Rugby League is undoubtedly the greatest game of all. To say that I miss it is a huge understatement.
I miss the tries, the big hits, the crowds, the jerseys, even the referee errors. I miss literally everything about it.
That said, not even League has it exactly right.
Unfortunately, league is rather prone to a scandal. Some hilarious, some ridiculous and some unfortunately serious and life changing.
We take a look at 10 of the biggest Rugby League controversies and scandals of the century.
For obvious reasons, we'll avoid specifics where they're not 100 per cent well known.
Here is our top 10...
1. Melbourne Storm 2 Books
This was the largest scandal in Rugby League history as far as I'm concerned and has such extended reaches that there are literally NRL seasons with no winners as a result.
From 2006 until 2010, the Melbourne Storm cheated the salary cap by paying players outside of the salary cap. They went as far as to produce two completely separate books.
In 2009 and 2010, they paid players over a million dollars more than the salary cap. This helped explain how they put together the most untouchable and dominant team in modern day Rugby League.
We all wondered how they could afford the likes of Smith, Inglis, Folau and co. with that ridiculous supporting cast. Turns out that they couldn't.
There hasn't been a game since the penalties were handed down where this hasn't been referenced by those in the stands. Its something that is likely to follow the club for as long as this generation is around.
To say this put the NRL in a negative light is a monster understatement. To this day, there are still 'no Winner' plated on the NRL title and in the record books.
