The AFL competition is over for another year with Hawthorn providing a devastating demonstration of the axiom about champion teams playing teams of champions. And the value of simply being hardened. The NRL provides and intriguing competition between one team who had to battle to be allowed to stay in the competition and haven’t won …
The AFL has given us a Grand Final worthy of a season decider: two worthy teams and no sure favourite. Sydney are favourites, more due to their list than anything. I’m going with Hawthorn, mostly because I don’t like the notion that Sydney have managed to buy a premiership. In the NRL, the two teams …
Splendidly unexpected results with the AFL last week. Mostly predictable results in the NRL, with only one real upset. This week I’m continuing to pick favourites hoping they’ll lose. NRL (last round 2/4; season tally 114/198) Easts (North Queensland are due for some luck, though) Manly AFL (last round 0/2; season tally 141/204) Sydney Hawthorn
Well, AFL finals week one provided no surprises, and I expect none in week two. (Though I have bit of a soft spot for both Port Adelaide and North Melbourne) The last round of NRL was as erratic as the whole year. Not expecting any real upsets this weekend, though I’m going for Souths over …
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