The Brisbane Lions displayed a remarkable improvement 2019 over 2018 and while they could not advance, despite two home finals, they are expressing rampant optimism for the Toyota 2019 AFL Premiership competition. Of course, with the season just a little over a month distant, even Gold Coast is undefeated. Still, for Brisbane, the season appears
Here’s wishing all punters do nothing but win in 2020, with big plunges and bigger dividends such as any lingering memories from bad punts in 2019 will be erased from the balance sheet and the memory. We think January will offer plenty of good punts, with summer in Australia being simply rotten with every imaginable
Rugby without controversy? Controversy is one of the primary attractions; at least, it is from judging how frequently it arises. Super League, apparently caught asleep at the switch when Catalans Dragons signed Mr. Controversy himself, Israel Folau, is taking measures to insulate the league from disputes, at least from the perspective of player signings. The
Yes, but should we not be concerned about the monkey? That was our initial thought when we learned that 17-year-old Jake Fraser-McGurk was sent home from Under-19 World Cup cricket in South Africa. Fraser-McGurk was on an outing to a South African nature reserve in Kimberly. Australia were in pursuit of a fourth title, but
The Sydney Kings and the Perth Wildcats are gradually pulling away from the rest of the clubs in the 2019 – 2020 NBL Premiership competition. It is coming toward the conclusion of the 28-game season. The top four qualify for finals. Cairns Taipans are third and Melbourne United are fourth, but both those clubs have
December will be along in a matter of days and while the month is usually associated with holidays and celebrating, it also offers plenty of fine punting opportunities. Punters who like the codes with the biggest number of markets can find plenty on offer with the NBL, the A-League, the Premier League and the three
If you have never heard of Fort Wayne, Indiana, do not feel bad, as there are many in the U.S. who would share your lack of geographic knowledge. The closest major city is the state capital of Indianapolis, but Cleveland, Ohio is about equidistant to the east, Detroit is to the north and Chicago is
It is just a sport and everyone knows the rules in advance, but we still find it difficult to accept that the NFL’s Seattle Seahawks will have to play the first weekend of the playoffs as tourists in Philadelphia. The Seahawks finished the regular season with a record of 11 – 5, while Philadelphia concluded
American gridiron teams have a hankering for Australian punters. The kicking, not the gambling sort of punters. Several Aussies work in the NFL and some in the major college ranks of the NCAA. They are valuable mainly for the abilities to kick on the run and to accurately kick to a certain distance. ProKick Australia,
Maybe the AFL should send the entire GWS operation for a stint with the VFL after that stinker of a Grand Final they produced. The league wants to speed up the game, though, not shift clubs around and toward that objective, they are said to be looking at the Toyota 2020 AFL Premiership competition with