Archive for September, 2013
From The Couch: Finals Week 3
Image: The Grand Final of Our Nightmares: This week is not a good week to be a scalper. Nor is it much of a week to be a Rabbitohs fan. The NRL has jacked up the price of tickets but their true value may not be worth the paper they are printed on. In […]
Monday Milestone: 2000s Rugby League – Salary Caps
As we head towards the rugby league finals, the Milestone takes the Delorean forward for the final decade this week, this time focussing on rugby league in the twenty-first century. The Milestone hopes you have enjoyed the series on historical rugby league. This Week in History: 2009, October 4 The Melbourne Storm win their second premiership […]
Racing’s Kiss of Death – September 27 and 29
This week’s selections cover the September 27 meeting at Moonee Valley (featuring the Group 1 Moir Stakes) and the September 29 meeting at Caulfield (featuring the Group 1 George Main Stakes). Results for September 14 selections Tips which were either scratched, outside the prescribed track conditions or too short in price Scratched – nil Track […]
The 2013 NFL Lines – Week 4
Results for Week 3 selections NT – 3 selections, 3.5 units bet, return of 4.77 units CB – 3 selections, 3 units bet, return of 2.05 units Total – 6 selections, 6.5 units bet, return of 6.82 units Results for 2013 selections NT – 11 selections, 11.5 units bet, return of 8.47 units CB – […]
The 2013 AFL Lines – Grand Final
Will Greg Oberscheidt’s beloved Hawthorn Hawks avenge their Grand Final loss of 2012, or can the purple haze of the Fremantle Dockers take the premiership cup across the Nullarbor for the first time in the club’s history? Greg sits down with Cliff Bingham to assess the premiership decider. CB All week I’ve been trying to […]
Monday Milestone: 1990s Rugby League – Torn Apart
This Week in History: 1997, September 28 Newcastle upset the favoured many in the ARL Grand Final, as meanwhile Brisbane defeat Cronulla the night before to win the Super League premiership. The seconds ticked down. Newcastle attacked the Manly line. Future immortal Andrew Johns ignores field goal calls and heads down a narrow blind side. […]
From The Couch: Finals Week 2
Image: Investigation Whitewash: When an honourable journalist like Steve Mascord is prepared to take a stand against the League and the game over its ‘investigation’ into Canterbury and the Ben Barba domestic violence allegations, we need to take a long, hard look at where we are at as a code. Two points of disclosure. […]
The 2013 NFL lines –WEEK 3
Results for Week 2 selections NT – 3 selections, 3 units bet, return of 1.83 units CB – 2 selections, 2 units bet, return of 1.92 units Total – 5 selections, 5 units bet, return of 3.75 units Results for 2013 selections NT – 8 selections, 8 units bet, return of 3.70 units CB […]
The 2013 AFL lines – PRELIMINARY FINALS
And then there were four. Who of the Hawks, Cats, Dockers and Swans will make it to the final Saturday in September? Greg Oberscheidt and Cliff Bingham run the ruler over Preliminary Final weekend. CB Last week’s fun fact from our 2013 Punters Guide to the AFL season got the biscuits (thanks Cats and […]
From The Couch: Finals Week 1
Image: Ricky Stuart Sorts Out Ricky Stuart … Again: Anybody who takes Ricky Stuart for his word is a fool and a moron and deserves what they get. So it is with Parramatta, who a year ago hailed Stuart’s signing as the club’s “best signing since Jack Gibson”, now say goodbye to the coach […]
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