NRL was 50/50. Melbourne looking good. AFL apparently produced a perfect round of tips for the first time this year. I imagine lots of others got that result as well. NRL (last round 4/8; season tally 106/160) Souths Parramatta Brisbane Saint George Melbourne Penrith Canberra Manly AFL (last round 9/9; season tally 103/171) Greater Western …

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NRL tips continue to suffer odd hiccups. This week looks straight forward, but who knows? AFL only made Adelaide’s claim to favouritism dubious. NRL (last round 5/8; season tally 102/152) Parramatta Saint George Melbourne New Zealand (don’t know why) Brisbane Cronulla Easts Penrith AFL (last round 5/9; season tally 94/162) Sydney Greater Western Sydney Essendon …

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NRL tips were let down last round by the Lottoland Eagles. AFL demonstrate Port Adelaide are pretenders with a great draw. Adelaide are the real deal. Greater Western Sydney desperately need to get their A team on the park. Collingwood are trying to torture us about Nathan Buckley’s future. NRL (last round 7/8; season tally …

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I’ve left Captain Cook floating around New Zealand (it’s okay, I already know where he’ll be arriving in a couple of weeks) to read Mitchell Johnson’s autobiography, Resilent. There is much to admire about Johnson’s effort to come back from being written off as an international cricketer, a comeback that represented personal growth as much …

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