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Comment made by Brian Taylor towards the end of the match was that the crowd was "one thousand and twenty-four"! My son quipped that he had more than that show up for his suburban footy practice match. Had to laugh out loud at that one :)

Typical. Boundary umpire throws it straight to the advantage of player, who rugby passes it to his mate. Umpires do nothing. Commentators say nothing. Oh, that's right, it's the commentator's nephew. No bias here.

Who's the buffoon announcer on Channel 92 that keeps referring to Elise Mertens as "Mactins"? They've been crossing for updates on the Mertens/Collins match, and he's said it at least 4 or 5 times now. Can't 9 find anyone with any knowledge of tennis? It's not like Mertens is a newcomer -...

Two points to make here: 1. Any professional organisation will insist that anybody in a decision-making position is to declare their conflicts of interest and have them step aside for any decision involving that interest. I imagine many people on this forum have had to do that at some point, and...

Double-up on this. I understand both Wakelin and Williams were on the panel last night - that's 2 out of 3 with the conflict of interest. Accidental or deliberate??

Not suggesting any impropriety, but having the MRO and also 2 out of 3 (ie. majority) of the tribunal panel members being ex Collingwood players is 'interesting' considering who GWS are playing this week in the PF. A cynical view would be that this gross over-representation on the Match Review/...

Typical of the many recent comments displaying ignorance about team sports. Individually scoring goals isn't the only measure of a footballer's quality - it's about how each contributes to the overall team performance, plays their role in the manager's plans, and especially to bringing their...

Risdon was clearly first to the ball - got the touch on it! Kicked it into the legs of Griezmann - his wasn't so much a 'heavy' touch, but was a rebound from Risdon's touch. Griezmann then decided to fall/dive, as he realised he was never going to get to the ball before Matt Ryan. Any contact...

Didn't need to see it in slomo, or birds eye - quite obvious on first viewing.

Yes, thought that was quite obvious the first time it was viewed - surely everyone (apart from the ref) saw that Risdon won the ball clean. Any contact thereafter is incidental (in actual fact it is then technically a foul by the French player kicking the player that won the ball). French...

Apart from Richo83's comment, I haven't seen much reference to the fact that footballers today are fully professional. They are being paid squillions to supposedly be the best there is. If I were to make even one blunder of this magnitude in my paid profession, I'd be out on my ear (as would...

News Flash ... In a cross-sport show of allegiance, the AFL umpiring fraternity have been given the task of designing the 100 metre running track for the Gold Coast Commonwealth Games next year. It is rumoured they will put the finish line 2 metres from the back fence, because ... apparently...

Concur with Pkls, Cynic etc. So glad that Gary Rohan's ok, as it was a sickening landing and you just pray everyone ends up alright from these incidents. But the inconsistency from the MRP is farcical and disturbing. It has nothing to do with who comes off worse or how bad the injury is -...

I totally agree with you tigernova. However, it isn't just Mum & Dad that are impressed by 'selfish' play - I've found through the journey that without fail almost all coaches and particularly the talent scouts for rep teams are enamoured by that kid in every team that likes to run with the...