Wrap - Pointless Revenge

1. The Perth NRL Nines. Two men and a dog turn up to a carnival where some treat it like life and death and others treat it like snakes and ladders. Why do we have the Nines? Nick Davis - how did he go? The eventual premiers - North QLD...let's see what this looks like in October. Always love a 'next best thing' story around the Nines (Bevan French was one such guy). No one remembers pre-season winners. Bring back the Craven-Mild Cup - or the Amco Cup mid week instead.

How about St George... they lose Sims, McInness and Dufty in one weekend? This is the injury scourge they usually get in June each year.

2. Shield - Tasmania. For a state who have talented cricketers, to be bowled out for 78 was a complete disgrace v Queensland. The pitch was challenging and the duke ball was hooping. Jordan Silk as skipper got a pair. Hard to believe. Neser looked unplayable, but talk about a team who were panicking!

3. Shield - NSW. The resting of Cummins, Hazelwood and Starc from the NSW team and T20 is hurting their Shield campaign. Lots of blokes who get 30 and 40 can work, but not often. Nic 'Ears' Maddinson seems to be the best we have in the country at present. Matt Renshaw is a good example of blokes who fall apart in the longer form of the game when runs dry up.

I noticed Kurtis Patterson is back for NSW. A long time away.

4. Australian Super Rugby. Sealing support in club rugby sounds smart, but the code is under attack. Meanwhile we go 0-6 in our combined efforts against tougher off shore opponents. The Waratahs are sitting 0-3 and more punishment lies ahead.

5. Hugh Bowman. What a cracking jockey. Rode three straight winners in the big races on Saturday - Matowi, Flit, Alizee. He knows how to win.

6. EPL - Liverpool. Liverpool are so far ahead they may break the EPL record for most points and earliest declared premiership. They are not losing from here, despite Leicester doing good business. Now Man City have been banished from UEFA's Champions League and their players will start to leave too. The juggernaut of Liverpool may well roll on under the Klopster!

7. Folau. Hopefully he shuts up and leaves social media alone and just plays league. Immense talent, but will struggle to ever be fully accepted.

8. MLB Astros. Interesting to see the player revenge angle here. Talk of pitchers deliberately pinging their opponents in the ribs as a reminder for their cheating. They will be the most hated franchise in history and a lot of the teams will not hold back. Ironically, they could get banned longer than those involved in this initial outrageous sign stealing scam!