NRL Round 23 – Prop by the Sea: You gotta love footy!

Like many punters, Prop by the Sea is keen to see what the Broncos are made of when they front up to the Storm in Melbourne tonight. That’s just one of several interesting NRL clashes this weekend.

NRL Round 22 – Prop by the Sea: You gotta love footy!

Prop by the Sea took a few risks with his tips last week and came away empty handed. He’s looking for safer territory this week as he nominates several teams who have their season on the line.

NRL Round 21 – Prop by the Sea: You gotta love footy!

Prop by the Sea maintained his position on the footy tipping ladder but was rather less successful on the nags. You gotta love the punt!

NRL Round 20 – Prop by the Sea: You gotta love footy!

Prop by the Sea is living contentedly in a Maroon world. He’s a hard man to contain.

State of Origin 3: A Queensland gathering at the Tanunda Club (Part 1)

A dozen or so Queenslanders walk into a bar…A pensive, then happy, then raucous lot.

NRL Round 19 (and Origin predictions) – Prop by the Sea: You gotta love footy!

Prop has a look back at Round 18 and previews Round 19 but leaves his most detailed analysis for Origin 3, coming up with an approach for the Queenslanders to win a game which has the potential to enter rugby league mythology.

NRL Round 18 – Prop by the Sea: You gotta love footy!

Prop is writing about the NRL comp, but his mind is elsewhere: Origin 3. He reports on Round 17 and looks at this weekend’s matches.

NRL Round 17 – Prop by the Sea: You gotta love footy!

You have to ask: did Prop by the Sea have a hotline to Billy? [Close readers will have already pondered this – JTH]. He analyses Origin 2 and the recent NRL fixtures and has some predictions for Round 17.

NRL Round 16 – Prop by the Sea: You gotta love footy!

Prop by the Sea reports from Perth as he gets himself fired up for Origin II.

NRL Round 15 – Prop by the Sea: You gotta love footy!

Prop looks back at Round 14 and forward to Round 15 and gives it to old mate Grubby. [Enjoy Perth Prop – Ed]

NRL Round 14 – Prop by the Sea: You gotta love footy!

Prop by the Sea gives us his latest run down of the NRL. [Ripper line about Crabman – Ed]

NRL Round 13 (and State of Origin I) – Prop by the Sea: You gotta love footy!

Prop was at Origin I and has a few thoughts as he does for last week’s round and the fixtures coming up. He’s coming off a 0/5 tipping performance. [He’s not the only one – Ed]

NRL Round 12 – Prop by the Sea: You gotta love footy!

Prop analyses Round 11 and makes a few predictions for Round 12 with sides missing Origin players.

NRL Round 11 – Prop by the Sea: You gotta love footy!

Prop leaves the Pacific and heads to the inland sea, to Quilpie in the far south-west of Queensland, where he punts like a Watson, and takes in the superb football of Round 10.

NRL Round 10 – Prop by the Sea: You gotta love footy!

Prop is not by the sea this weekend, unless of course we’re talking about the inland seas, because he’s off to Quilpie. Those nostalgic about Queensland town names will enjoy this report.

NRL Round 9 – Prop by the Sea: You gotta love footy!

Prop by the Sea is losing touch with the tipping competition leaders but he’s still miles ahead of most of his coterie of collaborators. Let’s see what he makes of this week’s Magic Round in Brisbane.

NRL Round 8 – Prop by the Sea: You gotta love footy!

Prop by the Sea had, by his standards, a modest round of tipping last week (4/8) – but he was miles ahead of his mates. He’s hoping to bounce back to form this weekend. Here are his predictions.

NRL Round 7 – Prop by the Sea: You gotta love footy!

Prop by the Sea is on the spot with his analysis of NRL Round 6, even though he scored a modest 4/8 with his tips. Let’s see what he predicts for this weekend’s Round 7.

NRL Round 6 – Prop by the Sea: You gotta love footy!

Prop by the Sea is top of the Almanac NRL tipping ladder after a solid Round 5 where others struggled. Can he maintain his form in Round 6?

NRL Round 5 – Prop by the Sea: You gotta love footy!

Prop by the Sea tipped only three winners last week – but at least he kept his clothes on! He thinks he might regain a bit of lost ground this week.