After last season’s ‘worst team ever’ won the series against all odds, the pressure is now on the Maroons to go two in a row. No longer under the tutelage of the great Wayne Bennett, Paul Green will seek to send a strong and clear message to Brad Fittler that these Maroons aren’t going to […]
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There is plenty of ineptness around the league this year, but we can’t write about St Kilda’s lack of heart every week.
It’s time to celebrate the clubs at the pointy end. It’s not often we get a true top-of-the-table clash between the two clear best teams, and they are to be savoured.
With both the Western Bulldogs and Melbourne two games and percentage clear of third, sitting at 9-1 and locks for the top four, there is no doubt that this is a heavyweight bout. There is every chance these teams will meet again in September, and possibly on the last Saturday.
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There’s no two ways about it, that didn’t go well for the Australian sides on the weekend.
In many ways – so many ways, in fact – the Round 2 whitewash was harder to take than the on the opening weekend of Super Rugby Trans-Tasman. In Round 1, we had a couple of finalists thrown straight back on the horse, and a couple of teams who hadn’t played for more than a fortnight. One of them lost two coaches along the way.
Sea World Stands by Dolphin Breeding
Sea World is now the only place in Australia breeding dolphins in captivity. The RSPCA says it must stop but the park says parenthood is good for its dolphins.
When a small NSW tourist park volunteered last year to stop breeding dolphins, Sea World suddenly found itself alone.
The Queensland attraction is now the only one in Australia breeding dolphins in captivity, something the RSPCA says cannot be justified and should be outlawed.
But Sea World has no plans to halt its managed breeding program, saying it makes an enormous contribution to the welfare of the dolphins it keeps.
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A third of the home-and-away season is in the books, and it’s time to take the temperature of the competition.
Football lore suggests that not much changes in the make-up of the top eight from this point on apart from swapping of positions within, and it’s an easy case to make this time too.
Melbourne Demons
The Demons are flying along at 8-0 but are reaching the point where they are due a loss. It could happen against any team without creating undue concern, and arguably the sooner the better.