Ben Quagliata
@benquagliata.bsky.social
Amateur sports writer and podcaster. Mainly write about NRL and basketball over on Substack, podcast on Beyond The Fence.
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NRL | https://www.beyondthegoalpost.com/
General | https://beyondthefence.com.au
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Ben Quagliata
@benquagliata.bsky.social
· Aug 25
Copping a miracle to the face
Some closure for Bathurst
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Don't say I never say anything nice about the Canberra Raiders
www.beyondthegoalpost.com/p/copping-a-miracle-to-the-face
www.beyondthegoalpost.com/p/copping-a-miracle-to-the-face
New (and overdue) footy newsletter now live.
General thoughts on Kangaroos vs. England game one, the general connectedness of the side, and some (to be kind) shambolic refereeing.
Read, subscribe, share etc.
www.beyondthegoalpost.com/p/you-have-to-be-quicker
General thoughts on Kangaroos vs. England game one, the general connectedness of the side, and some (to be kind) shambolic refereeing.
Read, subscribe, share etc.
www.beyondthegoalpost.com/p/you-have-to-be-quicker
You have to be quicker
First Ashes Test thoughts
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October 27, 2025 at 6:47 AM
New (and overdue) footy newsletter now live.
General thoughts on Kangaroos vs. England game one, the general connectedness of the side, and some (to be kind) shambolic refereeing.
Read, subscribe, share etc.
www.beyondthegoalpost.com/p/you-have-to-be-quicker
General thoughts on Kangaroos vs. England game one, the general connectedness of the side, and some (to be kind) shambolic refereeing.
Read, subscribe, share etc.
www.beyondthegoalpost.com/p/you-have-to-be-quicker
Don't say I never say anything nice about the Canberra Raiders
www.beyondthegoalpost.com/p/copping-a-miracle-to-the-face
www.beyondthegoalpost.com/p/copping-a-miracle-to-the-face
Copping a miracle to the face
Some closure for Bathurst
www.beyondthegoalpost.com
August 25, 2025 at 10:56 PM
Don't say I never say anything nice about the Canberra Raiders
www.beyondthegoalpost.com/p/copping-a-miracle-to-the-face
www.beyondthegoalpost.com/p/copping-a-miracle-to-the-face
Exploring the concept of defection and what the Kangaroos jersey actually represents, latest newsletter now live
www.beyondthegoalpost.com/p/what-do-the-kangaroos-represent
www.beyondthegoalpost.com/p/what-do-the-kangaroos-represent
What do the Kangaroos represent?
Selection fights and Origin threats
www.beyondthegoalpost.com
July 24, 2025 at 7:18 AM
Exploring the concept of defection and what the Kangaroos jersey actually represents, latest newsletter now live
www.beyondthegoalpost.com/p/what-do-the-kangaroos-represent
www.beyondthegoalpost.com/p/what-do-the-kangaroos-represent
Been tinkering with a theory over the last couple of weeks that I'm ready to present to the masses.
Is Isaiya Katoa the best "ball-handler" in the NRL?
Check it out and share if you enjoy it.
www.beyondthegoalpost.com/p/isaiya-katoas-and1-mixtape
Is Isaiya Katoa the best "ball-handler" in the NRL?
Check it out and share if you enjoy it.
www.beyondthegoalpost.com/p/isaiya-katoas-and1-mixtape
Isaiya Katoa's AND1 Mixtape
Is the Dolphins prodigy the league's best ball handler?
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July 1, 2025 at 7:19 AM
Been tinkering with a theory over the last couple of weeks that I'm ready to present to the masses.
Is Isaiya Katoa the best "ball-handler" in the NRL?
Check it out and share if you enjoy it.
www.beyondthegoalpost.com/p/isaiya-katoas-and1-mixtape
Is Isaiya Katoa the best "ball-handler" in the NRL?
Check it out and share if you enjoy it.
www.beyondthegoalpost.com/p/isaiya-katoas-and1-mixtape
The Blues played the worst 30 mins I've seen and still had more than enough opportunity to win Origin II
Making mass changes off the back of Perth is a mistake and reaffirms all the old narratives
www.beyondthegoalpost.com/p/mass-chang...
Making mass changes off the back of Perth is a mistake and reaffirms all the old narratives
www.beyondthegoalpost.com/p/mass-chang...
Mass changes for mass panic
It's time to not fall into the age-old trap
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June 19, 2025 at 1:48 AM
The Blues played the worst 30 mins I've seen and still had more than enough opportunity to win Origin II
Making mass changes off the back of Perth is a mistake and reaffirms all the old narratives
www.beyondthegoalpost.com/p/mass-chang...
Making mass changes off the back of Perth is a mistake and reaffirms all the old narratives
www.beyondthegoalpost.com/p/mass-chang...
Reposted by Ben Quagliata
A wooden gate against a rolling stone
Origin I thoughts
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May 29, 2025 at 5:29 AM
Had some thoughts on last night's game, including Payne Haas and Isaah Yeo working in concert and Queensland's shambolic left edge.
May 29, 2025 at 5:29 AM
Had some thoughts on last night's game, including Payne Haas and Isaah Yeo working in concert and Queensland's shambolic left edge.
Reposted by Ben Quagliata
Tried something different for the newsletter this week, and tapped into my inner Chaucer.
A poem about futility, despair, hope, Stockholm Syndrome and most importantly...the 2025 Newcastle Knights.
(Full link below)
A poem about futility, despair, hope, Stockholm Syndrome and most importantly...the 2025 Newcastle Knights.
(Full link below)
May 20, 2025 at 9:10 AM
Tried something different for the newsletter this week, and tapped into my inner Chaucer.
A poem about futility, despair, hope, Stockholm Syndrome and most importantly...the 2025 Newcastle Knights.
(Full link below)
A poem about futility, despair, hope, Stockholm Syndrome and most importantly...the 2025 Newcastle Knights.
(Full link below)
Tried something different for the newsletter this week, and tapped into my inner Chaucer.
A poem about futility, despair, hope, Stockholm Syndrome and most importantly...the 2025 Newcastle Knights.
(Full link below)
A poem about futility, despair, hope, Stockholm Syndrome and most importantly...the 2025 Newcastle Knights.
(Full link below)
May 20, 2025 at 9:10 AM
Tried something different for the newsletter this week, and tapped into my inner Chaucer.
A poem about futility, despair, hope, Stockholm Syndrome and most importantly...the 2025 Newcastle Knights.
(Full link below)
A poem about futility, despair, hope, Stockholm Syndrome and most importantly...the 2025 Newcastle Knights.
(Full link below)
Wasn't going to do Origin squad analysis but had too many thoughts rattling around my brain to not do one.
My brain dump of thoughts on both teams here, check it out and subscribe.
(It was meant to be short, hence "snackbox". It was not short.)
beyondthegoalpost.com/p/snackbox-origin-teams-are-in
My brain dump of thoughts on both teams here, check it out and subscribe.
(It was meant to be short, hence "snackbox". It was not short.)
beyondthegoalpost.com/p/snackbox-origin-teams-are-in
SNACKBOX: Origin teams are in
Quick thoughts on both state squads
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May 19, 2025 at 7:20 AM
Wasn't going to do Origin squad analysis but had too many thoughts rattling around my brain to not do one.
My brain dump of thoughts on both teams here, check it out and subscribe.
(It was meant to be short, hence "snackbox". It was not short.)
beyondthegoalpost.com/p/snackbox-origin-teams-are-in
My brain dump of thoughts on both teams here, check it out and subscribe.
(It was meant to be short, hence "snackbox". It was not short.)
beyondthegoalpost.com/p/snackbox-origin-teams-are-in
This side may come true by virtue of everyone I didn't pick getting injured
If you have a spare ten minutes, I've put together the NSW side I'd pick for Game 1 and tried to validate my choices along the way.
Please read, and then complain, and maybe even subscribe?
www.beyondthegoalpost.com/p/bonus-lozplaying-as-a-selector
Please read, and then complain, and maybe even subscribe?
www.beyondthegoalpost.com/p/bonus-lozplaying-as-a-selector
BONUS: Lozplaying as a selector
Sorry for the pun
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May 17, 2025 at 3:37 AM
This side may come true by virtue of everyone I didn't pick getting injured
Reposted by Ben Quagliata
If you have a spare ten minutes, I've put together the NSW side I'd pick for Game 1 and tried to validate my choices along the way.
Please read, and then complain, and maybe even subscribe?
www.beyondthegoalpost.com/p/bonus-lozplaying-as-a-selector
Please read, and then complain, and maybe even subscribe?
www.beyondthegoalpost.com/p/bonus-lozplaying-as-a-selector
BONUS: Lozplaying as a selector
Sorry for the pun
www.beyondthegoalpost.com
May 16, 2025 at 7:52 AM
If you have a spare ten minutes, I've put together the NSW side I'd pick for Game 1 and tried to validate my choices along the way.
Please read, and then complain, and maybe even subscribe?
www.beyondthegoalpost.com/p/bonus-lozplaying-as-a-selector
Please read, and then complain, and maybe even subscribe?
www.beyondthegoalpost.com/p/bonus-lozplaying-as-a-selector
If you have a spare ten minutes, I've put together the NSW side I'd pick for Game 1 and tried to validate my choices along the way.
Please read, and then complain, and maybe even subscribe?
www.beyondthegoalpost.com/p/bonus-lozplaying-as-a-selector
Please read, and then complain, and maybe even subscribe?
www.beyondthegoalpost.com/p/bonus-lozplaying-as-a-selector
BONUS: Lozplaying as a selector
Sorry for the pun
www.beyondthegoalpost.com
May 16, 2025 at 7:52 AM
If you have a spare ten minutes, I've put together the NSW side I'd pick for Game 1 and tried to validate my choices along the way.
Please read, and then complain, and maybe even subscribe?
www.beyondthegoalpost.com/p/bonus-lozplaying-as-a-selector
Please read, and then complain, and maybe even subscribe?
www.beyondthegoalpost.com/p/bonus-lozplaying-as-a-selector
New newsletter, including some jumbled thoughts on the Bears and my experience living in an expansion market for other sports.
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Westward expansion and a Tasmanian case study
The North Sydney Sandgropers
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May 13, 2025 at 7:04 AM
New newsletter, including some jumbled thoughts on the Bears and my experience living in an expansion market for other sports.
open.substack.com/pub/beyondth...
open.substack.com/pub/beyondth...
Reposted by Ben Quagliata
No, the way Luai, Koroisau and Turuva left the Panthers is not the same as what's happening with Galvin now #NRL
www.beyondthegoalpost.com/p/false-equivalences
www.beyondthegoalpost.com/p/false-equivalences
False equivalences
More opinions on rugby league's latest soap opera
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April 17, 2025 at 4:24 AM
No, the way Luai, Koroisau and Turuva left the Panthers is not the same as what's happening with Galvin now #NRL
www.beyondthegoalpost.com/p/false-equivalences
www.beyondthegoalpost.com/p/false-equivalences
No, the way Luai, Koroisau and Turuva left the Panthers is not the same as what's happening with Galvin now #NRL
www.beyondthegoalpost.com/p/false-equivalences
www.beyondthegoalpost.com/p/false-equivalences
False equivalences
More opinions on rugby league's latest soap opera
www.beyondthegoalpost.com
April 17, 2025 at 4:24 AM
No, the way Luai, Koroisau and Turuva left the Panthers is not the same as what's happening with Galvin now #NRL
www.beyondthegoalpost.com/p/false-equivalences
www.beyondthegoalpost.com/p/false-equivalences
Reposted by Ben Quagliata
With Payne Haas considering Samoa over the Kangaroos, you know I had to re-hash my thoughts on international rugby league and the separation of Origin.
www.beyondthegoalpost.com/p/bonus-doing-the-international-hokey
www.beyondthegoalpost.com/p/bonus-doing-the-international-hokey
BONUS: Doing the international hokey pokey one more time
Is Newcastle in Samoa?
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April 3, 2025 at 6:57 AM
With Payne Haas considering Samoa over the Kangaroos, you know I had to re-hash my thoughts on international rugby league and the separation of Origin.
www.beyondthegoalpost.com/p/bonus-doing-the-international-hokey
www.beyondthegoalpost.com/p/bonus-doing-the-international-hokey
With Payne Haas considering Samoa over the Kangaroos, you know I had to re-hash my thoughts on international rugby league and the separation of Origin.
www.beyondthegoalpost.com/p/bonus-doing-the-international-hokey
www.beyondthegoalpost.com/p/bonus-doing-the-international-hokey
BONUS: Doing the international hokey pokey one more time
Is Newcastle in Samoa?
www.beyondthegoalpost.com
April 3, 2025 at 6:57 AM
With Payne Haas considering Samoa over the Kangaroos, you know I had to re-hash my thoughts on international rugby league and the separation of Origin.
www.beyondthegoalpost.com/p/bonus-doing-the-international-hokey
www.beyondthegoalpost.com/p/bonus-doing-the-international-hokey
Reposted by Ben Quagliata
Set my level of panic re: Penrith to 'mildly ruffled,' to be reviewed at a later date.
This week's newsletter 👇
www.beyondthegoalpost.com/p/the-dinghy-of-theseus
This week's newsletter 👇
www.beyondthegoalpost.com/p/the-dinghy-of-theseus
The Dinghy of Theseus
The mythical premiers are showing signs of humanity
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April 1, 2025 at 6:25 AM
Set my level of panic re: Penrith to 'mildly ruffled,' to be reviewed at a later date.
This week's newsletter 👇
www.beyondthegoalpost.com/p/the-dinghy-of-theseus
This week's newsletter 👇
www.beyondthegoalpost.com/p/the-dinghy-of-theseus
Set my level of panic re: Penrith to 'mildly ruffled,' to be reviewed at a later date.
This week's newsletter 👇
www.beyondthegoalpost.com/p/the-dinghy-of-theseus
This week's newsletter 👇
www.beyondthegoalpost.com/p/the-dinghy-of-theseus
The Dinghy of Theseus
The mythical premiers are showing signs of humanity
www.beyondthegoalpost.com
April 1, 2025 at 6:25 AM
Set my level of panic re: Penrith to 'mildly ruffled,' to be reviewed at a later date.
This week's newsletter 👇
www.beyondthegoalpost.com/p/the-dinghy-of-theseus
This week's newsletter 👇
www.beyondthegoalpost.com/p/the-dinghy-of-theseus
Reposted by Ben Quagliata
Daly Cherry-Evans broke up with Manly on live television and it was very funny but also a little sad, but also very funny so...
Latest newsletter (which hit subscribers inboxes yesterday morning) 👇
#NRL
www.beyondthegoalpost.com/p/maury-sea-eagles
Latest newsletter (which hit subscribers inboxes yesterday morning) 👇
#NRL
www.beyondthegoalpost.com/p/maury-sea-eagles
Maury Sea Eagles
Daly Cherry-Evans doesn't want to play for Manly in 2026
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March 26, 2025 at 6:24 AM
Daly Cherry-Evans broke up with Manly on live television and it was very funny but also a little sad, but also very funny so...
Latest newsletter (which hit subscribers inboxes yesterday morning) 👇
#NRL
www.beyondthegoalpost.com/p/maury-sea-eagles
Latest newsletter (which hit subscribers inboxes yesterday morning) 👇
#NRL
www.beyondthegoalpost.com/p/maury-sea-eagles
Daly Cherry-Evans broke up with Manly on live television and it was very funny but also a little sad, but also very funny so...
Latest newsletter (which hit subscribers inboxes yesterday morning) 👇
#NRL
www.beyondthegoalpost.com/p/maury-sea-eagles
Latest newsletter (which hit subscribers inboxes yesterday morning) 👇
#NRL
www.beyondthegoalpost.com/p/maury-sea-eagles
Maury Sea Eagles
Daly Cherry-Evans doesn't want to play for Manly in 2026
www.beyondthegoalpost.com
March 26, 2025 at 6:24 AM
Daly Cherry-Evans broke up with Manly on live television and it was very funny but also a little sad, but also very funny so...
Latest newsletter (which hit subscribers inboxes yesterday morning) 👇
#NRL
www.beyondthegoalpost.com/p/maury-sea-eagles
Latest newsletter (which hit subscribers inboxes yesterday morning) 👇
#NRL
www.beyondthegoalpost.com/p/maury-sea-eagles
Reposted by Ben Quagliata
Have you ever dreamed of paying for 4 different streaming services to watch a Titans vs. Dragons matchup?
Your dreams are closer than you think!
Bonus newsletter 👇
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Your dreams are closer than you think!
Bonus newsletter 👇
open.substack.com/pub/beyondth...
BONUS: Cannibalization of eyeballs
Media deals? Media deals!
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March 20, 2025 at 9:37 PM
Have you ever dreamed of paying for 4 different streaming services to watch a Titans vs. Dragons matchup?
Your dreams are closer than you think!
Bonus newsletter 👇
open.substack.com/pub/beyondth...
Your dreams are closer than you think!
Bonus newsletter 👇
open.substack.com/pub/beyondth...
Have you ever dreamed of paying for 4 different streaming services to watch a Titans vs. Dragons matchup?
Your dreams are closer than you think!
Bonus newsletter 👇
open.substack.com/pub/beyondth...
Your dreams are closer than you think!
Bonus newsletter 👇
open.substack.com/pub/beyondth...
BONUS: Cannibalization of eyeballs
Media deals? Media deals!
open.substack.com
March 20, 2025 at 9:37 PM
Have you ever dreamed of paying for 4 different streaming services to watch a Titans vs. Dragons matchup?
Your dreams are closer than you think!
Bonus newsletter 👇
open.substack.com/pub/beyondth...
Your dreams are closer than you think!
Bonus newsletter 👇
open.substack.com/pub/beyondth...
Reposted by Ben Quagliata
For this week’s newsletter, the plague of scrutiny is finally catching up to the Cowboys
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Life at the outpost
Media is starting to realise the Cowboys exist
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March 18, 2025 at 5:39 AM
For this week’s newsletter, the plague of scrutiny is finally catching up to the Cowboys
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