The Prospector saw the unimaginable played out at AAMI Park before moving on to offer us an educational experience, shining his miner’s lamp on variations of the saying ‘hold my beer’. And there’s room also to contemplate the question ‘When is your best team not your best team?’
2026 NRL – The Prospector’s Pickaxe: “Hold my trophy while I kiss your girlfriend”
April 16, 2026 by 1 Comment
2026 NRL – The Prospector’s Pickaxe: Random Souths Guy
April 9, 2026 by 5 Comments
The Prospector dug up a good ‘un when he gave a lift to a ‘random Souths guy’ recently.
2026 NRL – The Prospector’s Pickaxe: NRL is an 80-minute game. Or is it?
April 2, 2026 by 2 Comments
The Prospector swings his pickaxe at the illusion of rugby league being an 80 minute game. It’s not, but how can we make it closer to that goal without causing too much collateral damage?
2026 NRL – The Prospector’s Pickaxe: A retrospective Draft, Poms, Defectors and Zac.
March 26, 2026 by 8 Comments
The Prospector goes into hindsight mode to offer a vision of where certain players might be now if the NRL used a Draft system for those born since 1999. Get your teeth into this!
2026 NRL – The Prospector’s Pickaxe: Expansion
March 12, 2026 by 8 Comments
The Prospector mines the ‘expansion’ question this week to see if he can find enough top level talent to make the next two NRL teams both viable and competitive. Plus, there’s a trivia question.
NRL 2026 – The Prospector’s Pickaxe: 1976 to 2026 – ‘it’s a long way to the top’.
March 5, 2026 by 3 Comments
The Prospector digs into the past to revisit the state of the code in both Queensland and NSW in 1976. Let’s just say that the game today would have been unimaginable to the folk of those days!
NRL 2026 – The Prospector’s Pickaxe: Hope and Harsh Realities
February 26, 2026 by 6 Comments
The Prospector joins our bunch of merry rugby league men who will bring you a wide coverage of the code this season. To get the ball rolling, he offers a brutal reality check to balance the standard guff all teams bring to the start of the year. (Welcome aboard, Prospector! – Ed.)
2025 NRL Grand Final Review: Great Heights
October 9, 2025 by 4 Comments
The Prospector was there to see the Broncos corral the Storm. This was his perspective from the great heights of the grandstand.
2025 NRL Grand Final – Why the Broncos will win
October 2, 2025 by 6 Comments
By invitation, The Prospector returns to tell us why he thinks the Brisbane Broncos will beat the Melbourne Storm in Sunday’s NRL Grand Final.
2025 NRL Finals, Week 3 – Prop’s proxy, The Prospector: You gotta love footy!
September 25, 2025 by 4 Comments
In his final contribution before Prop by the Sea returns to duty next week, The Prospector offers his thoughts on what will happen in Week 3 of the 2025 NRL finals series. (Warm and sincere thanks to you, Mark, for fitting into this role – it’s as if it was made for you! – Ed.)
NRL Finals Week 2 – Prop’s proxy, The Prospector: You gotta love footy!
September 18, 2025 by 9 Comments
The Prospector reports on Prop’s overseas meanderings before casting his eye over Week 2 of the 2025 NRL finals.
NRL 2025 Finals, Week 1 – Prop’s proxy, The Prospector: You gotta love footy!
September 11, 2025 by 7 Comments
Prop by the Sea’s entourage has moved on to the Emerald Isle while The Prospector has had two weeks of solid tipping. Here are his thoughts for Week 1 of the NRL Finals.
NRL Round 27 – Prop’s proxy, The Prospector: You gotta love footy!
September 4, 2025 by 8 Comments
The Prospector offers his thoughts on the last round of the NRL while Prop by the Sea ventures to the Emerald Isle via the Persian Gulf.
2026 NRL – The Prospector’s Pickaxe: ‘Let’s move on’, Wayne, ‘The Wok’ and ‘The Old Fox’
Today The Prospector reflects on the styles and idiosyncrasies of several coaches and commentators from various eras.