Both competitions have waited till Friday to commence this round, so I took an extra day to post these. The NRL are having a weekend in Brisbane, the originator of the AFL’s recent round of games based in Adelaide and suburbs. The difference being a weekend where the weather is fine and the temperature is …
With Anzac Day on a Tuesday, starting the next round on Thursday makes it a quick turnaround for spectators, if not players. At least the AFL teams get one day more. Another average round of results, this week seems more clear cut, but that never turns out to be the case. (Draws count as correct) …
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 …
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