Who will take home the WBBL?
It all comes down to this weekend for the Brisbane Heat, Adelaide Strikers, Perth Scorchers and Melbourne Renegades.
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It all comes down to this weekend for the Brisbane Heat, Adelaide Strikers, Perth Scorchers and Melbourne Renegades.
As the final weekend of the WBBL regular season approaches each game is crucial. There are three teams fighting it out for the final position on the ladder.
Earlier this week it was announced that Emily Smith from the Hobart Hurricanes had accepted a sanction from Cricket Australia for breaching article 2.3.2 of Cricket Australia’s anti-corruption code.
The countdown is well and truly on to the ICC T20 Women’s World Cup.
Two rounds into the WBBL and the one thing we know for certain is that this is going to be one of the closest competitions we have seen.
When the Kiwi Ferns beat the Australian Jillaroos 17-15 in the final of the World Cup Nines last weekend it was the first time the Jillaroos had lost a game since 2017.
Tonight the sixth edition of the WBBL commences at North Sydney Oval with the Sydney Thunder taking on the Sydney Sixers.
Yesterday, the Brisbane Broncos beat the St George Illawarra Dragons 30-6 in the NRLW grand final.
On Sunday, the second season of the NRLW will come to a close with the grand final between the Brisbane Broncos and the St George Illawarra Dragons.
When it comes to rugby league and refereeing, there are many fans and members of the media calling for consistency.
On Sunday I am going to try to do the impossible: I am going to attempt to be in two places at once.
When I was growing up ‘The Boy Who Cried Wolf’ was one of my favourite fables. The lesson from that fable was that a liar will not be believed even if they are telling the truth.
There has been overwhelming positivity leading into Season 2 of the NRLW.
It’s been a good start to a marathon summer for the Australian women’s cricket team, who will now leave the West Indies after clean-sweeping the three-game ODI series to begin preparations for their home tour against Sri Lanka.
Eight teams can now look forward to end-of-season holidays in Bali, with the other eight sides starting finals football.
The women’s Ashes may have only concluded last month, but on Friday morning at 4am AEST, the Australian women’s cricket team begin their tour of the West Indies.
I’m really disappointed that my dad didn’t get the opportunity to apply for the Newcastle Knights head coach role.
Jim, thank you for that important clarification. I thought Phoebe was from Kinross… thank you!
What we've learnt from the WBBL so far
U, it’s been something I’ve been talking about on my podcast lately. Australia has led the way in this space, but if other countries don’t start investing in a similar way, will we have competition in a couple of years?
Aussie women's cricket the best its ever been
Cadfael, I think that is the idea eventually, but at the moment there is not the talent to support 10 teams. We will get there, stay on the journey.
P.S. On the AFL, have you had a look at what’s happening in their upcoming season. No CBA and no idea of when it will start. More teams does not necessarily mean better.
It’s time for the NRLW to grow
Chris, I don’t care what you’re tipping is like as long as you’ve enjoyed the comp! ????????
The NRLW grand final is a toss of the coin
I feel the same way about a player like Ruan.
The NRLW grand final is a toss of the coin
Tell you what, I don’t envy the selectors. Brad Donald, Karyn Murphy and Jamie Feeney have a big job on their hands.
The NRLW grand final is a toss of the coin
Hasn’t Amber had a great season – she may even be in line for a Jillaroos jersey!!
The NRLW grand final is a toss of the coin
Love predictions, Justin! Let’s see who’s right, come Sunday!
The NRLW grand final is a toss of the coin
Yeah, I do. Just like you felt it necessary to click on an article to complain that the article had been written.
Joey's ref criticism is absurd
Oh that made me laugh. Tom, I’ve been writing at least two articles a week for the last 30 weeks on rugby league, not to mention a podcast on top of that.
Apologies if doing more than one article on a commentary team has triggered you.
Joey's ref criticism is absurd
Talk to the commentators – they are the ones that keep providing me with material.
Joey's ref criticism is absurd
I’m not taking the opposing position – I’m merely highlighting ludicrous suggestions coming from commentary teams.
Joey's ref criticism is absurd
I agree on that point, Brendon, particularly on being able to overrule decisions made if the technology allows us to do so. I find it baffling that we do not already do this.
Joey's ref criticism is absurd
We can’t have it both ways though.
We can’t have referees making decisions based on what they see on the field if we are then going to look at every angle and criticise them if they make an error?
Joey's ref criticism is absurd
Jewboy, what exactly does a ‘feel for the game’ mean. I have never really understood?
Joey's ref criticism is absurd
Adam, that moment re the Teddy knock on could have been an article in itself!
Joey's ref criticism is absurd
Brendon, for me it is part of the game because the referees are human beings and make errors. The reason this is compared to the players is because when a referee maes a mistake they are blamed for costing a team the game – we rarely see the same commentary applied to players.
The reason for that is because we love the players and our teams and make excuses for them. The same does not happen for our referees.
I’ll try and find an interview I did with Todd Greenberg a few years ago where he spoke about the number of decisions referees are making per game. He said there were still errors of course, but considering the number of decisions made per game they were low.
I agree that we should do whatever we can to reduce these errors, but as long as humans are involved in rugby league, errors will happen.
Joey's ref criticism is absurd
The Barry, agree with you that when Johns talks about the game tactically and analyses it, there are few that can match his insights. He should stick to what he is good at instead of peddling theories about how the referees should referee games.
Joey's ref criticism is absurd
Chris, do you think the Dragons just needed a week to click? I was also surprised!!
Sydney's smorgasbord of women's sport this weekend
I agree Wayne – I think there is a misconception that less runs means bad cricket. Not necessarily especially with the bowling we have seen from the Adelaide Strikers. Spin also seems to be having a really big impact.
What we've learnt from the WBBL so far