Why aren’t they playing an NRL game at Kougari Oval? Why is wondering where the games will be played more interesting than the games themselves? (Draws count as correct) NRL (last round 7/8; season tally 113/160) Melbourne Penrith Easts Souths Wests Manly New Zealand Newcastle AFL (last round 5/9; season tally 110/180) Richmond Western Bulldogs …

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Who knows who’ll be playing, when they’ll be playing, or where they’ll be playing this weekend. Every one will have to watch on TV or listen on the radio, though (Draws count as correct) NRL (last round 4/8; season tally 106/152) Newcastle Canberra Souths Cronulla Penrith Melbourne Wests Gold Coast AFL (last round 5/9; season …

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No Olympics would be complete without a viewing of Chariots Of Fire. While it takes liberties with the historical facts, it does so for reasons of dramatic tension, not to radically misrepresent the character of those whose story it tells. The Olympics themselves seem obsessed with creating and feeding their self-narrative as an entity. Chariots …

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