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@www.maroonobserver.com
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The stuff that's not good enough for the newsletter. Formerly Pythago NRL. Subscribe at maroonobserver.com

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Liam @www.maroonobserver.com · 2h
Check your spam folders folks I went 3/3 this week
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The Rugby League Eye Test @leagueeyetest.bsky.social · 13h
2/2 tonight, not that it was particularly difficult. Third year in a row we've picked the Dally M winner & 4 years straight for the women's winner
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Liam @www.maroonobserver.com · 13h
Ohmygod noway
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The Rugby League Eye Test @leagueeyetest.bsky.social · 15h
While waiting for PVL to mispronounce someone's name tonight, you can catch up on the Maroon Observer x Eye Test MOET Player of the Year voting to see which players fared the best under a Dally M style voting system based on stats. Links following 🔗
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Liam @www.maroonobserver.com · 17h
Did the Titans really improve? Did the Raiders finally run out of luck? Was Fozball just an illusion? How many NRLW Bulldogs are signed for 2027? Did the NRL eels young guns improve? How bad were Bradford as wooden spooners? All that and more: www.maroonobserver.com/p/charting-t...
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Charting the NRL in 2026 - part 1
The bad, the losers and the ugly
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Liam @www.maroonobserver.com · 23h
Some of the dumbest people alive are starting to catch on
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Liam @www.maroonobserver.com · 30/09/2026
The flipside of the pvl model of governance is that you get 40 page glossy pdfs that say the same thing they've been saying for 30 years (plenty of which is wrong) with no actual action taken www.uci.org/pressrelease...
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Professional road cycling: UCI consultation reveals broad consensus on safety, financial fairness, the calendar, and commercial and media rights
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Liam @www.maroonobserver.com · 29/09/2026
Good to see my own newsletters caught in Gmail spam 👍
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dr peppermint patty @jessespector.com · 29/09/2026
he’s 38 and i do believe this is the face any bluesky user would make before being put at quarterback on monday night football
oh god i’m old
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Liam @www.maroonobserver.com · 27/09/2026
Everyone enjoying themselves after the Knights' spectacular win yesterday? Having a good time? Well, that was the last guys. Wrong fucking band. We're here to have a bad time. *blogs posted* www.maroonobserver.com/p/30-minutes...
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30 minutes is all it takes
A recap of last week’s coup
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The Rugby League Eye Test @leagueeyetest.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
Last regular post of the season. Newcastle have 3x more tries from their own half than all other finals teams combined Plus MOET (NRLM) & WOET (NRLW) player of the year final votes And most importantly, THREE new inductees to the Eye Test Hall of Fame! www.rugbyleagueeyetest.com/2026/09/28/t...
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That Knights victory, MOET & WOET POTY winners plus new inductees into the Eye Test Hall of Fame - The Rugby League Eye Test
Somehow Penrith missed the memo on the Knights scoring long range tries. This finals series, the Knights have scored five tries with the play starting from their own half. A sixth (the 42nd minute try...
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Dan @thesportress.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
Weekend takes for the subscribers wp.me/p5dd0K-hWO
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Six, Again: Accountability
Chronicling the Canberra Raiders since 2014
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Liam @www.maroonobserver.com · 27/09/2026
Everyone enjoying themselves after the Knights' spectacular win yesterday? Having a good time? Well, that was the last guys. Wrong fucking band. We're here to have a bad time. *blogs posted* www.maroonobserver.com/p/30-minutes...
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30 minutes is all it takes
A recap of last week’s coup
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Liam @www.maroonobserver.com · 27/09/2026
The NRL loves posting this shit.
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Liam @www.maroonobserver.com · 27/09/2026
Never won a premiership from 7th versus never won a premiership conceding 50. Someone's annoying statistic must go.
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Liam @www.maroonobserver.com · 27/09/2026
Reserve grade super bowl could be a good test for a third place playoff if they just let both clubs drop their first graders down
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Liam @www.maroonobserver.com · 27/09/2026
You'll probably never see me write this ever again but: well done Knights
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Liam @www.maroonobserver.com · 27/09/2026
Huh I was wrong. The Titans NRLW team are just like their male counterparts.
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Liam @www.maroonobserver.com · 27/09/2026
Teagan Levi might want to spend less time being like hahah rent free and more time noting the scoreboard situation
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Liam @www.maroonobserver.com · 27/09/2026
Still laughing about wharfie time like when mr burns crippled the irishman
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Liam @www.maroonobserver.com · 26/09/2026
I think you have to say that given the Man of Steel nominees, eventual winner and the performance of those players and their teams in the finals, that I was right that Tyson Smoothy should've been given the award. That he was overlooked should be pretext for a NRL invasion.
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Liam @www.maroonobserver.com · 26/09/2026
Weird that the NRL brought back covid protocols only for this NRLW prelim but I guess you can't be too safe
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Liam @www.maroonobserver.com · 26/09/2026
How's your wharfie time now?
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Liam @www.maroonobserver.com · 26/09/2026
Entire Redcliffe organisation on tilt right now
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Liam @www.maroonobserver.com · 19/07/2026
Say what you like about the dolphins, they don't do things by halves. Either look like the best team in the world or crash to earth like a meteor, sometimes only two weeks apart
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Liam @www.maroonobserver.com · 26/09/2026
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Liam @www.maroonobserver.com · 25/09/2026
A proposal for grand final entertainment that won't break the bank:
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Liam @www.maroonobserver.com · 25/09/2026
Simply one of the worst smelling games I've ever attended. For one last time in 2026:
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The Rugby League Eye Test @leagueeyetest.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
Why not prepare for two exciting NRL prelim finals by checking Eye Test analysis of the 4 teams playing from earlier this season? Panthers (March) Knights (May) Roosters (July) Phins (August) + Aug 2025 post on how important Sam Walker is to the Roosters (links following)
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Liam @www.maroonobserver.com · 25/09/2026
Bandwagoning sports teams is actually a really important part of my people's culture and it's really uncool of you not to respect that
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Liam @www.maroonobserver.com · 24/09/2026
Flicking through the qrl award winners and remembering it was a scandal when Peter Beattie went to the awards dinner instead of attending a NRL prelim in 2018.
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Liam @www.maroonobserver.com · 24/09/2026
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The Rugby League Eye Test @leagueeyetest.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
If you were wondering how the Maroon Observer x League Eye Test (MOET) Player Of The Year voting panned out, @www.maroonobserver.com has an update in his newsletter (which you should all subscribe to) PLUS The WOET POTY winner for 2026 and every NRLW season www.maroonobserver.com/p/founding-m...
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Founding membership of the Axis of Evil
The last weekly newsletter of 2026
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Liam @www.maroonobserver.com · 23/09/2026
Last one of the year. Don't wait to click. www.maroonobserver.com/p/founding-m...
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Founding membership of the Axis of Evil
The last weekly newsletter of 2026
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Ryan Dufty @rpdufty.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
Peter V'landys v THE THOROUGHBRED REPORT PTY LTD listed for judgment tomorrow 23 September 2026 at 10am. This disgraceful lawsuit is a blight on democracy. #NRL #RugbyLeague
PVL v The Thoroughbred Report Pty Ltd Supreme Court jugment hearing listing.
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Liam @www.maroonobserver.com · 22/09/2026
Is this the issue that finally gets pvl? (no)
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Liam @www.maroonobserver.com · 21/09/2026
This is my formal announcement that The Maroon Observer is in possession of $100 million and we will be putting in a bid for the 20th NRL team to be based in the rugby elague heartlands of Longreach, Yeppoon and Guangxi. www.maroonobserver.com/p/this-is-ge...
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This is getting out of hand
The trillion dollar BOMBSHELL that could EXPLODE the map of rugby league in QUEENSLAND
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Liam @www.maroonobserver.com · 21/09/2026
This is my formal announcement that The Maroon Observer is in possession of $100 million and we will be putting in a bid for the 20th NRL team to be based in the rugby elague heartlands of Longreach, Yeppoon and Guangxi. www.maroonobserver.com/p/this-is-ge...
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This is getting out of hand
The trillion dollar BOMBSHELL that could EXPLODE the map of rugby league in QUEENSLAND
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Dan @thesportress.bsky.social · 20/09/2026
For the subscribers sportress.org/2026/09/21/s...
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Six, Again: Systems
Chronicling the Canberra Raiders since 2014
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The Rugby League Eye Test @leagueeyetest.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
A deep dive into the NRLW's best and worst players for 2026 by the Eye Test's advanced metrics www.rugbyleagueeyetest.com/2026/09/21/t...
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The Eye Test’s 2026 NRLW season advanced statistic leaders - The Rugby League Eye Test
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. For new readers, at the ...
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Liam @www.maroonobserver.com · 20/09/2026
Lot of people saying the end of the NC state game was the dumbest sports thing ever but I dunno
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The Rugby League Eye Test @leagueeyetest.bsky.social · 19/09/2026
Roosters v Sharks Rd 6 (Saturday) - 11 set restarts Roosters v Sharks Rd 16 (Sunday) - 5 Roosters v Sharks Finals Wk2 (Saturday) - 12 If you read my post this week you'd have expected this
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Liam @www.maroonobserver.com · 19/09/2026
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Liam @www.maroonobserver.com · 19/09/2026
Technically any river in Queensland can be crocodile inhabited. They were here first.
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Liam @www.maroonobserver.com · 19/09/2026
What a pair of paragraphs. Only the best and brightest rise to the top in this country.
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Liam @www.maroonobserver.com · 19/09/2026
I think I may have slightly overestimated the NRLW knights.
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whet moser @whetmoser.com · 18/09/2026
dudes rock www.nytimes.com/2026/09/18/w...
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Can Two Friends Complete a Game No One Has Ever Finished? (Gift Article)
The Campaign for North Africa, a staggeringly complicated World War II board game, has stymied players for decades. Now two guys in England are giving it a serious go.
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Rugby League Writers @rugbyleaguewriters.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
Roosters v Sharks Unlike other Master v Apprentice coaching head-to-heads that can often be played out between two teams adopting similar styles, Fitzgibbon has created something statistically different at the Cronulla-Sutherland Sharks. www.rugbyleaguewriters.com/p/nrl-notepa...
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NRL Notepad: Roosters v Sharks Preview
The Notepad breaks down what is important heading into the upcoming round of the 2026 NRL Season.
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Liam @www.maroonobserver.com · 18/09/2026
What a finals series kayo is having
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Liam @www.maroonobserver.com · 18/09/2026
quiet part out loud, etc
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