Sunday, September 18, 2016

Wrap - All Black Whack

1. You must hand it to the Raiders and - as much as everyone doesn't like to admit it - Ricky Stuart. Their effort so far in 2016 for an unheralded bunch has been stunning. However it is all set to end with Melbourne. The NRL are about to gift Melbourne the comp with yet another home final. I recall when both these games were played at the ANZ Olympic Stadium. If the Raiders can get away from Gerard Sutton not officiating...maybe Jarrod (Tim The Toolman) Maxwell...they may be a chance. However the wrestle that has allowed QLD and Melbourne to dominate is set to continue unabated.

2. The Cowboys v Broncos was some sort of game. The Cowboys did it tough and proud. Thurston is the best player we have seen week in week out. However a lot of folk think they will struggle next Friday night...and probably will. The Sharks need to stop the excuses and rise up. They will never get a better chance to win a comp! And why is it not at Shark Park again? That is a joke...and a fund raising venture by the NRL.

Get both games at a neutral venue?

3. GWS v Western Bulldogs. The week off will hurt GWS I suspect...and the inexperienced nerves. If it is a dry track they win. Wet? They struggle. A very early forecast says they will get a dry track. Can't believe they are playing it at Spotless. Think bigger boys!

Hawthorn probably put in the worst display by a semi final team across the weekend in all codes.

4. Swans. They will struggle - especially in Geelong, despite them having a pretty good record down there. Buddy was a lot better on Friday and the Crows were disappointing really. Toughness of Parker and Hannebery was awesome. Keiran Jack needs to lift. He has been quiet and off his game since his parents made idiots of themselves.

5. Mo Matthews. The human headline. Not besties with Dean Jones (who is?), but a stupid thing to say that his double ton in India was on a road and no big deal. He must have been asleep. That or upset he wasn't getting the adulation for the spin bowling he dished up there.

6. Leicester. Dragging their knuckles now after last year's unbelievable story. They need to get their act together. What price relegation?

7. Wallabies. Do get excited beating the Pumas? maybe only when you have been going as poorly as they have. Conversely, the All Blacks have been masterful...again...and again.

8. Davis Cup. Was it a bigger achievement to win - or to get Kgyrios on the court with Tomic? Slovakia were hardly a world threat to be honest.


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