NRL’s home and away season concludes this weekend, while the AFL has a weekend off. It was unusual for the AFL to have the same teams in their top eight for what seemed like at least two-thirds of the season, maybe longer. I’m still expecting Gold Coast to fill the last place in the eight, …

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The final home and away round of AFL for 2016, along with the penultimate NRL round. The top eights of both comps seem settled, though there are many permutations of places in the AFL with results and percentages all important. For all my bleating about the NRL, all the teams currently in the top eight …

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Maybe I’m getting late season fatigue; tips feel pretty erratic at the moment. Oh well, at least I’m not the Australian Test Cricket team or the Australian Olympic Swim team. NRL (last round 3/8; season tally 107/170) Brisbane Penrith Gold Coast Melbourne North Queensland Canberra Easts Cronulla AFL (last round 5/9; season tally 126/180) Hawthorn …

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Ah, sports that people actually care about. Shocking round of tips in the NRL last week. I was having dinner on Saturday night, and reckoned anything under a one hundred point losing margin would be acceptable for Brisbane. Apparently even a 138 point margin flattered their performance. NRL (last round 3/8; season tally 104/162) Canterbury …

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