1. The Masters. This Cameron Smith is a talented bloke. 400+ games of NRL and a Green Masters jacket in sight. No wonder he doesn't want to retire. What's more, he has a book out at present that stands to do what Steve Waugh used to do...make heaps of cash out of an average book!
Odd tournament without the galleries, but great it progresses in view of the woeful USA management of the dreaded disease. Surely Dustin doesn't enter the dust bin.
2. Justin Langer. Just when you thought we may have had traction, Justin makes a complete goose of himself in saying that Joe Burns is a better fit for the Test team than a bloke who is currently in form after two double tons. Langer is kidding surely. His loyalty (think PJ Marsh, Mrs Marsh and Graham Marsh) has been misguided before and it will bring about his undoing. I suspect that young Pucovski needs certainty and clarity in his life - not more mind games. We have a very traditional coach here who needs to modernise the thinking.
3. The Pumas. An incredible win, but the All Blacks are human. They have lost before and will again. Rarely do they lose the ones that count however.
4. State of Origin. Amazing how we get crowd concessions by the dodgy Queenslanders on the eve of Origin. This should not be forgotten. Seeing Papenhuyzen on the golf course Sunday is another poor selection by a coach who sometimes loses it as well. How Gutherson keeps a centre position ahead of others with his poor defence is staggering. Hopefully Gus can get there for the game too. We need polarising figures of derision and fun. For as useless as he was, Gomersall made Origin a contest. Lewis...Gillmeister...
Should be a NSW win ahead, but stranger things have happened in Origin...especially in the cauldron!
5. Lewis Hamilton. Basically now the best ever. What an extraordinary talent. Equals Schumacher and wins a seventh world championship to tie with the great man. He has more to come yet. His Mercedes team has dominated for too long as well.
6. AFL Trades. Collingwood have suffered, but needed to shed players. A great lesson to others about hanging onto players too long (Swans - Jack, et al). It can stuff your club up. The best clubs recruit the best.
7. Tigers. Lose out on Addo-Carr, then can't sign anyone except Jimmy The Jet Roberts... please. They need young talent - not recycled guys who for sad reasons, would rather be elsewhere. They need an overhaul. Douhei is one who I would cut instantly...Reynolds, Mbye, Packer... All signed by the great Ivan Cleary who inherited Anthony Griffin's squad of gun juniors. Saints will be hoping for this in 2021. There is a marked difference between AFL and NRL in our Tiger cousins!
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