Random Thursday night AFL game. What’s all that about? And Queensland lost State of Origin 2. Fair and square. Short rounds again. NRL (last round 1/4; season tally 53/103) Manly Canberra New Zealand Canterbury Newcastle Brisbane Easts AFL (last round 4/6; season tally 66/102) Hawthorn West Coast Port Adelaide North Melbourne Western Bulldogs Geelong
Four out of eight is about par for NRL. Seven out of nine in the AFL includes one genuine upset and one inconsistent team having an ‘on’ week. Both competitions have shortened rounds this weekend. The NRL are accommodating the second State Of Origin game, the AFL are letting their fans get a couple of …
Five out of seven might be an NRL record. Probably should have picked Easts. Oh well. The AFL had a four close games go the wrong way, sigh. NRL (last round 5/7; season tally 48/91) Brisbane Wests Newcastle (at home) Souths Melbourne Easts Saint George North Queensland AFL (last round 5/9; season tally 51/81) Fremantle …
So, the NRL threw up three upsets out of four last weekend, but got the right result in one of the only three games that matters each year. Thanks, Queensland. The AFL is still giving us the odd inexplicable loss. Port Adelaide seem to have forgotten how to win, but Melbourne might be starting to …
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