1. Weekus Horribilis. A horrific week for Australian sport. Kgyrios loses. Sri Lanka dominate us in the cricket (winning the ODI series and equalling another illogical two Test series...), a loss the the Wallabies and Cameron Smith on top after two rounds before shaking a little in the third round and giving other blokes the jump. Rory rarely needs such an invitation.
2. Australian Cricket. Woeful on turning decks yet again and a worrying start really to the reign of coach Ronnie McDonald. When a team collapses like that, there are big worries. Not a cross word, a top bloke and he lets the players do as they please... yet the results are abysmal really against a team struggling in all three forms. He is on notice. Our batting is wobbly too. Travis Head and Cameron LBW Green need to get to the nets... and Warner needs to start moving his feet again.
3. Australian Rugby. A steady effort and reasonable moments. A big SCG crowd with high hopes. Too many errors. Too many stoppages and the team's attack continues to be ordinary. So easy to defend against as they just spin it wide with no variation. Hard to believe that their attack has not been better coached. Again the pedantic international referee interferes with the game. No doubt that he'll be promoted by the useless rugby administrators. Not sure I would have climbed on top of the Bill O'Reilly Stand to watch it.
Eddie Jones looked a little cranky post match too. A traitor? Does that really get him fired up? He just won the series! Hard to believe you have that reaction as then say "Come here and say it...".
It is an old playground challenge. Up there with "you and whose army?"... "you're not the boss of me..."..."arse wipe"..."shit for brains..."
4. Irish Rugby. The Irish have shown us how it is done. How long has it been since Australia ever did that to the All Blacks? An amazing win. Entertaining too!
5. Cameron Smith. A few hippie hippie shakes, but the winds have never really blown up and we've been spared the foggy cold weather either. Smith's putter was hot early on, but Rory McIlroy is amazing. Hopefully Smith can make a charge later tonight our time. Adam Scott, Minjee and Herbert are doing well.
6. British Open. The media are really antsie about being called on their hype re the LIV golfers. Westwood and Mickelson on the attack. The tide is turning suddenly. Greg Norman has gone to ground and the players are getting on with the lucrative business.
The decision to omit Norman from the 150th dinner was ridiculous. They had players there, some wearing hats supporting the LIV tour... and banned Norman. Maybe it was the dress code. Blue shorts could not be worn.
Rory is poised to take his majors tally to 5 wins with Seve, Byron Nelson (he was a classic) and Australia's Peter Thomson, passing Ernie Els. A few more wins puts him up with the greatest ever.
7. Ryan Papenhuyzen. Extremely unlucky with injuries and out again for some time now. Sad, but true.
8. State of Origin. Clearly a few NSW players will not be back ever again... Daniel Tupou, Talakai, Angus Crichton, Stephen Crichton, Damien Cook... How you could let Latrell tell you who to select and who not to and omit Jack Wighton the MOTM from Game One. The Campbell Regan-Gillard nonsense also plagued the preparation.
The poor decision-making by so many of the Penrith players when under pressure would not have been lost on the NRL coaches around the grounds. Pressure Cleary's kick and he goes off his game... Luai, To'o and Crichton made some woeful errors. Talakai too. Interesting. Payne Haas was a huge loss.
On the other hand Queensland were amazing. Cherry-Evans was the best player on the ground again. Such intensity and focus from their team. Billy Slater should be signed up as a NRL coach.
Speaking of which, Tim Sheens as the Tigers coach? Please... Benji? Does he have a Level 2 Coaching Certificate?
9. Nick Kygrios. Not much hoopla and soundly beaten. A career high and talent to burn. A retirement would not surprise.
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