Wrap - Married to the Swans' Trombones and Tubas

1. AFL - The Swans. Getting better speed on the break as the year unfolds. They have smalls doing some fabulous on-ball work. By rotating these guys, the slower experienced blokes are being faded out. McVeigh is still the most composed player in the AFL. Unbelievable vision and control.

What is happening at GWS? They have all the best players and are languishing in 11th! Injuries sure, but there is something wrong there... Geelong have also been incredibly disappointing too sitting in 8th position. Awesome roster and terribly inconsistent performances.

West Coast look the goods, beating Richmond comfortably. The form of the Hawks losing to the Brisbane Bears is terrible.

2. NRL. The Rabbits have bounced back in 2018. They keep winning when no one expected them to do it. George Burgess is in fantastic form. Saints keep charging on and Cronulla win ugly more often than not.

Cameron Smith. How good is this bloke? Cooling the heels at present, but retired from State of Origin with a cracking record. However, it was a bit of a surprise.

I need to ask the question about Kevin Walters. Is he as good as they say? I suspect this may have swayed Cameron Smith. He has fallen out with Bennet, overlooked Slater last year, fell out with Bennet again...left the Broncos. I suspect there may be a few who are over him.

3. Biff. The effort of Manly in Melbourne was impressive. The Storm have more errors in them in 2018 than ever before. The biff from Curtis Scott was ridiculous behaviour. Sucked in a beauty by Dylan Walker who is famous for his niggle. Two sin binned for Manly was a silly get square. The Storm go on like they have lost the comp when they lose a game. Maybe that is what makes them do good.

I must say, a bit of biff is good for the game in a weird sort of a way too!

4. NRL Joke. The stupidity of the NRL is amazing. How can the sin bin not be timed officially? Hello, maybe the bunker has a job there...? Absurd. Amateur hour.

5. Waratahs. The Tahs seemed incapable of concentrating for extended periods. They led and surrendered it badly last week v Crusaders. However, 15-0 up at half time v Highlanders ended in a great win. First Aussie Team to beat an NZ team in two seasons!

6. Cricket. The new Foxtel Cricket Commentary Team of Adam Gilchrist, Mark Waugh, Allan Border, Brendon Julian, Mike Hussey, Mel Jones, Isa Guha and Michael Vaughan could be a refreshing change. Timely to see Slats, Chappelli, Healy, Taylor, Clarke in the commentary dustbin. Sad, but true. Once Richie and Tony went, the writing was on the wall. 

I still think Kerry O'Keefe and Damien Fleming are two commentators you need on your team to make it more human.

7. A Goose On the Loose. Is anyone upset that Kenny Edwards has been sacked? Finally one less clown at Parramatta. Ten to go. The NSW Police transcript of the latest incident:

“Gees, check that licence plate...that car might have a banned driver... yep, suspended licence” 

“Yep (sirens)”

(Cut to...person running away from said car).

“What about that? That’s Kenny Edwards. I can tell from the man bun and the wooden spoon in his back pocket. Who would have thought?”... 

8. FA Cup Final was always an iconic game for us growing up. Often it was the only soccer we ever saw on TV. Chelsea v Man United. A battle for the ages. Typical shocking decision which sways big games. I wonder what would happen if the rule was you have to win by two goals to take the bickies?