Tag: Wests Tigers

2026 NRL Season Preview

The 119th NSWRL/ARL/Super League/NRL season began last weekend. This is a late-season preview; my apologies. In this 16th season preview, all the usual features are here: in-depth gains and losses for each club as well as each club’s top 19, the premiers, wooden spooners, biggest movers and sliders, top try scorer, Dally M Medalist, one […]

2024 NRL Season Preview

The 117th NSWRL/ARL/Super League/NRL season began on the weekend in Las Vegas. Tonight, the game starts in Australia. The Penrith Panthers look to continue their dominance and make their fifth straight Grand Final, something not achieved since South Sydney in 1971 and try and win four consecutive premierships, something that has not been completed since […]

2023 NRL Season Preview

The 116th NSWRL/ARL/Super League/NRL season begins tonight in a new era with 17 teams for the first time in 24 years, though back then, the NRL was on its way down to 14. This time the NRL expands for the first time in 16 years as the Dolphins join the competition. The Salary Cap then […]

2021 NRL Season Preview

The 114th NSWRL/ARL/NRL season begins tonight, just 137 days since the 2020 Grand Final, the shortest turnaround in NRL history. The premiers return home tonight for the first game at AAMI Park in 279 days. The 1895 Blog may have a new home, though all the usual features are all here; in-depth gains and losses […]