AFL Round 19 Preview
Don’t think they’ll be so chummy this weekend! Another week and more news develops in the Essendon drugs saga. When will this ever end I can hear you say? Hopefully before the finals is all I’ll say....
View ArticleAFL Round 20 Preview
Jeremy Cameron: Fired up after GWS’s first win for the season What a crazy round we just had, possibly the Best Showdown finish ever played out in Adelaide, the Bulldogs almost out-Sydneyed Sydney,...
View ArticleNRL Round 22 Tips
Match of the Round Friday night, Storm v Rabbitohs We start this week’s preview with something I see as an inevitable but still sad move to drop the Indigenous all-stars match. Now the options are...
View ArticleNRL Round 23 Preview
Sam Burgess. Squirrel tackle. Need I explain further the biggest newspoint this week!! As anyone that follows me knows, I like a good talking point. True or false I still like to hear the news, and...
View ArticleAFL Round 21 Preview
Joint Brownlow Medalists, both key to the big stories this week Another hectic week in the AFL, highlighted by the ongoing dramas at Essendon as 4 of their senior staff were charged of ‘conduct...
View ArticleAFL Round 22 Preview (rushed)
Onto this week’s round, we start Friday night at the MCG with what looks like a one-sided affair as the Pies host the Eagles. Collingwood had been in some good form before running into a strong Hawks...
View ArticleRugby Championship Week 2 brief Preview
So here we are at the start of the second round of Championship games, the Australians head across the ditch to Wellington, and the South Africans travel around the world to Mendoza in Argentina to...
View ArticleAFL Finals Preview
So here we are, September. It’s what makes and breaks careers and seasons. It’s all those things the AFL ads say it is, plus more. So much more it will be the first finals were the 9th place team takes...
View ArticleBrownlow Medal (very brief preview)
Can the Sun of God win the Brownlow again? The Brownlow has recently been very much a midfielders medal, 19 of the last 20 roughly. This reflects where the umpires, those who make the vote, spend most...
View ArticleQuick #AFLGF bets
Hosting a BBQ at home so very rushed here, but these are my bets for today. Feel free to follow or ridicule me!! Twitter has spoken, appears the Freo fan base is string on the interwebs, and many...
View ArticleI’m no expert…But here’s what I think of The Cup
Today is the day, a public holiday for Melbournians for punting, and Christmas for gamblers across the nation. The cliche is the Melbourne Cup is the race that stops the nation, I’d be more inclined...
View Article#Ashes: Australian’s with more Questions than Answers
I’m stunned. Two stats were pointed out to me during the week that I couldn’t believe. Firstly, Australia hasn’t lost at the Gabba since I’ve been alive, it’s been Australia’s most successful Test...
View Article#Ashes Chalk & Cheese
Australia will walk out onto the ‘New’ Adelaide Oval this week in a position that they have often found themselves over the past 25years: 1-nil up in the series. Although this time, it was not just...
View Article2014 #SuperRugby Previews: Australia Conference
From the extremes of a cold chilly Waikato, to the dry hot as hell Perth, and the beautiful beaches of Cape Town, and everywhere in between, welcome back to the best Rugby comp in the world, Super...
View Article2014 #SuperRugby Previews: South African Conference
Now that I have your attention….welcome to my South African conference preview, where unfortunately that’s the only pic of an attractive cheerleader you’ll find here. Not that there aren’t any more...
View Article2014 #SuperRugby previews: NZ conference
It’s now time to look over the final 5 teams in the Super Rugby competition from the shakey isles of NZ, and also time to hit Google in search of the right Maori phrase to use here. And I’ve come up...
View Article#SuperRugby Rd 2
Catching like a boss…sort of….not really For those that are only getting the hype of Super Rugby now, it actually Sunday morning in the wee hours so thats ok, you may have missed it. For a quick...
View Article#SuperRugby Rd 4 (part 1)
Round 3 was definitely an eye opener, leaving us with many questions: How good are the Rebels, Waratahs, Chiefs, Sharks and Blues who all scored strong victories? How poor were the Reds & Cheetahs,...
View Article#SuperRugby Rd 4 (part 2)
Last night didn’t exactly go to plan, the Brumbies were more convincing winners than the 8point margin suggests, and the Reds & Cheetahs put on a belter at Suncorp. A late Canes try managed to get...
View Article#SuperRugby Rd 5 (part 1)
Chiefs v Stormers We start this round in Hamilton as the undefeated defending premiers the Chiefs host the Stormers, in what should be all one way traffic. The bookies have the home side as $1.30 faves...
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