AFL begins their finals this weekend. NRL has continued long enough for Brisbane to fall out of the final eight. (Draws count as correct) NRL (last round 6/8; season tally 124/176) Melbourne Manly Easts Gold Coast Brisbane Penrith Cronulla Canberra AFL (last round 9/9; season tally 141/198) Richmond Melbourne Geelong Fremantle
AFL have their inexplicable pre-finals weekend off. This theoretically advantages the lower teams, but none of them are good enough to take advantage of it, although Fremantle and Richmond will like their chances, particularly Fremantle who I think are on the easier side of the finals draw. Sorry, Carlton, you weren’t good enough. NRL continues …
Final round for the AFL. Poor Carlton; yet their situation is in their own hands. If they win, they’ll play a final. They’ll even have the luxury of knowing what they need. I even noticed that I got nine out of nine last round. NRL bungles along. Final eight is settled. Top four settled too. …
Vale Paul Green. An unbelievably sad weekend (and weeks ahead) for the NRL, as it supports a grieving family and the personal grief of so many. Sunday’s game between Easts and North Queensland will be especially poignant, with Cronulla, Brisbane, and Parramatta’s games also reflecting his personal relationship with those clubs also. I’m sure the …
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