Greg Inglis

A great win by Webber, but it sure as hell wasn’t sport

by Dan Walsh

110
Fighting Assad one strongly worded statement at a time

by Tory Maguire

210
The woman with her head down trying to save Labor

by Malcolm Farr

310
Eurovision, the only game worth watching this weekend

by Anthony Sharwood

410
Some sensible thoughts to stop us losing to boozing

by The Punch Team

510
Five sparky ideas from a revolutionary talkfest

by Michelle Loh

610
Are you and your vitamins meant to be friends forever?

by Susie Burrell

710
Punch on: Open thread 28/05/2012

by The Punch Team

810
Abbott’s crass logic: trash the Parliament in order save it

by David Penberthy

910
Our special forces don’t always need special treatment

by Paul Toohey

1010

NRL shock: Greg Inglis may actually take the field in 2011

19 Aug 05:50am

Filed under: Greg Inglis, Nrl, Satire, Sport

In a major NRL bombshell, departing Melbourne Storm player Greg Inglis has hinted that he might actually play rugby league in 2011.

A rare image of Greg Inglis with a ball.

The star centre was snared last week by the Brisbane Broncos on media and sponsorship deals worth hundreds of thousands of dollars. But this website can exclusively reveal he is also set to take up a surprise playing role to the tune of $300,000 a year.

“Obviously my main priority will be the off-field stuff, especially my appearances on The Footy Show,” Inglis said. “Though whether I assume the role of the tryhard funny boofhead or the straight boofhead is still to be decided.

Continue reading "NRL shock: Greg Inglis may actually take the field in 2011" »

Latest 2 of 11 comments

View all comments

John says:

01:38pm | 20/08/10

One thing that is pellucidly clear to me - Inglis has had his finger on the button of exactly how much he would earn with the Broncos, which makes it entirely improbable that he did not know that he and players of his calibre were part of the Storm salary… Read more »
stephen says:

07:19pm | 19/08/10

Last week i bus-drove a load of Broncos members to Suncorp, and on the return run, after their team got done by the Eels (apt name), yer shoulda seen the long faces ! Mr Inglis, there’s one thing yer can do between now and then, and that’s handcuff Mr. Lockyer… Read more »

Add your comment

Facebook Recommendations

Read all about it

Punch live

Up to the minute Twitter chatter

penbo 28 May 12 06:12PM

@GreenJ lady boy.

penbo 28 May 12 06:07PM

@GreenJ how dare you even suggest such a thing. I'd love to blog from their traning session though about what a pack of toffs they are

antsharwood 28 May 12 04:50PM

RT @kellieconnolly: @penbo @antsharwood Not judging Hackett but to set the record straight again I had been asking 9 for a redundancy and left on good terms

penbo 28 May 12 04:01PM

Feisty piece by @antsharwood leading http://t.co/5WsLF5Pf on how ch 9 can punt spiteri connolly rowe but not the delightful grant hackett

See all tweets

Nosebleed Section

choice ringside rantings

From: They must pay for one’s bitter disappointments

Michael S says:

"A teacher at Geelong Grammar had criticised her for using words that were too long, which had left her confused and had made her doubt her ability to write essays. She became ''quite distressed'' when her English marks began to fall." I can sympathise. My scholastic mentors conveyed to me a causal relationship… [read more]

From: Welfare for breeders is a bonus for everyone

Change Up! says:

I have no problem paying my taxes. As a single, childless person on a very decent income, I can afford it and not have my life severely altered. Plus I understand that my taxes paying for things like schools, childcare and infrastructure is ultimately a good thing. A better community is better for me… [read more]