Wrap - Something To Crow About

1. Roosters. They are a great side. Like them or not, they know how to win. The World Club Challenge is tough to win. Tedesco...Manu, Keary (what a great move to leave Souths post premiership and win two more - on the road to greatness with three premierships under his belt!), Cordner, Friend, Crichton. Their centres are cursed for injury, but they are winners through and through. They also have the great Takiaoukou kicking for goals as a forward. Rare, but poetry!

The NRL and AFL seasons can't come soon enough. The tattoo artists have no ink left.

2. T20 Cricket. Refreshing to hear Ashton Agar pay tribute to Jadeja in the Indian team as an all round star. Too often Australian cricketers do not publicly pay much respect to some of the Indian superstars. This will get him places in world cricket - especially after a hat trick (Finch took a screamer!). How good is Steve Smith? He always recognises the need to rise under adversity.

Not sure why Australia fall for the old classic T20 stuff up all the time and play five batsmen as they did overnight. Who did they bring in to fail? Mitchell Marsh of course.

3. Last Round of Sheffield Shield. Plenty of interest in whether NSW can claw back a victory to take them into the the Shield final. Hopefully a few get some runs. It has been a dry summer for most. An odd summer too. Cricket has under estimated the Australian public and chased the dollars. There are games left in Australia yet and rugby league is fast approaching... interesting times.

4. Rugby Union. Finally a win against NZ by the perennial over achievers for us, the Brumbies. The Reds cashed in and mercifully the Waratahs had a week off. Can this happen most weeks?

5. Indigenous v Maori XIII Game. Lots of passion. Surely there is room soon enough for the re-branding of State of Origin and allowing it to be more diverse. World XIII v QLD? v NSW?

6. Nines - Salary Cap. Must agree with monies being added to a team's salary cap for winning the Nines. It may get a team an extra player or top up a dynamic youngster. This will be of appeal to the clubs and see the end of silly nonsense like Andrew Ryan or ex AFL players having a run.

7. Women's Cricket World Cup. Whenever Australia start losing these games, the whole thing becomes unpopular. India too strong in the first game. They will need to bounce back or perish!

8. EPL. The teams are scratching for off cuts now. Liverpool home and Jose at Spurs may be heading home too. He has not delivered with Harry Kane on the injured list.

9. Car Racing. Holden dead and buried. Of course they are with the money wasted on touring cars over so many years. Have Kia and The Wall produced a racing car yet? No...too busy making coin.

10. Ron 'Rambo' Gibbs. Tough as teak ex Manly and Roosters, but at what cost? A sad story of decline through brain injuries. This could be the big story of rugby league in the next ten years.