1. It didn't take long...the world's most injured bloke - Shane Watson - has done it again and is out of a useless tournament in the back of Zimbabwe. Hard to believe I know. Phil 'The Plodder' Hughes comes back in and again produces an uncanny knack of being a duck or a double hundred specialist. 243 not out is good going - even if it is v South Africa A. When are Bangladesh A touring?
2. Joe Root is becoming quite the batsman v India. India though are keen to disintegrate. They have developed a great ability to lose and give up when touring abroad. Equally, the Pakistanis know how to throw away a test match. Herath for Sri Lanka is killing them. A nine for is rare gold.
3. Wallabies. Rugby lets itself down time and time again. The typical debacle of a stupid imported ref - who thinks he's bigger than the game - after butchering the game, inexplicably told the players he would not blow a penalty in the final minutes. If there is no direct impact on the momentum of the game, it should be play on...not advantage...play on!
Empty seats is hard to fathom. More at the Waratahs Super 15 final than on Saturday night. Must say that McKenzie is starting to get some outstanding results strung together. He may have beaten Eddie Jones' record already!
4. Put a line through Parramatta, Tigers, Titans and Broncos and put an asterix next to Warriors who had a dreadful loss for a top four candidate. It would be remiss of me not to point out that the Raiders and Sharks will now battle for the spoon. ASADA have been slower than John Cougar Mellancamp to put things down on record. This may save the Raiders.
Cherry Evans is fast becoming the game's most valuable player.
5. Swans. Book your Grand Final tickets immediately. They put away St Kilda in a canter but have so much depth. Their rejuvenation as a squad - big names aside - is the most impressive part of Longmire's reign. Continuous improvement. Collingwood have imploded losing to the Brissy Bears. Fair dinkum. Paul Roos is staring at a spoon too and may have to borrow the Geoff Toovey hymn book..."there has to be an investigation into this...somebody has to be accountable for this".
Liked the steel in Freo v Hawthorn. Maybe a GF win is not far away.
6. ManU are in everyone's sights now - even the unimaginable teams like Swansea. Some magic performances there again in the EPL. What a competition!
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