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(82%) Bombers (11.13 79) Magpies (12.23 95) (18%)
(85%) Power (14.12 96) Saints (6.7 43) (15%)
(6%) Tigers (11.10 76) Eagles (14.15 99) (94%)
(35%) Blues (18.16 124) Lions (21.10 136) (65%)
(97%) Swans (17.7 109) Demons (8.12 60) (3%)
(35%) Hawks (13.15 93) Bulldogs (16.14 110) (65%)
(87%) Cats (15.12 102) Kangaroos (18.10 118) (12%)
(54%) Dockers (7.16 58) Crows (8.9 [...]

…And Group E is blown wide open! as Sydney hack their way through a stacked Kediri defense to ram home three unanswered goals while Urawa and Shanghai slogged out a goalless stalemate at Yuanshen Stadium. The top spot is now anyone’s with Urawa (8), Sydney (7) and Persik (6) separated by a single point each. [...]

Round 7 of the NRL gets off to an early start due to the Anzac Day game between the Roosters and the Dragons. I must admit that I’m a little disappointed with the NRL and its scheduling. There is no game scheduled for Thursday! What am I supposed to do tomorrow with no league to [...]

With Branko Culina now officially installed as coach, Sydney FC face off against their third-round banana skin, Persik Kediri, the dark horses of Group E, this time on home soil.
At the start of this competition, most pundits picked Urawa Red Diamonds and Shanghai Shenhua as Sydney’s main rivals for top spot, with Persik Kediri [...]

Enough about tipping. It’s the ANZAC week, and that always stirs my emotions. I will spend the morning laying a wreath and then will come home to watch the Essendon-Collingwood game. It’s a day James Hird has made his own, and as it may be the last season we will ever see him play, it’s [...]

Apparently Tennis has a problem, participation rates and the game at grass roots levels are in decline, so Tennis Australia has gone to plan B.
Tennis Australia has witnessed a loss of interest in the game by people who played as children. Their parents passed the game on to them, but they were not passing [...]

One week is barely over before the next begins, but it’s Anzac Day on Wednesday, which means my favourite football day of the year!!
Here are my tips, and odds.
(78% / $1.40) Bombers v Magpies ($2.80 / 22%)
(81% / $1.55) Power v Saints ($2.30 / 19%)
(10% / $4.50) Tigers v Eagles ($1.16 / 90%)
(36% / $1.85) Blues v Lions ($1.85 [...]

My tipping is discussed elsewhere, but here are the results:
(23%) Tigers (14.16 100) Bulldogs (20.12 132) (77%)
(68%) Magpies (9.12 66) Power (12.12 84) (32%)
(75%) Saints (9.14 68) Bombers (15.9 99) (25%)
(13%) Kangaroos (12.15 87) Lions (8.15 63) (87%)
(60%) Crows (9.7 61) Swans (5.14 44) (40%)
(25%) Hawks (10.16 76) Cats (9.18 72) (75%)
(26%) Demons (13.14 92) [...]

With three of six matches played, it seems fitting to take a breather and assess Australia’s inaugural ACL campaign. Due to the vagaries of Asian Football Confederation deadlines Aussie teams are stuck in a one-year lag, with the Premiers (Adelaide United) and Champions (Sydney FC) of the previous season competing in this year’s cup. Consequently [...]

No need to mention girlies in the latest Nicholson animation.