With the All Blacks having a couple of weeks off having wrapped up the Tri-Nations, most of our sporting itches will be scratched tonight.
First-up, the mighty Vodafone Warriors (7th) go head-to-head with the Brisbane Broncos (8th) at Mt Smart tonight. Reports suggest that the full house signs will be out for what is a virtual semi-final. It's certainly a must-win for the Darren Lockyer-less Broncos who trail the Warriors by two points, whilst the Warriors will ensure September football if they win tonight. It should be a ripper, and we'll tip the Warriors to sneak home.
Straight after that, the equally-mighty Wellington Phoenix has its first road-trip of the season taking on the Roar in Brisbane. The 'Nix players have shown enough in the first two matches of the A-League season to suggest that 2009-10 was no fluke, and they currently sit in 4th position on the table, ahead of the Roar on goal difference. But both sides have a match in hand over the teams ahead of them, and a win to either side would see them move towards the top of the ladder.
Right; that's Friday night taken care of! There's still a full round of ITM Cup rugby to get excited about, and more importantly, the Heartland Championship kicks off this weekend, with defending Meads Cup champions Wanganui hosting South Canterbury. This is REAL rugby, with no froth and bubbles. The skills on display might not be as good as in the professional version of the game, but there's no doubting the passion and desire from blokes who have to work as well as playing footy!
Elsewhere the English Premier League enters week three with the normal suspects already edging up the table, whilst Tiger Woods seems to have shaken off his divorce and the dent to his bank balance; he's tied for the lead midway through the first round of the Barclays, the first Fed-Ex Cup playoff event after firing his best round of the year, a six-under 65! We'll be keeping an eye on the Tiger this weekend.
Have we missed anything? You'll let us know, no doubt. In the meantime, the floor is yours ...
3 comments:
Well done Inv2 - as of last week you hit the top of my Virtual Rugby mates list.
I languish much closer to the bottom.
I don't know quite what that says for your mates pdm! Up until last weekend, I was having a shocker with virtual rugby. I usually do better once the Heartland Championship kicks in.
From your minor league correspondent:
Tranmere face Dagenham & Redbridge in a bottom-of-the-table clash. Rovers have a solitary point from their three matches so far, the Daggers are yet to register anything in the points column. Last plays next-to-last and it's a relegation "six pointer" already...
From your minor minor minor league correspondent:
It's the FA Cup preliminary round with the tie that leaps off the page being Wellington AFC v Bodmin FC.
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