NSW need to change their tactics around shutting down Reece Walsh or the State of Origin shield will be heading back to Queensland for the third year in a row on Wednesday night at the MCG. Their plan backfired big time in game one when… Read More »Michael Hagan: How Blues can shut Walsh down without using high-risk outside in strategy
By now there have been hundreds of articles written on why it is a silly idea and why locating an NRL team in Port Moresby won’t work. It’s time we turned our minds to the positive. If we had to do it, what needs to… Read More »Incentives, cameos and the reverse draft: Why rugby league can work in PNG
After their dire 1-1 draw with Denmark, I was wondering how to describe this version of Gareth Southgate’s England. ‘Southgate-ball’ has no ring to it whatsoever, whilst ‘ready salted crisps of tactics’ might be witty but won’t escape the realms of pub jokes. Well, whatever… Read More »‘With so many conductors, no one left to play instruments’: What comes next for Southgate’s sluggish England?
Toronto Blue Jays outlook after Second Baseman/Infielder Orelvis Martinez was suspended for 80 games for using Clomiphene, a banned PED. Martinez made his MLB debut on Friday, but will now be forced to sit out until September 23. View the Toronto Blue Jays Team Outlook… Read More »Blue Jays Outlook: 2B/IF Orelvis Martinez Suspended
For the maths nerds out there, 58.82% of teams played this round with seven sides putting their collective feet up. And for many fans who are not quite as precise with their percentages, the interest level in the five matches for the round equated to… Read More »NRL Power Rankings: Round 16 – Warriors once were formidable but now a mess, Rabbitohs rising, Tigers bare teeth