The Brisbane Lions are second on the AFL ladder after 18 rounds. Let that sink in. Regardless of what happens from here that pretty much wraps up coach of the year. And I was wrong about the Western Bulldogs and the ‘sack a coach’ winning ploy. I think any underdog team in a grand final …
Nothing much to report on this week. Coaching turnovers continue with one each in the AFL and NRL. I think there may be another in the AFL, but I think the NRL may be done. Then again the NRL teams that turned over coaches last year were not really down and out. And Brisbane have …
State of Origin is over for another year. Queensland acquitted themselves well, NSW deserved their favouritism, and I’m somewhat pleased for Mitchell Pierce. For some reason redemption stories appeal to me. There should be some cracking games in the years ahead. Back in regular NRL and AFL things now move toward the finals. I did …
State of Origin is usually a time when leading clubs slip due to representative players not being available. But that doesn’t seem to be as much a factor this year, due to both the general inconsistency of most sides and the fact that the lower teams are pretty woeful. AFL are already in a situation …
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