Cucumber, tomato, avocado, shallot, corn, peach, black pepper, with a vietnamese dressing. Eaten with nachos.

Cucumber, tomato, avocado, shallot, corn, peach, black pepper, with a vietnamese dressing. Eaten with nachos.

With the AFL joining in the fun here’s a first proper home and away round in a long time, except for the New Zealand Warriors who are continuing to make an incredible investment in their efforts to keep their team involved in the NRL.
Feel a bit dudded by Souths not turning up last week, and pretty clearly Melbourne’s preparation did not seem to be hindered by the supposed uncertainty about Cameron Smith’s plans.
As for the AFL, who knows?
(Draws count as correct)
NRL (last round 7/8; season tally 7/8)
Melbourne
Newcastle
Brisbane
Penrith
Souths
North Queensland
Easts
Canberra
AFL (last round 0/0; season tally 0/0)
Richmond
Collingwood
Fremantle
Geelong
Hawthorn
Brisbane
Port Adelaide
Greater Western Sydney
West Coast
The bureau of meteorology have slightly adjusted the forecast for Saturday over the last 24 hours. This is today’s forecast for Saturday.

This was Saturday’s forecast from yesterday. it hasn’t changed much. Only a little bit. Let’s see what tomorrow brings.

Sparrow by Ashley McBryde, performed at the Grand Ole Opry.
Sparrow, oh, it wouldn’t trade nothing for the way it feels to fly
It ain’t fair though, how you miss the ground when you’re out here in the sky
Higher than you’ve ever been
Lonely like you never been
Waiting on the wind to take you home