Archive for July, 2013
From The Couch: Round 20
Image: Vale, Graham Murray: It was with a significant deal of sadness that word filtered out on Sunday evening that Graham Murray had passed away. He was only 58. I never knew Murray. Never met the fine coach. I am too young to remember his playing days. But I have always felt an affinity […]
The 2013 Willie M Medal: Round 20
Image: It would appear that the Brisbane Broncos recruitment team closely follows this column. In a week where the Broncos have seemingly changed direction, they have told Peter Wallace (second in the 2013 Willie M Medal) to find another club, just months after warning Penrith off after they steamed in with a large (and ridiculous) […]
Monday Milestone: Say it ain’t so, Joe?
This Week in History: 1921, August 2 Shoeless Joe Jackson, and his teammates from the Chicago White Sox are acquitted in a court of law from fixing the 1919 World Series. “No player who throws a ball game … will ever play professional baseball again” – Baseball Commissioner Kenesaw Mountain Landis Was he or wasn’t […]
The Fantasy King: Can You Dig It?
By Mick 'the King' Adams For almost as long as the Warriors have existed, lazy journalists have been trotting out the tired old reference to “the NRL’s sleeping giant”. It seems the moment they as much as string a couple of wins together hacks are unable to resist it. Such talk has gone into overdrive […]
Racing’s Kiss of Death – July 26
This week’s selections cover the July 27 meetings at Caulfield, Randwick, Doomben and Morphettville. Results for July 20 selections Tips which were either scratched, outside the prescribed track conditions or too short in price Scratched – Gundy Son Track outside prescribed range – nil Odds too short (less than $6 SP) – Bia Diamond Tips […]
The 2013 AFL Lines – Round 18
Round 17 saw two major upsets cause by the Suns and Crows, both at home. Can any unfancied sides upset the proverbial applecart again in Round 18, or will the favourites dominate proceedings? Greg Oberscheidt and Cliff Bingham preview the weekend ahead. CB A stroke of good luck last week where purely for the few […]
The 2013 Willie M Medal: Round 19
Image: Benji Marshall has pushed into a tie for second in the Willie M Medal count. It would be nice to see him leave league with the most despised award of all. Wests Tigers v New Zealand 3-James Tedesco (Tig) 2-Benji Marshall (Tig) 1-Feleti Mateo (War) Judge: Nick Tedeschi Canberra v Parramatta 3-Terry Campese […]
From The Couch: Round 19
Image: Origin III Recap: Another Origin series has come and gone and Queensland remain the champions. They have never been so close to losing their crownover the last eight years but again a lack of execution, a lack of composure and a rotten halfback cost the Blues. Any judge with a good eye leading […]
Monday Milestone: Amigos Para Siempre
This Week in History: 1992, July 25 Paralympian Antonio Rebollo ignites the Olympic cauldron in Barcelona, bringing together the world in unity for the first time in a generation. The Games are supposed to be about unity. The Olympics, following founding father Pierre Di Coubertin’s original vision, are designed to fuse the world together in […]
The Fantasy King: Origin 3
By Mick 'the King' Adams A longstanding personal tradition post-Origin has been to read the SMH player reviews first thing the next morning. With Origin fantasy now a thing, I thought I’d rate the players by their fantasy performances. Note on scoring: given that Origin fantasy is new, we don’t really know what the ceiling […]
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