Archive for June, 2013
Racing’s Kiss Of Death – June 22
This week’s selections cover the June 22 meetings at Flemington, Randwick and Eagle Farm (featuring the Group 1 Tatts Tiara). Results for June 15 selections Tips which were either scratched, outside the prescribed track conditions or too short in price Scratched – Benny’s Buttons Track outside prescribed range – Kontiki Park, Velrosso Odds too short […]
The 2013 AFL Lines – Round 13
The final week of bye-ravaged fixtures is upon us and once again, we have six very warm favourites this weekend. However, that hasn’t stopped Greg Oberscheidt and Cliff Bingham managing to find a bet or two in the past, so why would it stop them in Round 13? CB Disclaimer: I really don’t like many […]
Holger’s Socceroos’ Super Subs
Despite being an expat football fanatic in Sydney, my interest in the national team’s progress to the 2014 Brazil FIFA World Cup was waning. That was until things got interesting. In the past I had never been to a Socceroos game. I had intermittently watched Sydney FC and a couple of A-League Grand Finals but […]
From The Couch: Round 14
Image: Zero Tolerance on Zero Tolerance: Once again the NRL has caved to the vocal minority and insisted it is cracking down on violence. This will no doubt be as enforced as consistently as the obstruction rule and for about as long as the game enforced players standing in front of the kicker at a […]
The 2013 Willie M Medal: Round 14
Image: Canterbury flop Tony Williams seemed a lock for the fourth annual Willie M Medal after an inept start to the season. But we now have a race with Rooster Shaun Kenny-Dowall coming from the wings to sit just two points from the Bulldogs bust. The ex-Kiwi backpacker might soon find himself thumbing rides […]
Monday Milestone: Chunky
This Week in History: 1920, June 19 Frank Burge scores a remarkable eight tries for Glebe in their rugby league match against University It had never been done before. The Milestone takes the Delorean back to the Roaring Twenties, when rugby league was different. There were nine teams back then, with inner city clubs like […]
2013 ANZ Championships – Round 13 Tips
Only two weeks left to go in the home and away season of the ANZ Championship and with six sides still in contention for a finals berth, a number of critical matches will ensure this weekend. Ben Carbonaro sorts the contenders from the pretenders in his preview of Round 13. Results forRound 12 tips […]
Racing’s Kiss of Death – June 15
This week’s selections cover the June 15 meetings at Moonee Valley, Rosehill and Ipswich. Results for June 8 selections Tips which were either scratched, outside the prescribed track conditions or too short in price Scratched – nil Track outside prescribed range – nil Odds too short (less than $6 SP) – Pago Rock, Kaypers Tips […]
The 2013 AFL Lines – Round 12
Round 12 of the AFL season brings with it the second batch of bye weeks and a slew of matches with a significant favourite. Will the weekend go to script, or can an underdog or two upset the proverbial applecart? Greg Oberscheidt and Cliff Bingham preview the round of fixtures. CB Week two of my […]
Weird things happen at the Walkabout
It was the best of times… The Wallabies had just beaten England at Twickenham and the Walkabout at Shepherds Bush was a rich, giving environment. As numerous vodka-cranberries changed the afternoon’s mellow Guinness buzz to a more manic, common or garden variety kind of shitfaced, things started to loosen up. Trying my darndest to impress […]
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