1. NRL - World Cup Final. Kangaroos v Samoa - 30-10. A great game to get up to watch in the dead of the night! Cleary was strong, but Latrell was magnificent. So powerful. Junior Paulo was possibly the best on the ground. Luai and Crichton are talented too. To'o was a bit clumsy and disappointing. I think Australia were lucky not to play England it must be said. However, they got it done.
Imagine the NSW backline in Origin: Tedesco-Addo-Carr-Latrell-Wighton-To'o - Cleary. Throw in Turbo and Sualli... unbeatable if the coach picks the right team.
Mal Meninga is such a successful coach. 53% winning rate at the Raiders (125 games); 67% winning rate with QLD Origin (30 games) and 89% as Australian coach (18 games). Pretty impressive numbers. We will ignore the Titans record as coaching coordinator!
Australia incredibly were sitting at No. 4 in the world prior to this game...they are back at No. 1 fittingly.
2. Jillaroos. How powerful and skillful are these women? Awesome win. They are the All Blacks of the women's rugby league game. 54-4.
3. World Cup Cricket Final and ODIs v England. How good is Ben Stokes? He beat Pakistan on his own last Sunday in the T20 World Cup Final. Stokes will continue to win Ashes games for England. He has more and more in the tank. A dead set winner.
Pat Cummins is a good guy, but how many runs does he give up in T20 and ODIs? Incredible. He must be doing well for himself however resting in the ODI games (Hazelwood the skipper? Please...). Cummins has also bailed out of the IPL too. A few lazy million sacrificed there.
Plenty of other Aussies brushed from the IPL this time around. The BBL is not doing the business.
Australian cricket is on the nose in so many ways. A really poor cricket crowd at the SCG on Saturday too. No one wants to know them. Steve Smith looked much tighter with his technique and a happier man too.
4. FIFA World Cup. Starts this week. France, Denmark and Tunisia will make it a three game effort for the Socceroos. If we go further it will be an absolute miracle.
Get ready for fake injuries, stretchers, scandals and no beer.
5. Wallabies. Another week and another tight loss. The team are almost getting used to it. Not good enough, no matter how many injuries or how many issues arising... no problem drop another 11 players next week and do it all again. Tick tock...tick tock...
At least Georgia didn't beat us...they beat Wales instead 13-12! NZ-England pa 25-25 draw! Cracker of a game.
6. Celtic v Sydney FC/ Everton. The ground looked a picture, but Celtic have come away with two losses... interesting reality check for the team leading the Scottish Premier League.
7. F1 - Red Bull. Daniel Riccardo comes back to F1 as the fiftieth choice driver at Red Bull. A shame his career has stalled. He is too good to keep quiet.
Most wins and podium finishes ever by Australian F1 drivers? (Brabham - 14 wins/ 31 podium finishes); then Allan Jones (12 wins and 24 podium finishes), Mark Webber (9 wins 42 podiums) and Daniel Ricciardo (8 wins and 32 podiums). Ricciardo also holds the Australian record for most points won in F1.
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