After a Summer of underwhelming cricket (further enervated by a Big Bash tournament that went on forever) NRL and AFL return. Of the two competitions NRL will be the more desperate for play to begin after an off-season of player scandals, and musical coaches (six out of sixteen clubs have new/different coaches, compared to no …

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Here we are. Another season of both football codes comes to an end. The NRL has proved itself to be a very even competition, though the inconsistency of teams is perplexing. The AFL has proved itself to have a small group of highly competitive teams, another small group of less reliably competitive teams, and a …

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As far as the AFL are concerned their grand final is on tonight, (sorry Melbourne). As far as the NRL are concerned their grand final might be on tomorrow night, as least as far as having two teams who represent the spiritual heart of the code playing are concerned. The only difference is that with …

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