The AFL show the NRL how a round of football should work. It won’t happen again this weekend, though. NRL (last round 3/8; season tally 27/56) Canterbury New Zealand North Queensland Easts Melbourne Brisbane Cronulla Souths AFL (last round 9/9; season tally 18/27) Richmond Carlton Essendon Greater Western Sydney Hawthorn Sydney West Coast North Melbourne …

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So, where were we? AFL needs another week or two for everything to settle down. Apparently five was reasonable last week. NRL. Yeah. I still got nothing with the NRL. NRL (last round 4/8; season tally 24/48) Canterbury Brisbane Gold Coast North Queensland Easts Wests Newcastle Souths AFL (last round 5/9; season tally 9/18) Collingwood …

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NRL were back to their old tricks again last week. In particular Manly, Easts, Newcastle and Paramatta should sit in the naughty corner. Interesting first round of AFL games. Not much to tell after only one game, but maybe Adelaide aren’t rubbish. More likely that North Melbourne are still pretenders. NRL (last round 3/8; season …

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NRL, there’s a difference between evenness and wildly inconsistent. This weekend sees the return of AFL, where they’re doubtless happy to just change the subject to footy. NRL (last round 2/8; season tally 17/32) Souths Brisbane Manly Newcastle Easts Paramatta Melbourne Penrith AFL Richmond Gold Coast Sydney Brisbane West Coast Greater Western Sydney North Melbourne …

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