Author: Lachlan Howard

The NRL is finally back for another year! Bigger and better than ever as well as now we have 17 teams battling it out for premiership glory. The first week of footy looks to be as explosive as ever, so I thought it would be best for me to go through each game and give my thoughts on how they will pan out. Thursday 8:00pm: Eels vs Storm To open the 2023 season the Eels host the Storm at home and I’m expecting this one to be a cracker. Eels have won 5 of their past 6 against Melbourne however,…

On Saturday we had an extremely exciting kickoff to the autumn carnival with feature races at Sandown and Randwick. Today I’ll run through the key races in my opinion and what results stuck out to me and what horses impressed me over the weekend as ones to watch for the upcoming races this carnival. Not including Anamoe as that just goes without saying at this point, that horse just takes the piss. Sandown: Race 3 – Barber: My first bet and win of the day on Saturday were on Barber and it’s safe to say I was very impressed with…

Who are the top 10 contenders? Kevin Durant has been packaged with TJ Warren and sent to the Phoenix Suns and the Nets receive Mikal Bridges, Cam Johnson, Jae Crowder and 4 first-round pick not including the first-round swap. This trade has officially made the Nets a non-contender for the season and a possible play-in team as it stands. The Nets probably should have asked for Deandre Ayton included in the package considering Durant’s value but that is just my opinion. Today will be a brief rundown of the top 5 contending teams in each conference which I deem a…

Game Start Time – 11:40 AM on the 9th of Feb Game breakdown: This is personally my favourite matchup out of every other possible matchup in the NBA right now. Two MVP candidates, Joel Embiid and Jayson Tatum. It does not get much better than this. The rivals of the east. Everyone takes this one personally and I know Joel Embiid will be out to put on a clinic. Boston and Philly are probably the two best teams in the East and some could say the two best teams in the league in terms of form. This game will be…

Game Start Time: 2PM AEDT – 8th Feb Game Breakdown: It would be rude of me not to return to the NBA preview series without the game being the matchup that could change history forever. The Thunder will come off back-to-back games to face the Lakers in the game where Lebron will be trying to score 35 points to tie the record of Kareem Abdul – Jabbar’s all-time scoring record and anything over 35 points will see LeBron be the all-time scoring leader in NBA history. So, 36 points will see him cement himself in history and enhance his resume…

General Breakdown: In a shock to the majority of the NBA community, Kyrie Irving requested a trade out of Brooklyn due to a fallout during contract negotiations following a blowout loss to Boston. This morning, Irving was sent to Dallas in a blockbuster trade for Spencer Dinwiddie, Dorian Finney Smith and some draft capital which the Nets significantly lack.  In today’s article, I’ll be discussing the fallout of what had the potential to be the best big 3 of all time and where do Brooklyn go from here as well as the future for Dallas and how they can use…

The upcoming Autumn Carnival is stacked with talent to kick off this year’s racing season and horses such as Anamoe and Nature Strip will be keen to enhance their status in the history books. However, I believe there are some horses slipping under the radar who I will be getting in-depth about. Today will not be focused on the bigger names such as Anamoe, I’m Thunderstuck, Zaaki, Nature Strip etc, I’ll be talking about 4 horses who have been forgotten about or overlooked when discussing the group races in the Autumn Carnival. Think It Over I am pumped to see…

This year’s All-Stars have been announced and after seeing the list I feel a few players were unlucky to miss out. In saying that, I’ll review every player and make a judgement on whether they deserve to either start, be on the reserves, or just not be there at all. My Robbed Starting 5: Anthony Edwards: If anyone has seen my previous articles that involve the Timberwolves, you would know I highly rate Ant’s game and how good he is at a such young age. His ability to control / takeover a game whenever he wants has made the timberwolves…

GAME START TIME: @11:30am (AEDT) GAME BREAKDOWN: Tomorrow, the Boston Celtics take on the Nets at home in Boston and are looking to continue their dominance as the 1 seed in the East. The Nets will suit up without KD again and of course without the imposter himself Ben Simmons. The thief (Simmons) is on nearly 40 million a year and putting up 7,6,6 and not half the defender he was at Philly so it is better off he is not playing tomorrow. On the other hand, Kyrie Irving has been unreal over the past 10 as he averages 31…

GAME START TIME – 11:00AM (AEDT) GAME BREAKDOWN: Two top teams in the NBA Eastern Conference face off in an intense matchup in Ohio this morning. The 5th seeded Cavs led by Starting All-Star guard Donovan Mitchell play the 6th seeded Miami unit, led by the one and only Jimmy Butler. Earlier this season, Cavs smoked the Heat by 27 points, however, Bam Adebayo was the only decent player active for the game that day, so, that scoreline does not tell us much. The Cavs have been in some mediocre form as of late, however, they made a joke out…