Archive for July, 2011

Try Line Picks: Round 21

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Try Line Picks: Round 21

Try Line Picks – Making the Nut Offer Try Line Picks is having another stellar season in 2011, and have come on board with Making the Nut offering a Free Round Selection each week!   Try Line Picks has another offer to Making the Nut readers and subscribers. Making the Nut readers and subscribers can […]

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July 30 Racing Selections

July 30 Racing Selections

With Spring Carnival excitement edging ever closer, tips for this weekend cover the July 30 meetings at Caulfield, Rosehill, Doomben and Morphettville.   Score a $100 Free Bet from Luxbet! Results for July 23 Invalid tips (due to scratchings and/ or track ratings that were outside the prescribed range) Nil Tips where the SP was […]

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Making A Splash

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Making A Splash

Confession time. I sometimes suffer under the weight of the assignment given me by Nick Tedeschi, the doyen and chief taskmaster at Making The Nut. Stu Warren on Life is no easy column to write, let me assure you. It's a column I enjoy and dread writing in equal measures. As well as reflecting on […]

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Post to Wire: Ian Thorpe

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Post to Wire: Ian Thorpe

Ian Thorpe has long been a polarising figure, at least for those who read Making The Nut. Today, feature writer Tim Napper and website editor Nick Tedeschi discuss Thorpe and his possible defection to Switzerland for tax purposes. Nick Tedeschi: Welcome to your first Post To Wire, Napper. Let’s get right into it. Napper, why […]

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The Early Line: Round 21

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The Early Line: Round 21

Manly have opened up 5.5 to 6.5 point favourites against the Wests Tigers in their clash on the Central Coast on Friday night. There is plenty of feeling between these two so expect both teams to be near their best. Leave me out of the Tigers until they actually show something. Tim Sheens can bleat […]

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The AFL Lines – Rd 19

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The AFL Lines – Rd 19

Round 18 saw a return to normality on a number of fronts – the top six sides and eight of the top ten sides got the chocolates on the weekend, while both Greg Oberscheidt and Cliff Bingham returned to the long forgotten land of a weekly profit after three weekends in the abyss. With only […]

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Who should be the 2011 Coach of the Year?

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Who should be the 2011 Coach of the Year?

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From The Couch: Round 20

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From The Couch: Round 20

Image: Stop the Clock, Bring in the Bucks: It is rare that I ever agree with David Gyngell. He runs the station that has consistently raped rugby league for the better part of the last twenty years. He feels his station has some divine right to broadcast rugby league yet he does not believe his […]

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AFL 2011 – Three Quarter Time Wrap

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AFL 2011 – Three Quarter Time Wrap

With six weeks to go in the home and away season, there are three races on in earnest – the races for the wooden spoon, the final three spots in the top eight and the final two spots in the top four. For a season that looked eminently predictable a few weeks back (to the […]

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Tedeschi on Fire Up!

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Tedeschi on Fire Up!

Just in case you missed it, Nick Tedeschi was a guest on FBI's Fire Up on Friday, sitting in studio with Brett Oaten and Stephen Ferris to talk league, league and more league. Check out the podcast here if you missed the show and be sure to tune in each and every Friday as it […]

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