on January 25 2018
The 5 greatest International Rugby League shocks in the history of the world.
Posted on December 01 2017
We’re well aware that when referencing the ‘world’ in a Rugby League sense, this means North Eastern Australia, the area in and around Auckland, a few of the Pacific islands, Northern England, the towns of Perpignan and Carcassonne in southern France and basically everyone in PNG. However, around here at Dressing Shed towers, that’s all the world that matters! So, if you live in a place that doesn’t consider Rugby League the greatest game of all, you know what you need to do? Move!
So, in celebration of the Rugby League World Cup Finals this weekend and in anticipation of another shock here are our top 5 occasions when International Rugby League shocked THE WORLD!
The 10 Most influential Women in Rugby League
Posted on November 16 2017

Celebrating what should be celebrated, the women who help make the game of Rugby League great. As with any list of this nature, whilst it is great to acknowledge the contribution women have made and continue to make, it is created in the hope that one day, a list such as this no longer needs to exist. Naturally, we’ve employed a truly scientific method for this which involved...our opinion.
Here then, in no particular order, are the ‘10 Most Influential Women in Rugby League’ for 2017.
THE PHANTOM TRAGIC - DRESSING SHED MAIL BAG
Posted on November 07 2017

Get up, get-get-get down...International Rugby League is a joke in my town
Posted on November 06 2017

Part-Timers, Haircuts and Jerseys
Posted on September 14 2017
