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 …

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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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