Betting scandals, corruption and scary $6 dollar bets

AFL...The league was hit with not one, but two scandals this week! The first involved staff and umpires betting on AFL games. It was discovered that quite a few individuals, risked their careers, by making bets no more than $10! If you're gonna get caught, you might as well make it worth it guys! The AFL named and shamed those involved, but have come under fire for this. They seem to be more leanient when it comes to drug cheats in the game, allowing them three strikes before taking action. Yet if you put 50 cents on the Roos, you're going down and everyones gonna know about it!


The second scandal involved accusations that players from the Bombers and the Saints, had taken money from a charity! They did some work for the Unity foundation, and were actually paid! The Storm from the NRL were also linked to the scam, as part of the Salary Cap investigation, so the whole situation reeks of dodgyness. It looks like we're not paying our athletes enough these days, they want more!



We all nearly had a heart attack on Friday night footy again! The highly favoured Dogs were 9 points down with minutes left, and no tip was safe! It also wasn't safe to wear pink and blue as the umpires found out. Their umpire uniform was almost the same as Melbournes, causing serious cases of mistaken identity! The Dee's were actually handballing it to the Umps! And some say helped the Dogs over the line.





Put your superman capes back on, it's seriously wharfie time! Freo havn't just won 3 in a row, they've won nearly every single match. This was their first win at the Gabba, setting up a 1st vs 2nd clash with the Pies this week! Captain Pavlova was on fire, and is now being talked about in the same category as Johno Brown. Not the best time to be compared to Brown though, as he's groin is damgaed and he's running like a busted ass!


Port scored a thrilling win over the Dons, who hit the lead half way through the last quarter...for the one-zillionth time in the match. It almost looks like they could make the 8 some time in the next millenium!


The Monday night football experiment continued with a shock loss to the Saints! The Blues didn't just beat them, they smashed them sideways, and in all directions. With Riewoldt missing, it's starting to look like a bad case of onemanshow-itis. The Blues small forwards are now being called 'Setantas little helpers'. But when in comes to kicking team mates in the head, he looks like he's managing fine on his own.

The match of the round was underwhelming to say, if you're not a Cats supporter. After half time Geelong came out and taught the Swans a serious lesson: Don't leave the J-Pod alone, or he'll bag 5! Pods is in line for the coleman, but experience shows that old bodies + being thrown into the harsh AFL seniors environment = pull a hammy right before the finals :-(. hoping this is not the case though.

Battle of the losers was an enthrawling battle in Adelaide....well, for 3 and a half quarters, it was on! The Tigs were looking strong but as usal faded in the last quarter. The skill errors were almost unbelievable, but what did we expect from the bottom of the ladder? The siren was accidently pushed 7 seconds too early in the 2nd quarter, obviously he was overwhelmed with excitment and fell asleep. Either that or he just couldn't wait for the pain to be over!

Oh yeah, did we mention the Crows won! They are now kings of the losers!
Hawthorn continue their poor form with lack of Mo-Jo. The President says they are dwon in the dumps, but we just think they have caught Beber fever!

F1...'Yes yes yes yes yes f*&k yesssssssssssssssssssss you F*%$*n beauty!'...thats what Mark Webber said when he won his first GP last year...This is what he said in Spain last week: '... '. You could tell he was over the moon! Well we were anyway for him. Our Aussie boy moves up the Championship table, closing in on teammate Vettel.

The rest of the field pulled a Bradbury, as poor Lewis Hamilton flew off the road with a puncture on the last lap. Alonso was promoted to 2nd and Vettel 3rd. Most of the new teams were a lap behind the rest and not making for a thrilling race! Bring back the rocket button we say!

Yeah hawwwwwwwwwwwww!:

NRL...The Aussies beat the Kiwis at the new "AAMI Park' on Friday night, 12 to 8. The Stadium had a nice artistic roof, but unfortunatley, by design fault it didn't cover anyones heads! And of course it had to rain. it looked more like a Golf ball cut in half, modeled on the odd Spencer street station design.

In City vs Country, Country prevailed 36 to 18, with young scoring 2 tries for the winners

There was a week of upsets with the Dragons losing to the Sea Eagles, and the Storm suffering their first loss since the salary cap scandal broke, to the Baby Bronco's!. Clearly the players are tired from representing their Country, as theres no way either of them could lose on a good day this year! Israel Folau is still undecided whether he will play AFL or Union next year, but will decide in the next couple of weeks.

The Titans played a thriller with the Knights, and just pipped them by 2 points. Thankfully some order was restored to the Rugby Universe. They are now second on the ladder.

Cricket...The 20/20 world cup is well udnerway! England have beaten South Africa by 39 runs, but it makes sense seeing as they have stolen most of their players from SA!

Australia won their match against India by 49 run. Warner was on fire with 72 from 42 balls! And 33 year old Victorian Nannes took 3/25! Our women has a win over South Africa in their comp. A female batswoman has also scored the fastest ever century by anyone in a 20/20 tournament. Let's see you beat that 'Mr Cricket!'

Soccer....Huge week in the EPL with Chelsea pinching the title from Man U! Chelsea only needed one more Victory to clinch the title, and Man U needed them to lost to win it! High tension in Pommy land! Portsmouth have been relegated, and Tottenham have been promoted to the Champions league.

all that and more on the show that goes through more balls than Roger Federer.


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