Surely India cruise to victory. Kohli has been dynamic. A string of half centuries and no panic. Dharwan and Rohit are superb. I like the newfound fight in the Pakistanis. Clearly Mickey Arthur has them doing their homework. I always like to see those Pakistani names. Fakhar scored a ton tonight.
2. Wallabies. If that is our nation's best we are doomed. I continue to be fascinated by the way international rugby try to control Southern Hemisphere rugby with their test rugby referee appointments. Not sure how these work, but this game was appalling in every sense. What do these tests matter - or count for? All with two Scots in the Lions team too. I doubt we would get one player in a World XV or even a second World XV. Cheika is nearing the end. Lions - All Blacks will be awesome.
3. Sharks. Winning ugly has become their specialty. They have some super second tier players - Bukuya, Lewis, Lee...The Tigers are soft. Maybe Jason Taylor wasn't so bad. They won more with him. Ivan looks like a tremendous fellow, but he has a horrendous win-loss ratio.
Melbourne Storm won a beauty the other night when the Cowboys refused to defend. They have some talent, but no one replaces legends like Smith, Cronk, Slater. Blokes try, but these are rare talents.
4. Swans. A great win against the card folding Richmond Tigers. A great year to start on zero for over a month. All teams keep losing to each other! No real gap between the front runners. Swans are suddenly back in it, but can't Richmond find a way to lose. Melbourne Demons looking good.
5. Some big EPL dollars for two Aussie soccer players this week - Mooy and Matt Ryan. Maybe there is hope for the zillions of Saturday morning hopeful players.
6. US Open Golf. A huge field reduced to tears and whinging. Aren't golfers a precious lot. Please, if you are that good, ignore the rough. When I play, I look at the rough as I give it a lot of business. These blokes should not be concerned. Had to laugh at the reaction of Johnny Miller who held the lowest score in a US Open in one round. He bags out Justin Thomas and looks like an absolute tool. Anyone would have thought it was Greg Norman for an instant. Sure, he did it to win the thing in the 1970s, but give the guy some credit on that course.
7. 'The King' Gutherson. A great trainer and great bloke. Lots of points in him. Kicking goals better now that earlier. However Brad Arthur is a slow learner. Gutho is not a five eight (learned - sign Moses) and he is not a centre (learned - get Jennings back in). He is a winger who occasionally spends his holidays at fullback. Parramatta will turn after the bye rounds on 20 points which is a fair effort. Things ramp up now.
8. America's Cup. Are they kidding? This thing has become a circus. A best of 13 - yes, count them in - finals series. Please. USA v NZ and no one cares. Those boats may be better to watch, but it is hardly stuff to get excited about. Bring back the winged keel!
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