After posting a (dud) pick for North Queensland last night, here’s the rest of the week’s offerings. AFL was a bit of a disaster last week. Some upsets and speculations that didn’t work out make for a mess. (And Richmond). NRL seemed to be the start of the time of year where players are putting …

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Average round of results last week. An AFL draw, an upset, and Collingwood losing. And no loss in the NRL really qualifies as an upset anymore. Over half the teams in the NRL have a negative points differential and two teams are in the eight with negative win/loss records. Twelve teams out of eighteen have …

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So everything was going alright with the AFL until Sunday afternoon. Melbourne going down to St Kilda was fair enough, but Lance Franklin’s late withdrawal doesn’t fully explain Sydney’s capitulation. In the NRL, New Zealand and Canterbury rained on my parade with losses (partially justified with New Zealand losing their playmaking half-back), but both teams …

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