AFL Oracle: They just missed the eight last year – but can any of these teams turn it around in 2024?

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It’s footy’s ‘no-man’s land’ – the lost space between the bottom rungs of the ladder, where high picks in the draft are coming, and the top of the ladder where the giants roam, it’s often described as the worst place to be in footy. For the five teams who sat between 9th and 13th in […]

‘Fun and games, banter’: Leniu response to racial allegation beggars belief as ‘heat of the battle’ mentality harms NRL yet again

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Some NRL players need to understand that they can’t rely on an anything goes attitude on the playing field like they’re in international waters where laws don’t apply.  When they venture onto the arena, they’re entering a highly competitive, emotional environment but in essence it is also a workplace and part of a society that […]

How do the other Australian sides emulate the Brumbies’ set-up? The Reds might be showing us how

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Anyone from high-performance organisations will tell you that recruitment and training is key to long-term success. The Brumbies are a prime example. Take Charlie Cale for one. You’d be forgiven for thinking that he came from nowhere to star in the first game of this season – no one starred in the Brumbies’ second game […]

‘Outplayed’: Was Brisbane’s Vegas disaster a blip, or are the lights just too bright for the Broncos?

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The first weekend of rugby league is wrapped up and there is much to discuss. The main talking point comes out of the second game, as the Broncos were rolled in a ten-point defeat by the Sydney Roosters. The Broncos were outplayed in their season opener, statistically and visibly. The ball was certainly in Brisbane’s […]

Captain’s knocks, new faces and match-winning braces: The A-League players who were the difference in Round 19

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Round 19 was an interesting weekend of football with no draws, 19 goals in six matches, two five-goal games on Sunday and for the third consecutive week three teams kept a clean sheet. In the three games where a team claimed three points, the winning team had less possession than their opponent. Take a look […]