1. NRL. Cronulla always seem to get out of jail at Shark Park. A great effort. Knights, Raiders, Dolphins and Broncos all look done now. Saints may sneak in! The Bulldogs have excelled. They are really nailing their defence and are potent in attack too. Speed to burn. It wins comps. The Cleary injury was unfortunate, but how good is that team. Reinventing every year as personnel changes.
2. NRL Wooden Spoons. Unfortunately, Parramatta deserve this again. Their efforts in defence are hideous and the Tigers look to make a greater effort more consistently. Parramatta turn it up when it is all a bit hard.
- The run home: Parramatta v Broncos, Dragons, Tigers.
- The run home: Tigers v Manly, Bye, Parramatta.
Parra are looking to add to their 14 Wooden Spoons. The Tigers have (18 - Wests Magpies; 4 - Balmain; 2 - Wests Tigers).
The recipients should be made to collect a giant wooden spoon at the NRL Grand Final.
2. NRL Hall of Fame. It is a crowded hall. The Les Boyd inclusion is curious...not a premiership win, not a World Cup win, not a Dally M Medal - not even a National Panasonic Cup title. He was on the 1978 Kangaroo Tour and then was MOTM in the Super League Final in 1985-86. That's it. Won a few spoons and moved to Manly and didn't win a comp there. Brohman does need to get over it 40 years on, but Les as tough as he was, does not seem to fit the bill of most others in that hall. Anyhow, he doesn't choose himself.
3. EPL. Underway again after the shortest ever off season. The intensity of this competition is the rival of the world - in all sports. Every week a massive event in multiple towns. Incredible.
4. AFL. The Swans have scrapped and scraped and strung two wins back to back to take the minor premiership. Carlton and Collingwood on a knife edge to make the eight. A misery of a year for Gold Coast and the other regular losers, Essendon, St Kilda, Adelaide... Melbourne were not great in 2023 either. Their premiership window closes.
5. Black Caviar. Just on 18 Years old, 9 foals and now gone. Despite the foals, the likes of Black Caviar will never be seen again. 25 starts - 25 wins. Awesome! The owners have done well there.
6. Rugby Union. The Wallabies are still a mile off the pace. Sad, but true. It is amazing how much a country can slip so significantly. Eddie Jones has a fair bit to answer for...as has his predecessors!
7. Sports - Social Media. Incredible how addicted sports stars are to social media...Olympians the lot. If you are not on it, you don't read the sewer that is social media. Stay away and live a happy life. The sadness of the Latrell Mitchell case is like so many others before him, their "friends" are not really friends at all. If Souths cut him there would be ten clubs wanting him tomorrow.
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