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There has been quite the hype surrounding Laurie Daley’s Nostradamus-like prediction of the NRL grand final script following Sunday’s thrilling encounter between the North Queensland Cowboys and Brisbane Broncos.
The NSW Blues coach correctly tipped the extra-time field goal kicked by Clive Churchill Medallist Johnathan Thurston in a dramatic 17-16 victory for the Cowboys.
But closer to home Maitland has its very own version of “Lozzadamus” which was published right here in the Mercury last week.
Despite struggling on the expert panel in regular rounds, former Mercury journalist turned publican Ben Quinn picked the winner and exact margin of the 2015 decider.
Only this year’s champion and Pickers premiership winning coach Noel Dent, as well as runner-up and Pickers Top 20 legend Brian Burke, missed the Cowboys getting across the line.
And it left this sports journalist one ahead of the game on seven points for the finals series after finishing mid-table in the normal competition.
Still on the NRL grand final and if losing in that fashion wasn’t heartbreaking enough Broncos fans must look up to North Queensland for a little longer.
A Cowboys flag has been flown above Brisbane’s Story Bridge, as per a mayoral challenge, adding a little more insult to injury.
The photo doing the sporting rounds on social media this week was an unusual but hilarious one.
At first glance it was just your stock standard ladder at the edge of any swimming water.
But the message was directed towards English sport and the idea being to help teams get out of the pool at a World Cup.
It was prompted by the rugby side’s early elimination from the union tournament they are currently hosting and follows on from similar stories at international competitions for cricket and football during the 12 months or so.
Maitland’s national hockey representative Simon Orchard has released the latest instalment of his blog – Angles of Attitude.
It is called “My Anxious Life” and his dealings with anxiety during his professional career with the Australian side.
UFC fighter Ronda Rousey has become the first woman to appear on the front of Australian Men’s Fitness magazine and it has sparked all sorts of controversy.
Check out the Sydney Morning Herald’s take on the headline – “Think You’re Tough?”