Adelaide have paid a lot of money in order to host more Gather Rounds in future years. Of some interest is that all the non-Melboure based teams won games (except Gold Coast), and the two Melbourne based winners beat Melbourne based teams. Overall results were about average. Curiously four of last year’s top eight teams …
The AFL are providing giving Melbourne a reason to wallow in misery by conducting the entire round of games in Adelaide. Brisbane and Sydney won’t even notice. The city of Adelaide are committed to going to watch a bunch of games they couldn’t care less about because they need to prove the whole weekend is …
Only a few years ago the thought that Geelong versus Hawthorn being a game between 18th and 17th positions on the ladder would have been fanciful. As would the thought that Footscray would be 16th. Yet here we are. Everyone expects the NRL to wildly inconsistent, adjusting to the AFL emulating that state will take …
Things are sort of settling down in the NRL. The bye is an interesting variation. So far two teams have won and one team lost after their bye. It’s hard to discern a formline after only two games, but that doesn’t stop the AFL commentariat. It’s a long season, we’ll see how things progress. (Draws …
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