If you were paying attention in the first few weeks of the NRL season, you might have noticed two trends, one very overt and one a little more subtle. One would have had to have been deliberately ignored the rugby league world to miss major… Read More »Motion sickness: How the NRL’s best are crafting confusion and sending defences sideways
No team kicked more goals than Adelaide last season and only one team has kicked less this year – what the hell has happened? The city of Adelaide, for the second year in a row, has been a place of celebration for Gather Round, with… Read More »‘Suffering from paralysis-by-analysis’: Adelaide Crows have gone from box office sensation to under-performing turkeys
It’s that time of year when many frustrated footy fans look at the standings in their tipping comp and think why bother. You’ve already fallen off the pace because those sure things you were so certain of winning proved not to be the case. Those… Read More »NRL tipping cheat sheet: How to solve your weekly struggles when it comes to footy predictions
If you’re wondering the motivation behind this article, it’s as simple as the fact that a good mate of mine shares the same name as me. In fact, our names are so common, that we once had someone walk into the main common room at… Read More »Matt, Mat or Matthew… The Best XI that shares the popular great name to play top-level cricket
How can Gather Round continue to gather all footy fans into one place when Tasmania enters the competition in coming seasons? With an odd number of teams, one team and their set of fans will have to miss out each year. That is the most… Read More »The mathematical conundrum: How to keep Gather Round in the future when 19 teams doesn’t fit evenly into 10 games