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St George Illawarra are the bookmakers’ favourites to collect the wooden spoon in 2024 but they shouldn’t be. While trotting out the usual caveat that trial form does not hold much water, based on the small sample size of a fortnight’s worth of pre-season fixtures,… Read More »Dragons won’t get the spoon but concerns grow at a few clubs, downtown rule worth a spin: NRL Week 2 Trials Talking Points

The AFL season is officially up and running, with all 18 clubs dusting off the cobwebs in a week of trial matches action around the nation. We saw a score of fresh faces front up for their first competitive matches since arriving in the AFL… Read More »Month off for SPP, another Superdraft loading? Seven things we learned from AFL trial matches

The NRL trial program is coming to a close on Sunday with Canberra hosting North Queensland at Queanbeyan before the Titans and Parramatta lock horns at Ipswich. Here are the key takeaways in the final pre-season action before Round 1 kicks off at the end… Read More »Trial Takeaways: Hess hobbled by serious knee injury as sluggish Cowboys claw past Raiders

Hilton Cartwright and Joel Paris have powered Western Australia to a five-wicket win over NSW in the one-day cup final, securing a historic third straight title. The recent dominant force in domestic cricket, WA set up their latest limited overs victory when they skittled the… Read More »Paris, Hilton deliver dose of reality to Blues as WA make history with third straight one-day crown