Wrap - Coach Has Lost The Carpark

1. NRL. The death of Steve Kearney's contract spells bad things for other coaches in the NRL. It is not inconceivable that Paul Green, Dean Pay, Paul McGregor and John Morris could all join him. On top of that Bennet is out and Seibold could be soon too. Maguire at the Tigers is no lock either. A merry go round! Once gone, there is no NRL future for you as the Head Coach. You are becoming an assistant coach at best... or you are in England.

2. Home Grounds. It will be good for teams to get back to their own home grounds. Playing at distant grounds in quick succession is not real smart. Some of the grounds are limited in their versatility and surfaces. Not sure what qualifies you for a certain ground to be used in COVID-19 times and what does not.

3. Roosters. Their ability to defend their goal line has been a strong trait for many years now. They did it again to Parramatta on Saturday night. Fierce and premiership winning. Some of Parramatta's players (Mahoney and Blake in particular) need to learn more about defensive reads and Blake Ferguson has poor hands under pressure. Sivo has amazing strengthy. His contact with Tedesco would be the photo of the decade. Awesome power. Tricolours for the trifecta I think. Then mass retirements beckon... Hardgreaves, Morris brothers, Cordner, Friend...

4. AFL. Swans a great win, but Eddie Betts at Carlton has ignited them to an upset. GWS have hit the floor hard, all with a zillion first draft picks. You get the feeling there is a perfect exit clause back to Victoria or South Australia for any whinger that wants it. Nice to see the Gold Coast not consider their first win for a while as a fluke!

5. EPL. Liverpool get their chance to make their fans believe once more... surely it is a non-event, but good they can come back to claim the title.

6. Bulldogs. Are they the powerhouse they once were? Will they be forced to merge? Their recruitment needs to straighten up real quickly. No love lost in the halves there.

7. Raiders. They could be suffering from too much Ricky. It looks like they are following the way of many other clubs who tired of the message...Brian Smith style.

8. Messy at Cricket Australia. Never take a smaller paycut than everyone else... it looks bad. Kevin Roberts was unfortunately a short lived presence. The poor financial management of the game is staggering really in light of what they have had. Unfortunately they needed a victim and nailed him. It appears they have lost their way around strategy.

9. Mike Tyson. A bit quiet on the comeback stories of late, but ready to rumble by the look of him.

10. Spanish Dream. Great to see Tony Macrae's horse get a stunning third place at Randwick on Saturday in Race 6 - the 1200 benchmark 78 run behind Stella Sea Sun. Bravo!