1. NRL - The Ashes. Super results for the Kangaroos in a tougher test, winning 14-4. Grant Atkins had a few brain explosion moments. Sin bins everywhere. Penalties were out of control too. Please. That is why he was there - and not Ashley Klein - to keep the play rolling, not the interruptions!
Cameron Munster is so suited to wet weather play and tighter, arm wrestle situations. In sticky conditions he really excels. Not certain that Staggs and Shibasaki are our best centre combination, but they are solid. Imagine if we had a few more of those players who couldn't make this trip!
What about the field? Great, but no line markings across the key points of the game...40/20 (lottery)...10 metres back (lottery)... ridiculous!
Nearly as poor as Jarvo 69 coming onto the field. He is a pest, but it is pretty harmless..the cricket, the Olympics, the NFL, the football, Indian cricket, Japanese rugby,,, now the Kangaroos. A serial pest.
He needs to crash the Tonga v NZ or Samoa game and take the ball up in the first hit of the game! Could be the best decision a judge could make to help him understand things from yet another court case.
2. Cricket - The Ashes. Hard to see Cameron Green adding much value to the team at present... It is looking like our first test team is: Khawaja, Renshaw (?), Labuschagne, Smith, Head, Webster, Carey, Starc, Lyon, Hazelwood, Boland.
Interested to see Greg Chappell calling for Mitchell Marsh to open the batting...not a bad thought to be honest.
Not sure Renshaw is our answer, but he looks the best performed of the traditional openers. Not sure Webster is a number 6 either. Green not bowling, surely eliminates him from the line up. His batting form is dreadful too. Too easily dismissed LBW. The tail is VERY long with no Cummins and Boland is therefore under threat ... maybe Brendan Doggett (SA) or Fergus O'Neill (VIC) comes in, or Matt Kelly (WA) our current leading Shield wicket taker...even Liam Hatcher (NSW)? O'Neill gets wickets and runs (12 wickets and averaging over 50 in this year's early Shield stakes)!
A shock loss for the Australian womens cricket team, ending an extraordinary run. A shame, but there is always a new gun in the wings!
3. MLB. It went to the seventh and final game after the Blue Jays lost a bad one in the sixth at home (1-3). Facing the might of the LA Dodgers for the title (after a seven game deciding series v the Mariners), the Blue Jays were up into the eighth innings 4-3 and LA's Rojas popped one for a 4-4 score. Their home crowd was screaming them home, but a 5-4 loss! Yamamoto was superb as always, pitching yesterday - and today! Most unusual mama.
It was the first time in a million years that the seventh World Series final game went to extra innings (fifth time ever)! The Dodgers were looking to go back to back and have been the dominant franchise over the past eight seasons (two World Series wins - two losses). The Blue Jays have won twice before, but this was potentially their first since their own back to back 1992-1993 wins. It would also give them political bragging rights too! An epic finale.
The Dodgers took the lead in the eleventh innings to lead 5-4. Will Smith came up clutch at the key time with a HR! Huge pressure play. So from 3-0 up..4-3 up... they lose 5-4. An incredible series and incredible result, with LA winning Game 6 and 7 on the road!
LA Dodgers - 3 wins (2020-2024-2025) and 2 losses (2017-2018) in World Series Finals in the last eight years! Dominant!
4. Wallabies v England. A traditional whacking of the highest order v England. Games upcoming against Italy, Ireland and France are hard to see us winning.
Nothing will ever beat Dave Rennie's poor 33 Test career as Wallabies coach (36% winning). However, Joe Schmidt, as nice and knowledgeable a fellow as he seems to be, has had 25 Tests now (11 wins for 44%). It could end at 11/28 (39%)...right up there with Dave Rennie!
There was hope with the Lions efforts, but we have gone backwards since. Too many new players and new combinations. It is a lottery.
5. Jonah Pezet. A one year deal agreed by the Eels. It could be the worst decision by a club in living memory, especially if there is an injury. A transit lounge contract. Hard to see the benefit for the Eels. Lots of benefit for Jonah and his future at the Broncos. Braith Anasta is hard to take seriously in his dual Player Manager-Foxtel role. He promotes his guys (Ilias has signed with the Titans for two years according to Channel 9!), too heavily. Parramatta have been played for the fools that they sadly have often been. Joash Papalii is suddenly feeling like he is on the out and the young players are either going to learn fast or learn how to sign with other clubs. He is no Cooper Cronk or DCE... yet.
6. EPL. Liverpool have re-joined the winners and Chelsea keep doing the business. Interesting to see some fractures in the Tottenham playing ranks and their attitudes. They are a precious beast the EPL player. Nottingham Forest drew 2-2 with a resurgent ManU, so the players are finally realising their careers are on the line.
The whinging of EPL club fans is hard to cop. If everyone won each week there would be no comp!
Sam Kerr is back from injury and scoring goals for Chelsea as well.
7. Melbourne Cup. Derby Day brings out some great horses...Tentyris is a horse with extreme pace and one to watch! How impressive was it? Like Autumn Glow. Dominant and Winx-like. The race that stops the nation will be run in the wet by the looks of it. Buckaroo is a live chance. Too many international horses for mine, but it brings them all out that is for sure...Japan, Ireland, USA, Italy...
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