Welcome to Australian sport where the terms ‘home’ and ‘away’ could mean anything this week. (Draws count as correct) NRL (last round 5/8; season tally 81/116) Melbourne Saint George Penrith Manly Canberra North Queensland Cronulla Souths AFL (last round 5/9; season tally 79/126) Richmond Geelong Melbourne Brisbane Fremantle Port Adelaide Sydney Saint Kilda Western Bulldogs

The NRL goes into a weekend hiatus to accomodate the second State of Origin game on Sunday night. How conditions will be in both QLD or NSW for the resumption is anybody’s guess. It’s always nice to think Queensland could win, but short of the NSW squad having to go in isolation I don’t know …

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