Three ways to spice up the NRL mid-season
Now don’t go reaching for the terrorist fridge magnet, I’m not going to say something un-Australian like I don’t like Origin or the endless, endless amounts of press that goes with it (“Ricky Stuart fights constipation” – Origin Exclusive).It’s just that it’s a bit depressing to see the NRL comp pushed to one side like a home-grown Neighbours hottie when Pippa Middelton walks into the room for a couple of months.
It has become obvious that during the Origin period where there are split rounds, players missing/backing up and a media black hole created by the interstate series, the NRL comp could do with some jazzing up so as to to capture its fair share of the media headlines. So here it is sports fan, three ways to spark up the NRL mid-season:
3. Futurismo round
That’s right, instead of rolling out musty old jerseys, incontinent ex-players and grainy photographs for a ‘retro’ round lets think outside the square (by which I mean copy American baseball) and invest in a ‘future’ round. It would be ace.
LONDON — British wildcard James Ward has revealed that fitness sessions with a cage fighter are the secret behind his sensational 7-6 (7/3), 6-3 victory over Swiss fourth seed Stanislas Wawrinka in the second round at Queen's on Tuesday.