Dear Almanackers,
After zipping up the Hume for a few days and having to play the tourist with the kids, I have a serious question to ask.
What is the AFL doing in Sydney or more precisely what is Channel 7 doing to the AFL in Sydney? In a market with two teams, you would think that the Dockland bosses would encourage C7 to broadcast on their other channels at the very least all AFL prime time games? No, better watch some other non-rating show!
This correspondent was the unfortunate resident in a house with 3 Foxtel outlets and NO SPORT. The only channel I could watch Sport was the News and sitting in a comfy chair with several G&Ts prepping for Tigers v Pies in Sydney prime time Friday – to my major disappointment, no televised AFL, ditto Saturday. I wore my AFL app on the trusty iPhone silly with downloads and score checks but we live in an immediate society and cannot get live or replay Footy on the Free to air. I have no problems for Fox Sports picking up the slack left behind by C7 but one can take only so many Philip Glass Operas and Documentaries, I want my AFL match of the Day!
Oh I did manage to watch Club Rugby and see the Galloping Greens, Randwick and Uni play in front of a crowd of so many, live on TV at Coogee Beach, why not the AFL on C7 2 or mate or whatever it is they have broadcast a game they already are broadcasting elsewhere?
Anyway gripe over, I did manage to make it back to civilisation in time to watch the last half of my Swans roll the Blues.
On to the real business, Weekend’s sporting results
AFL
Round 2 and the season is only in nappies. Geelong was unable to deliver against the Giants in Canberra, Hawthorn showed its credentials with new soldiers playing the same intimidating football, Swans reminded Carlton how much work they have to do, Dockers were disappointing again and lost to a Ablett non-dependent Suns outfit. I understand that after last week’s loss to the Dogs, Coach Lyon had the Freo players belting each other with boxing gloves while Doggies were singing the Club song, what does Ross do this week to get the boys up for the Derby? Speaking of Doggies they showed that pace and class will beat a team with a 300 game champion, Adelaide proved Port’s game plan needs more than a tweak, Bombers disrespected the Dees after they were disrespected and taken for granted, also far too quick for the plodding Dees and Collingwood showed Tiger Fans a week is a long time in football.
Can’t wait for next week’s rounds.
Greater Western Sydney 13.11 (89) vs Geelong 11.10 (76)
Hawthorn 14.15 (99) vs West Coast 7.11 (53)
Carlton 10.11 (71) vs Sydney 20.11 (131)
Fremantle Dockers vs Gold Coast Suns 14.16 (100) : 19.12 (126)
St Kilda Saints vs Western Bulldogs 5.6 (36) : 13.15 (93)
Brisbane Lions vs North Melbourne Kangaroos 11.17 (83) : 17.15 (117)
Essendon Bombers vs Melbourne Demons 11.14 (80) : 10.7 (67)
Adelaide Crows vs Port Adelaide Power 22.12 (144) : 11.20 (86)
Collingwood Magpies vs Richmond Tigers 13.9 (87) : 12.14 (86)
SANFL
Glenelg vs West Adelaide 21.14 (140) : 9.11 (65)
North Adelaide vs Norwood 18.10 (118) : 8.13 (61)
South Adelaide vs Eagles 14.12 (96) : 8.5 (53)
WAFL
West Perth vs Subiaco 11.7 (73) : 17.15 (117)
Perth vs Claremont 14.11 (95) : 12.6 (78)
Swan Districts vs Peel Thunder 6.6 (42) : 11.28 (94)
South Fremantle vs East Perth 16.13 (109) : 10.9 (69)
NRL
Sydney Roosters vs New Zealand Warriors 28 : 32
Parramatta Eels vs Penrith Panthers 18 : 20
North Queensland Cowboys vs St.George Illawarra 36 : 0
Wests Tigers vs Cronulla Sharks 26 : 34
Melbourne Storm vs Newcastle Knights 18 : 14
Gold Coast Titans vs Brisbane Broncos 16 : 24
Manly Sea Eagles vs South Sydney Rabbitohs 12 : 16
Super Rugby XV
Southern Kings vs Sunwolves 33 : 28
Bulls vs Cheetahs 23 : 18
Waratahs vs Rebels 17 : 21
ACT Brumbies vs Chiefs 23 : 48
Blues vs Jaguares 24 : 16
Lions vs Crusaders 37 : 43
Highlanders vs Force 32 : 20
Australian Conference
- ACT Brumbies 17
- Rebels 17
- Waratahs 11
- Force 5
- Reds 4
A-League:
Brisbane Roar vs Newcastle Jets 2 : 1
Perth Glory vs Melbourne City 3 : 2
Sydney FC vs Adelaide United 0 : 2
Wellington Phoenix vs Melbourne Victory 1 : 4
WS Wanderers vs Central Coast Mariners 4 : 1
- Brisbane Roar 47
- Adelaide United 46
- WS Wanderers 45
- Melbourne City 44
- Perth Glory 43
- Melbourne Victory 40
- Sydney FC 31
- Newcastle Jets 27
- Wellington Phoenix 25
- Central Coast Mariners 13
Surfing
Australian Matt Wilkinson defeated South African Jordy Smith to win Bells Beach and move ahead on the World League Rankings. Wilkinson continues his winning form after taking out the opening event on the Gold Coast. Bells also marked the final event in 2016 for Mick Fanning, who has elected to take a hiatus from the tour, Fanning was eliminated in the Semi by Smith.
Women’s WT20 Cricket
West Indies defeated Australia’s Southern Stars in the final of World T20 competition reaching the target with 3 balls to spare, denying Australia a fourth straight title. West Indies 2/149 (Matthews 66, Taylor 59) Australia 5/148 (Villani 52, Lanning 52, Perry 28, Dottin 2-33).
Australian Athletic Championships
Australian Athletes Morgan Mitchell, Luke Mathews have qualified for Rio Olympics after latest results in Sydney. Mitchell qualifies for the 400m Women’s and Mathews the 800m Men.
Steve Solomon, London Olympian won the men’s 400m in 45.50, 0.10 outside qualifying time.
Cedric Dubler won the men’s decathlon and will become Australia’s first starter in the Olympic event in 16 years after automatically qualifying. Dubler scored a personal best and Rio 2016 standard of 8,114 points after competition in the 10 events, to deliver Australia’s first starter in the decathlon at the Olympic Games since Scott Ferrier in 2000.
English Football – EPL
Arsenal 4 – 0 Watford
Bournemouth 0 – 4 Manchester City
Norwich 3 – 2 Newcastle
Stoke 2 – 2 Swansea
Sunderland 0 – 0 West Brom
West Ham 2 – 2 Crystal Palace
Liverpool 1 – 1 Tottenham
Leicester – Southampton
Aston Villa 0 – 4 Chelsea
England Championship
Bolton 0 – 1 Reading
Cardiff 2 – 1 Derby
Charlton 2 – 1 Birmingham
Fulham 2 – 1 Milton Keynes
Huddersfield 0 – 1 Sheffield Wed
Hull 4 – 0 Bristol City
Nottingham 0 – 3 Brentford
Rotherham 2 – 1 Leeds
Wolves 0 – 0 Ipswich
Blackburn 1 – 2 Preston
Brighton 2 – 2 Burnley
QPR 2 – 3 Middlesbrough
Scottish Premiership
Dundee FC 5 – 2 Ross County
Inverness 1 – 2 Motherwell
Partick 0 – 0 Kilmarnock
St. Johnstone 0 – 1 Dundee Utd
Aberdeen 1 – 0 Hamilton
Celtic 3 – 1 Hearts
Bundesliga
Dortmund 3 :2 Bremen
Monchengladbach – Hertha
Bayern 1 : 0 Frankfurt
Darmstadt 2 : 2 Stuttgart
Hannover 0 : 3 Hamburger SV
Ingolstadt 3 : 0 Schalke
Mainz 4 : 2Augsburg
Leverkusen 3 : 0 Wolfsburg
Primera Division
Atl. Madrid 5 – 1 Betis
Las Palmas 2 – 1 Valencia
Barcelona 1 – 2 Real Madrid
Celta Vigo 1 – 1 La Coruna
Ath. Bilbao 1 – 1 Granada
Vallecano 2 – 0 Getafe
NBA
Philadelphia 76ers vs Indiana Pacers 102 : 115
Chicago Bulls vs Detroit Pistons 90 : 94
San Antonio Spurs vs Toronto Raptors 102 : 95
Denver Nuggets vs Sacramento Kings 106 : 115
Portland Trail Blazers vs Miami Heat 110 : 93
Golden State Warriors vs Boston Celtics 106 : 109
Phoenix Suns vs Washington Wizards 99 : 106
Sacramento Kings vs Miami Heat 106 : 112
Utah Jazz vs Minnesota Timberwolves 98 : 85
Atlanta Hawks vs Cleveland Cavaliers 108 : 110 (96 : 96)
Memphis Grizzlies vs Toronto Raptors 95 : 99
Milwaukee Bucks vs Orlando Magic 113 : 110
Detroit Pistons vs Dallas Mavericks 89 : 98
New York Knicks vs Brooklyn Nets 105 : 91
Charlotte Hornets vs Philadelphia 76ers 100 : 91
Dear Almanac Admin ,
Strange you couldn’t catch the C’wood vs. Richmond game on Ch.7 last Friday night. Here in rural Northern NSW it was live on Ch.63 / 7 mate . My gripe is they didn’t show West Coast vs. Hawthorn on Sunday arvo . However i understand why they instead had Sydney vs.Carlton preceded by GWS vs. Geelong as the AwFL attempts to get more NSW people interested in the game. Overall , i think the Ch. 7 coverage of AFL games in NSW is pretty reasonable considering. When the games i’m interested in aren’t live on tv i listen to the radio broadcast via the AFL website . Even a choice of four stations there. ( No way i’ll pay Rupert and Telstra as much as a bent penny despite their showing every match live)
Appears Sydney market is for GWS and Swans games only, believe me I searched all channels available on the TV looking for the games. Perhaps your signal was picking up Prime and not 7, I see there is different programming for regional and City, go figure. As we know, if you love the AFL, watching just your team is not enough.