Well, NSW proved too good for Queensland, but the regular seasons go on.
Got off to a good start in the NRL, but Paramatta won without their star, and Melbourne won without their best players as well.
The AFL was carnage which underlines there are really four, maybe five teams who are serious contenders, the rest are making up the numbers.
NRL (last round 3/5; season tally 59/104)
Canterbury
New Zealand
Manly
Melbourne
Gold Coast
North Queensland (with no conviction whatsoever)
AFL (last round 4/9; season tally 72/108)
Sydney
Port Adelaide
Hawthorn
Geelong
Fremantle
Adelaide
Carlton
West Coast
North Melbourne
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