Wrap - Malaysian Ticker Tape

1. Waratahs. A sensational result in a see sawing affair. At 30-29 up, there was that inevitability about a penalty and sure to rugby tradition...there it was 10 metres out and directly in front to the Crusaders. As a sad commentary on the game, the crowd was audibly willing a return penalty to NSW in the final moments of the game. Sure to rugby tradition - and in the full knowledge that the game is all about the ref's ability to discern the undescernible infringement - there it was...the winning penalty. Sad but true.

2. It's official. Australia is the best nation in world in swimming, shooting, lawn bowls and athletics. After all we are Commonwealth legends and gurus - undisputed world champions...cut up the ticker tape, dust off the words to God Save The Queen and bow to the faded print of her majesty at your local club. We're back.

3. Canberra. When will Ricky be punted? He can really lose the dressing room like no other. He may get a job looking for the lost Malaysian airliner because that is well and truly lost too. He has pretty much sent the signal that a spoon is good enough. Watch for Neil Henry to return home there.

4. Newcastle. they are a schemmozzle too. No thanks to the most injured duo in the NRL - Mullen and Gidley. Bennett cannot get out of there quick enough. However, he's happier than a dog with two dicks. Seemingly, no one else is.

5. Great to see English cricket stand up to India and refuse to yield to their whim (unlike James Sutherland and his cronies). James Anderson was exonerated and on with life we go on! There is a series to win there for the Poms. Set to be a cracker.

6. Warriors a smoky for the title. Also cannot go past Manly. Only Port, Hawthorn, Collingwood and Swans can win the AFL.

7. Interesting to see Pat Cummins has moved to the Sydney Thunder. He will be injured soon and miss the whole lot. Another great signing.

8. Sally Pearson. Good enough on the day, but no crushing time performance there. Lucky to be in the Olympic final. How about the goose coach? He lost the plot. Had the rest of them been listening he would not have gotten to Glasgow.

Sally is only crankier than Robbie Farah. Both attend smiling lessons from all reports. Ray Price runs them.