A detail of TV remote control with streaming platform buttons is seen in a store in Krakow, Poland on May 30, 2022. (Photo by Beata Zawrzel/NurPhoto via Getty Images)
A Brisbane woman has spent a pleasurable evening surfing a new streaming service.
On Tuesday night, Sarah (40) signed up to ‘Nostalgia 247’, a streaming service devoted to movies, TV shows, and documentaries from 1960-2010.
Taking advantage of the generous 30-day free trial, Sarah spent some time building her ‘Favourites’ list, adding 20 TV shows, 15 movies, and five documentaries.
”I know I’ll never get through everything, but I got caught up in a nostalgia wave and couldn’t stop. Everything I saw reminded me of my childhood.”
After finishing her browsing, Sarah sat down to watch The Nanny for the first time in 20 years.
“I loved this show as a teenager and it holds up pretty well. I’ll try to finish all six seasons before my trial period ends, then I’ll cancel it. I may watch the occasional movie on the weekends to break things up.”
Everyday News is a brand new general news/parody section of The Gurgler, and definitely not a lame rip-off of ‘The Betoota Advocate’. We swear.
Welcome back to The Gurgler’s F1 Season G-Power Rankings – our way of using various F1 based stats for 2022 to determine the most recent race and the season’s best drivers so far. Our 2022 British Grand Prix Ratings is a unique collection of stats that try and find a different way to determine the best drivers.
The Power Rankings goes a little bit deeper than just points scored on the Sunday. We take on board Free Practice, Qualifying, performance in relation to team mate, fastest lap, and a few more stats that are attempting to highlight a driver outperforming the car.
A full explanation on what is included and the points awarded is below the visuals.
The 2022 British Grand Prix Ratings is more than just a score for driver of the day, we have other F1 based points of interest in easy to consume visuals to tell the story of the season so far.
2022 F1 Season Power Rankings – Race 10 2022 British Grand Prix Ratings
Here is the breakdown of the best and blurst driver from the most recent race at Baku.
Our ratings points gives the driver of the race to Carlos Sainz again, and while he got lucky, he still finished first and from pole.
Good weekend for 2/3 of the British drivers, with Lando Norris and Lewis Hamilton in the top three places this week.
Nicholas Latifi is up nice and high after making Q3 this weekend and shutting us up for a bit.
2022 F1 Season Power Rankings Progress – Martini Medal Driver of the Year
Here are the current overall standings for our Driver of the Year winner – the Martini Medal. Named in honour of one of F1’s most unsung heroes – Pierluigi Martini of Minardi fame.
We have the overall scores as they stand, plus a visual which shows the flow of each driver’s position throughout the season.
Max Verstappen keeps his lead at the top but the big moement is from the second drivers of the big two teams. Carlos Sainz through his win and pole, and Sergio Perez just getting the job done as he usually does.
Lewis Hamilton continues his progress after a few good races in a row and jumps ahead of both Alpine drivers for now, but is still behind his current and previous team mates.
2022 F1 Season Power Rankings – Other Interesting Stats
DRIVER 2022 H2H RECORD
A couple of drivers staring down the barrel of a 2022 season spanking.
Alex Albon keeps the outright lead for H2H, despite being outqualified and crashing out on lap one.
The Alpines are very closely matched.
QUALIFYING
Here our qualifying analysis covers the average grid position as well as the gap to pole.
For the gap to pole the % from pole is relative to the fastest lap in whichever qualifying session was the final one for each driver.
Max Verstappen now has the best grid position average, and the best % from Pole Position.
Our second qualifying visual shows quite a gap opening up to the midfield which is as tightly packed as ever. George Russell is in there but just hidden by how tight the pack is.
Despite a good season Alex Albon now remains as the only full time driver not to make a Q3 session.
Finally we have qualifying results split into the type of track – Modern, Street and Classic.
It all shows that Leclerc is the king of qualifying on modern tracks and street circuits, but Max has the advantage on classic circuits.
FIRST LAP POSITION GAINS
Here is the summary and details for first lap movement for the 2022 season so far.
Some drivers are punished for first lap shenanigans, but maybe they should behave themselves.
Max Verstappen is now the only full time driver yet to lose a place on the first lap after Alex Albon, Esteban Ocon were involved in crashes at the first start.
Carlos Sainz is the only driver to not gain a spot on the first lap at any grand prix this season, and lost a place on the first start, which is where we are calculating this from. Valtteri Bottas got his first positive lap one experience of the season at the British Grand Prix.
FREE PRACTICE
Not enough for you?
Here have some Free Practice stats, to see is building their weekend best so far.
2022 F1 Season Power Rankings – Points Explanation
Here’s how the points work this season. Essentially the perfect race (Win from Pole, Fastest Lap, thrash team mate, best in race etc) should amount to the perfect 100 points.
FIRST LAP GAINS +0.5pts per position gained -0.5pts per position lost.
CHAMPIONSHIP POINTS – 25pts to 1pt as per World Championship – Sprint Race Points added.
BEAT TEAM MATE (RACE) – 10pts (if both finish or other driver got self inflicted DNF)
FASTEST LAP – 5pts – 1pt for top five drivers.
GRID POSITION TO RACE POSITION – formula +/- relative finish to grid
BEST OF THE REST (RACE) – 5pts to 1pt – top five non Mercedes-Red Bull drivers
QUALIFYING – 20pts to 1pt – Grid Position 1 to 20.
BEAT TEAM MATE (QUALIFYING) – 5pts
BEST OF THE REST (QUALIFYING) – 5pts to 1pt – top five non Mercedes-Red Bull drivers
GREAT/GRAPE – 5pts Great 2pts Honourable Mention -2Pts Dishonourable Mention -5Pts Grape
BEAT TEAM MATE (QUALIFYING) Time Gap – Formula for % beaten team mate by
BEAT TEAM MATE (QUALIFYING) Position – 0.5 Pts for every position team mate is beaten by. 0 points for second car.
FREE PRACTICE HERO – 10Pts to 1Pt – Average Position across all three practice sessions.
WIN FROM POLE – Bonus 5 Points
WIN FROM POLE WITH FASTEST LAP – Bonus 10 Points
SPRINT RACE – Points awarded as per F1 points from 8 to 1.
SPRINT RACE RACE GAIN – Net position from Qualifying divided by two.
Another half-arsed weekend of NRL action – four games, no State of Origin stars, and probably last minute changes and wet weather. But if the NRL don’t take their own competition seriously we will. So as ever here is our NRL Round 17 Tips Summary and Stats Preview.
Each week we offer up a quick preview glance for each match, a bunch of barely interesting stats, probably more than one could ever need or want.
We also offer up some alternative tips. These alternative tips are often based on a rugby league stat, and sometimes something completely absurd, and are aimed at those NRL tipsters who just can’t be bothered.
This week it’s based on kicking. Well, we are starting t run out of ideas come Round 17.
So enjoy the 2022 NRL Round 17 Tips Stats Preview + Alternative Tips where there’s something for everyone. Mostly.
2022 NRL Round 17 Predictions – Alternative Tips – Kings of Kicking
Short on inspiration already? Or looking for that edge to your tipping that no one else in your competition has? Well here are the Alternative NRL Tips for this round.
Since it looks like it’s going to be another wet weekend and we are too lazy to do stats on teams on wet tracks, we’re going with the next best thing for a wet day – a good kicking game.
So we got stats on three key kicking stats – Kick Metres, Forced Dropouts and Kicked Dead – and ranked each team from 1-16. We then determined an average across the three for this week’s score. The better the rank, the better the kicking game, so the better chance of winning in the wet.
Strange thing is 7/8 teams this weekend are in the bottom half for our kicking stats. Check out the visual further in the article for the actual individual stats.
ALTERNATIVE TIPS 2022 PROGRESS – 60% – 74/124
2022 NRL Round 17 Predictions – Gurgler Tips
Can we beat our own Alternative NRL tips? Usually not, so again we’ll have to keep trying.
STORM to beat Sharks
RABBITOHS to beat Knights
EELS to beat Tigers
BRONCOS to beat Dragons
OUR TIPS – 66% – 82/124
2022 NRL Round 17 Weekly H2H Stats
Looking for a cheat sheet for the weekend’s upcoming games?
Much like Noah and his ark, ours come in twos.
Here’s as much information that we could cram into one visual, or two. Click on the images for a closer look. It looks marginally more impressive closer up.
Here we take the best points of interest for each match coming up this weekend, and share them with you for no cost. Feel free to share with friends and family.
Melbourne are on a five game winning streak v Cronulla.
Sharks have won their last three home games on a Thursday.
Melbourne average the most points for on a Thursday. Penrith have the best Thursday defense.
Cronulla are one of only three teams (+ Penrith, North Qld) who have a better than 50% win record v top eight sides this season (at time of fixture).
Souths have won four in a row v Newcastle away.
Newcastle have lost their last three home games to Sydney clubs by a combined total of 111-14.
But the Knights have won their last four home games on a Friday.
Wests Tigers have lost only 1/5 games v Parramatta Eels since 1998 at Leichhardt Oval. The Eels’ only win was in 2001 by 66-12. Although Parramatta’s win margin covers the Tigers combined wins. Note – that the 2000 fixture ended in a draw.
Tigers have won three of their last 17 games on a Saturday.
Dragons have won five straight v Broncos. But they have lost four straight to Qld teams.
The Broncos have scored exactly 24 points in their last three games v Dragons.
2022 NRL Round 17 Barely Interesting Stats Extra
TEAMS KICKING STATS USED FOR ALTERNATIVE TIPS
THURSDAY STATS
2022 NRL Round 17 NRL 2022 Season – Team Stats
We have taken the best of the NRL data and turned them into visuals you can use to enjoy your rugby league this weekend.
There’s run metres, kicking stats, errors, tackled and lack of tackles.
Plus we also have each team’s record against the top and bottom teams and home v away.
There’s so much you’ll need to stop halfway to catch your breath.
TEAM RECORD V TOP & BOTTOM EIGHT SIDES
Note – top / bottom eight is decided at time of match not current ladder.
TEAM RECORD – HOME & AWAY
Note – not the awful soap on Channel 7
KICKING STATS
Note: last graph is a 100% breakdown of kick types.
RUNNING STATS
TACKLES
BAD BOYS
2022 NRL Season Prediction Results
Our tips jumped ahead of the alternative tips last week, so now onto bigger and better things.
ALTERNATIVE TIPS 6/8 First Round Form 4/8 More Dangerous Mascot 3/8 Best H2H 6/8 April Fools 7/8 Bad Boy Points (Penalties/Sin Bins etc) 5/8 Greens Votes 6/8 Marginal Seats 5/8 Covid Cases 6/8 May Record 3/8 Suncorp Stadium Record 4/8 ALP Voting 2/8 Green / Teal Colour Wheel 1/4 June Form since 1998 6/8 Post Origin I Form 5/8 Winter Form 5/8 Post Origin II Form
It was the best of times, it was the blurst of times, and now the Wooden Spooners have returned to cast their eye over the latest weekend of rugby league that was with the NRL Round 16 Results & Headlines.
Going beyond the scores, the NRL Round 16 Results & Headlines gives the extra insight in the NRL that only the Wooden Spooners can.
All reports are unconfirmed and please contact our Legal team or Buzz Rothfield aka Hans Moleman for complaints.
Referees are a necessity of the game, but the less their name appears in the aftermath of a game the better. Much like broadcasters eh Channel Nein?
But Gerard Sutton is one referee who can’t help but make himself a post-game feature to a lot of his games.
Much like the absurd dangerous tackle decision in the Penrith v Roosters game on Friday night. The Roosters player penalised for a dangerous throw while lying on the ground. The penalty proved crucial as the Panthers went on to score just before half time. Although, this does exclude all the Roosters dominance in the first 15-20 minutes of the second half, and the error rate of the Roosters which possibly was the more likely reason for falling short.
Still, Gerard Sutton sucks.
But everyone thinks their team is harshly treated when they win, seen recently in State of Origin, so what better way to prove that than a couple of stats on Gerard Sutton.
Below are two visuals on each team’s winning % under Sutton v overall, and the penalty rate of for and against.
NRL SIDES WIN % VS GERARD SUTTON WIN %
MANLY HAVE CONCEDED ALMOST 10% OF THEIR 2022 SEASON POINTS IN THE LAST EIGHT MINUTES OF THEIR LAST TWO GAMES
Manly should have beaten both the Cowboys and Storm in the past two rounds, but late tries conceded in those games has cost them one victory and made one other win look way harder than it should have been.
In fact. the Sea Eagles have conceded 18 points in the last six minutes against the Storm 16 in the last eight minutes of their loss to North Queensland.
That makes it 34 points in 14 minutes, which is just under 10% of their season total of points conceded for 2022.
UNSURPRISINGLY A SHARK WENT BETTER UNDERWATER THAN A BULLDOG
It has been a very wet weekend in Sydney and NSW thanks to a East Coast Low, and the Bulldogs v Sharks was the worst affected game of Round 16.
Unsurprisingly a Shark was better in wet conditions than a Bulldog as Cronulla won the game over Canterbury 18-6.
One could question yet another major weather event in a country way too affected by them in recent years. Although you could also be cheeky and suggest that it is the first win for a Scott Morrison involving climate change ever.
ROOSTERS COACH SHOULD BE WORRIED ABOUT THE CURSE OF KNIGHTS
Newcastle Knights have won just five games in an underwhelming 2022 season. That’s not a dig at the Knights, but a look at their victories is interesting.
After added the Gold Coast Titans to their list of victims for 2022, Newcastle can include the Bulldogs, Tigers, Warriors and Roosters as teams they have beaten this season.
Those following the NRL in 2022 will know that three of the teams that Newcastle have beaten have sacked their coach this season, and the Titans talk of binning Justin Holbrook could make that 4/5.
So if Gold Coast management decide to part ways with the Titans coach, that leaves Trent Robinson as the only head coach to lose to the Knights and keep his job.
NO COINCIDENCE THAT WESTS TIGERS WERE CHOSEN AS FIRST OPPONENTS IN NZ
The New Zealand Warriors’ return to New Zealand was one of the good news stories in Round 16, and their convincing win over the Tigers was deserved reward.
But the Wooden Spooners have the inside information that the Warriors v Tigers game was the first fixture circled when making the 2022 NRL draw.
The NRL betting on the fact that the Tigers would either be imploding or on their way to 9th after watching the Tiger Town serial last year.
EVEN FOX LEAGUE HAVE GIVEN UP ON SHOPPING AROUND SHANE FLANAGAN TO TIGERS
The Wooden Spooners don’t want to pass on any more pain to the Wests Tigers than they already get, but you get the feeling that even Fox League have given up on Shane Flanagan taking over at the Wests Tigers.
Perhaps the Tigers are damaged goods, perhaps they’ve worked out that Shane Flanagan is overrated because of one premiership that is and always should be tainted.
Shame, his commentary is dull, and we’d be happy to hear less from him each week.
GOLD COAST TITANS TO REACH OUT TO CAPTAIN CHARGER TO SAVE 2022 SEASON
The Gold Coast put in arguably their worst performance of the season, and there’s talk of the coach being fired, and a lack of vibe around the club.
So the Wooden Spooners have it on good authority that the Titans are willing to give Justin Holbrook some more time, and bring in some new blood.
Indeed it is Captain Charger. The erstwhile Gold Coast mascot will be back for the Titans next game, and is on trial for a 2023 spot on the coaching team.
SOCIALS OF THE WEEK
Our NRL Social of the Week is from a Simpsons Related NRL Memes Facebook Pagelike it always is these days which is a must for those who love NRL, Simpsons and a laugh.
THE SHANE FLANAGAN NEW COACHING GIG-O-METER
With Shane Flanagan in the commentary box for Fox League in 2022, we can continue to expect subtle digs at teams who are struggling and that he can see a possible way in for.
So each week as part of the Wooden Spooner’s NRL Headlines, we’ll bring you the New Coaching Gig-O-Meter. This features which teams are hot for a new coach, or a team that was and is going cool.
With so many coaches gone or teams in poor form, the Coaching Gig-O-Meter is going off the charts.
And there’s reports that the Gold Coast Titans might get rid of their coach this week too. Which requires a Coaching Gig-O-Meter refresh.
NORTHAMPTON, ENGLAND - JULY 03: Race winner Carlos Sainz of Spain and Ferrari celebrates in parc ferme during the F1 Grand Prix of Great Britain at Silverstone on July 03, 2022 in Northampton, England. (Photo by Mark Thompson/Getty Images)
F1 returns to Europe, whoops, we mean the United Kingdom, and the home of Sir Lewis Hamilton for the big race at Silverstone and to attempt to do the race justice we offer up our 2022 British Grand Prix Results, Lap by Lap, Review & Summary.
Our review covers what happened in the race so you don’t have to in the laps that matter. Plus we throw in our Race Ratings, the Best (Great) and Worst (Grape) drivers of the race weekend.
The 2022 British Grand Prix Results, Lap by Lap, Review & Summary gives you just enough to catch up with. With just a small serving of cynicism. The perfect bite sized review for those who couldn’t be bothered, or don’t have enough time.
2022 British Grand Prix Results
THE LAPS THAT MATTERED
Didn’t see the race live? Don’t have time to watch the whole race? Well here are the top laps where stuff happened. We write these live as we go, sort of like a minute by minute for the football, but marginally more interesting.
Setting the Scene – Despite Lewis Hamilton having one of his worst seasons ever, there is still lots of love for Lewis Hamilton for the British Grand Prix and to a lesser degree Lando Norris, and further back in middle child levels George Russell.
The new villain Max Verstappen, who has been booed over the weekend for various things including a perceived underwhelming support of Lewis Hamilton after Nelson Piquet decided to be a bigger jerk than usual, looks quick but was beaten to pole position by unofficial Ferrari number two Carlos Sainz. Further back the Mercedes look quicker than usual which might excite the home fans, Lando Norris impressed as much as his team mate didn’t, and the driver we cane the most – Nicholas Latifi – made the top ten.
A dry start it is, but there’s clouds, and a quick look at the Met Office Weather shows that there’s a chance of a mid race shower. 70% chance apparently. Goodie.
By the way, the national anthem was a beauty, there’s not enough electric guitar and screaming to God Save The Queen. Not since the Sex Pistols anyway. The piano playing intro was less great.
TOP 10 GRID – SAI VER LEC PER HAM NOR ALO RUS ZHO LAT
Lap 1 – Max Verstappen beats Carlos Sainz off the line to take first into the first corner, Lewis Hamilton makes a flier off the line from fifth to third behind the top two, but in the background looks like all hell has broken loose further back.
There’s a lot of smoke and sparks, then a car flying across the gravel upside down at hundreds of km/h, plus a bunch of cars with various levels of damage. Some of them with minimal chance chance of making a restart. This will be interesting to see what the hell happened.
The upside down car was the Alfa Romeo of Guanyu Zhou, and for a long time there was no news on his condition. 10 minutes after the race was stopped the most TV audiences were told was that he was still in the car and doctors were with him. A few minutes later confirmation he is out of the car and importantly alive. On a stretcher mind you,
George Russell, Esteban Ocon, Yuki Tsunoda and Alex Albon all look involved too and they will be racing the clock to get ready for the restart. Not George Russell though, as his car came back to the pits on the back of a truck he’s not allowed to restart.
RED FLAG – With that amount of damage and carnage there’s no choice but to stop the race immediately.
Ouch for those in the Pacific region of Australia/Asia, with the already late midnight start going to be further delayed. Hope you work from home and can sleep in.
A replay of the crash is horrific. George Russell makes a bad start, and he moves left just as Pierre Gasly fills a gap between him and Guanyu Zhou and the Alfa Romeo on the left is clipped and flipped, and as it slides upside down along the gravel it bounces up and over the tyre barrier into catch fencing which is thankfully there to stop the car going at 150km/h+ going into the crowd. There were a few photographers metres away behind the barriers and marshalls not far away either. Lucky for everyone involved.
Further back there was actually a second accident. Sebastian Vettel turns Alex Albon into a spin who then smashes in Yuki Tsunoda and Esteban Ocon and somehow misses the rest of the midfield. Especially Daniel Ricciardo, who season has been so unlucky that it was surprising that we wasn’t taken out. For the record Albon looked to have slowed down to avoid the carnage in front.
ORDER – VER SAI HAM LEC ALO PER NOR LAT BOT RIC
But this reverted back to grid order for the restart.
NEW GRID – SAI VER LEC PER HAM NOR ALO ZHO LAT GAS
Lap 2 (Lap 1 v2) – Here we go again an hour later. In the grid order as per race start one. Obviously Guanyu Zhou will not be restarting, the same for George Russell. Alex Albon was the third driver to make the restart.
Carlos Sainz makes a better start of it, and he pushes Max Verstappen towards the pit wall, but holds on for first which he keeps for the first lap. Charles Leclerc makes a better start than the first one and get third but looks to have run into Sergio Perez a little. Perez’s front wing is a little ruined but he continues. Further behind the drivers looked to have behaved themselves.
ORDER SAI VER LEC PER NOR HAM GAS ALO TSU OCO
Lap 5 – Perez’s slightly broken Red Bull pits for a new front wing, which allows Norris and Hamilton to battle for British best or fourth place. Whichever comes first. In this case it is Lewis Hamilton who overtakes Lando Norris for fourth a lap later.
Further back Alonso got past Pierre Gasly for sixth, which is great as lots of people like Alonso this year. Gasly ends up holding up at least another seven cars, with all those covered by less than a second gap to the car in front.
Lap 8 – Max Verstappen closes within a second of Carlos Sainz which means he can use the DRS against the Ferrari. This could be very interesting given the last race and that Carlos Sainz hasn’t been very lucky this season.
Lap 10 – Carlos Sainz chokes. He runs wide at one of the sweepers (Becketts) and Max Verstappen swoops by into the lead. Within a lap he is 1.3 seconds in front and this race win looks done and dusted. Unless Red Bull can pull out some unreliability. (Refer below)
And now of course Charles Leclerc “is much faster than Carlos Sainz”. Although Charles is correct in general, for this race Carlos is the one in front.
Lap 11 – The two Alpha Tauri drivers appear to run into each other. Not a great race for them. They drop to 13th and 16th from top ten-ish positions.
Lap 12 – Spoke too soon. The Red Bull is slowing down and loses positions. Looks like a puncture. And don’t the British crowd show him loads of sympathy with 100,000’s of cheers. He comes out behind Alonso and has to settle for sixth for now.
ORDER – SAI LEC HAM NOR ALO VER OCO LAT BOT RIC
Lap 14 – Max Verstappen is on the radio saying his car isn’t right. Team say it is bodywork issue and not critical, so he’ll have to push on. Which won’t reduce the moaning on the radio but increases his chances of points.
Lap 16 – The Ferrari are very close now, back in the Michael Schumacher days these positions would have already been swapped, but for now Sainz is holding on. But they’d better not stuff around too much, with local hero Lewis Hamilton within three and a bit seconds of the red cars. And catching at 3-5 tenths a lap.
Lap 21 – Carlos Sainz pits for new tyres and loses the lead to his team mate. He comes out third behind his team mate.
Lap 24 – Bloody hell, the gap from Leclerc to Hamilton is under two seconds now. And it’s less than a second on lap 25.
Poor Max Verstappen, he pits again and drops two more spots behind Perez and Vettel. The crowd once again roar with delight. Who’d think that Verstappen would be struggling so bad that he is just in front of Nicholas Latifi.
Lap 25 – Lewis Hamilton takes the lead!!!! Leclerc pits which helps a bit, and leaves the Mercedes in front to the roar of the crowd. Hamilton is a good 18 seconds ahead of Sainz of Ferrari who are struggling.
ORDER HAM SAI LEC NOR ALO PER VET VER LAT OCO
Lap 26 – Meanwhile Max Verstappen is still struggling and moaning. And on lap 27.
Lap 28 – Charles Leclerc is flying in third and closing on team mate Carlos Sainz in second. There’s no team orders, which could be dangerous as it may just hand Lewis Hamilton a race win. Come lap 31 and Leclerc nearly runs into Sainz. Ferrari might completely stuff this race.
Lap 31 – Charles Leclerc finally gets past Carlos Sainz, so all eyes on Lewis Hamilton who is yet to pit and 18 seconds up the road. Maybe Hamilton pushes on with a later pitstop and puts on a soft tyre. That would make for a nice finish.
Lap 34 – Lewis Hamilton pits for new tyres and drops to third, but is less than five seconds from the lead. His new tyres are going to be less stuffed later in the race so a good ending is anticipated.
Meanwhile Daniel Ricciardo pits as the same time as Hamilton, he rejoins second last and 15th. Another quality race for the Australian – he almost a lap of the full track behind his team mate.
Lap 37 – Esteban Ocon overtakes Max Verstappen for 8th, it really is a bad day for the Dutchman.
Lap 38 – Lewis Hamilton sets fastest lap so a battle could be forming for the top three. Lewis is down to just two seconds, and more gap savings to be come.
Lap 39 – Esteban Ocon slows down stuck in gear and eventually stops on the old pit straight. It bring out the safety car. Carlos Sainz and Lewis Hamilton both pit for soft tyres. Charles Leclerc misses out. Perez pits too from fourth, which is a free stop as he was yet to stop for tyres.
ORDER – LEC SAI HAM PER ALO NOR VET MAG VER STR
Lap 43 – Safety Car leaves and race is back on. The top cars are so close it’s going to be a lot of fun. A few corners into the restart Charles Leclerc runs wide and Carlos Sainz takes the lead – the two Ferraris battle for a few corners.But Sainz holds the lead. And Sergio Perez overtakes Lewis Hamilton for third as the Ferraris battle ahead.
ORDER – SAI LEC PER HAM ALO NOR VER VET MSC MAG
Lap 44 – Lewis Hamilton’s Mercedes has woken up and he challenges Sergio Perez for third now. Meanwhile Carlos Sainz is two seconds ahead of Leclerc and set for victory.
Lap 45 – Charles Leclerc and Sergio Perez battle side by side for the last few corners of lap 45, and they both run wide into the last corner leaving just enough gap for Lewis Hamilton to overtake them both and surge into second with the massive roar of the home crowd at his back. It drowns out the cars and commentary,
Lap 46 – But hold your horses (not Ferrari pun) Sergio Perez comes back at Lewis Hamilton a few corners later and takes second place. The moves leaves Hamilton vulnerable to Charles Leclerc who also takes the Mercedes. Through all of this Fernando Alonso and Lando Norris have closed in too. Five cars within a second or two. Perez could be in trouble for leaving the track when overtaking Leclerc. Too much happening.
Lap 48 – Lewis Hamilton goes around the outside of Charles Leclerc of Luffield but the Ferrari fights back a corner later going around the outside himself. A corner later Hamilton passes Leclerc for a third time and makes it stick.
Lap 49 – Carlos Sainz has a couple of seconds lead to Perez, so it looks like the Ferrari driver may get his first ever Grand Prix win. Further back Mick Schumacher is on track for his first ever points and is battling with no less than Max Verstappen for 7th,
Last Lap – The racing dies down a little, but there’s no less excitement as Carlos Sainz takes his first ever Grand Prix win, ahead of Sergio Perez who as ever gets plenty out of a mixed up race. Lewis Hamilton gets joy too, as a podium in front of his home fans will be quite welcomed, but he may have regrets with a slow tyre stop and wrong tyre choice for his last stop. Charles Leclerc faield to take full advantage of a bad day for Max Verstappen for the Championship and ends up fourth when he probably should have won. Mick Schumacher presses Max Verstappen right to the last corner and settles for 8th.
FINAL ORDER – SAI PER HAM LEC ALO NOR VER SCH VET MAG
2022 British Grand Prix Results
RACE RATING
Was it a good race, loads of action, tense, or just a big, fat, snooze-fest.
We rate the big race itself so we know which races to go back and watch in the off season or one to simply remember the winner for the post season quiz nights.
SEASON IMPORTANCE – 9 / 10
Could this race be the return of Mercedes or just a one-off fluke at the home of British F1? If so we have ourselves a three way duel for the titles.
And Max Verstappen having problems with his Red Bull means the reliability issues are going to be shared around the teams this season.
And a great Ferrari result opens up the Championship as well with Max Verstappen’s luck running out.
ON TRACK ACTION – 8 / 10
Plenty of action throughout the field, with battles at the front and in the midfield. Team mates running into each other, which is always funny, and a nicely timed Safety Car.Different pit stop strategies help the race too. The late race action boosts the on track action score.
ENDING 9.5 / 10
Almost perfect ending to a race. The Safety Car on lap 39 was perfectly timed to bunch the field up and create a mini sprint race until the end. With multiple position changes between the top drivers and the podium undecided until right to the end, what more do you need.
OVERALL RATING 26.5 / 30
A great race, and a super finish. Scary first start to the race ended up all good with all drivers fine. A classic race for a classic track.
No need for the rain after all.
2022 SEASON RATINGS SO FAR
Want to know what we thought of previous races? Or which ones to to back and watch?
2022 British Grand Prix Results
GREAT & GRAPE OF THE RACE
Here we go through the field and highlight the very best (Great) of the race, and the plodders, the over-ambitious, the out of luck, and simply hopeless (Grape).
These points get added to our Driver of the Season scores. Five points for a great nomination, and -5 for the worst or grapest driver in the pack. Then it is +2 /-2 for honourable or dishonourable mentions.
It used to be called the good, bad and ugly, but everyone is using that now. And who doesn’t like grapes.
THE GREAT-EST – CARLOS SAINZ
Two greatest awards in a row for Carlos Sainz and he earned this one. His first win was taken from pole position, which was forgotten with all the race action. He had to battle a few opponents and team politics to win the race.
HONOURABLE MENTIONS
SERGIO PEREZ – Ended up back in the pack after breaking a front wing on lap one. As he does when a race is scrambled he makes the most out of a race. Another solid haul of points with second, and keeping Max Verstappen honest.
LEWIS HAMILTON – A return to form for the Mercedes and a race win looked even likely at some stage. Cheered on by the loudest home fans ever heard. Got some love from Tom Cruise after the race.
FERNANDO ALONSO – A relatively quiet race according to the TV cameras, but a solid fifth place and he even sniffed around fourth at the end.
LANDO NORRIS – Another solid top five result, and another thrashing of his team mate.
MICK SCHUMACHER – First points for eighth, and he was even pushing Championship leader Max Verstappen at the end.
THE GRAPE-EST – GUANYU ZHOU
Being wiped out on the first lap and sliding upside down across the gravel then over the barriers is as bad a race start as you get these days. Lucky to be alive, but unlucky to qualify well and be taken out for his reward. Although one could argue as least he is alive.
DIS-HONOURABLE MENTIONS
GEORGE RUSSELL – Made a mistake in qualifying that meant he started in 8th position, which then turned into a real shocker as a poor start saw him involved in the midfield, and arguably the biggest instigator into the Zhou crash.
ALEX ALBON – Involved in a second crash from the first start and also ended up in hospital . Probably less shame than not making Q3 of qualifying while his teammate sits in the top ten.
DANIEL RICCIARDO – Another poor race, was one of a few lapped cars towards the end, and at least he got to unlap himself. But surely his time is over at McLaren.
PIERRE GASLY / YUKI TSUNODA – Both involved in crashes for the first start. Then ran into each other in the race. Not great, poor in fact.
2022 F1 Season Power Rankings
Stay tuned for our Power Rankings from the race soon as it is currently being calculated.
Local man Frank Bigmoor woke up pretty dusty on Sunday morning, and he knew he was in trouble too. He received a much bigger disapproving stare from his significant other than usual on a Sunday, but why he wondered.
Normally Saturdays involved a few beers, followed by the sweet, sweet refreshment of a few Rum and Cokes, all while watching all three NRL games with increasing impatience towards referees, various teams, Cooper Cronk’s tediously accurate analysis and Michael Ennis’ blokiest commentary in the worrrrrld. But this felt different. And it happened to be a bye this week, so there were no NRL matches.
So as a lot of people do with little memory but nagging regret Frank checked his social media account, and the pieces began to fit together.
Seems Frank went on a Twitter binge yesterday, which of course helped him remember stuff, and the hashtag #6n1 was plastered on his Twitter as much as he increasingly appeared in his short videos.
He slowly started recalling that #6n1 referred to an underground drinking challenge in outer suburban Brisbane that very few knew of, and even fewer have attempted.
The Six and One or #6n1 refers to a drinking challenge at a nearby pub just off and offramp on the Bruce Highway.
The challenge apparently requires “contestants” to purchase a six pack of OP Rum & Cola, plus an additional 750ml beer of the “contestant’s” choice. This is not the hard part of the challenge, but a required starting point.
Once purchased, the “contestant” needs to finish the seven beverages by the time they make it to the Horsewild Mountain servo 15 km away. This has to be by car and the rules apparently state there must be a sober designated driver or the “contestant” is disqualified.
Disregarding the alcohol % for now, the challenge required 3 litres of liquid to be drunk in 15km. Just a lazy 200ml or seven ounces a kilometre. As for time, well if you avoid the weekend peaks where the Bruce Highway is always f—ed, the journey takes 13 minutes, increasing the consumption to 230ml per minute.
As for alcohol % it equates to one standard drink per kilometre. Tough going.
So with all the danger signs of “Bad For Your Health” ignored, Frank Bigmoor had finally worked up the “Dutch” courage to do it after years of promising himself he would.
So after being dropped off at the local at 12pm, Frank Bigmoor’s designated driver arrived at 2pm, his first critical error was to have a few warm-up beers. Any warm-up for that matter. The Works Burger for lunch was also a mistake, not just in hindsight.
Disregarding the poor choices made, Frank Bigmoor purchased the required six pack of OP Rum and Cola and the additional tallie of XXXX. And did his first Facebook Live of the afternoon. Although setting a low bar, it was to be the best Facebook live of the day. Like Frank’s sobriety, Wallet, Friendship with his designated driver, it was all about to go downhill.
It started off well enough, once in the car the 6 ‘n’ 1 challenge could commence and before the car had even been started Frank was halfway through the first OP bullet. By the time he had puts his seatbelt on, one can had been destroyed. Monstered if you will. The quick pace of the first had given Frank watery, googly eyes. The eagle eyed DD enquired about his “back-up plan”, which was a subtle way of asking what he intended to vomit into, and he was going to vomit.
Upon cracking can number two, Frank pointed his pinky to the flimsy plastic bag the six pack had come in. Forward thinking Frank thought to his himself saying yes to the plastic bag at the bottlo.
A minute later and barely out the carpark as they approached the onramp to the highway Frank Bigmoor had completed can number two. Feeling bullish about his chances he got onto Facebook live again, with a ten second ramble about his day with the phrase 6 ‘n’ 1 mentioned at least five times.
Like any middle child, the third can of OP and Cola was a bit of a forgettable, invisible blur. Much like Frank’s vision was beginning to be, not sure if it was the alcohol kicking in or the boring endless forestry scenery which made him think of the old Hanna-Barbera cartoon. This made Frank laugh, but when asked by the DD what was funny he merely snapped saying “Nothing you arsehole”. Obviously the Rum aka angry juice was kicking in.
Approaching the halfway point of the challenge in regards to consumption and distance and Frank was in trouble, piecing together his more frequently posted Facebook lives. Opening up with “Hey C—s, Holy f—k I’m struggling” was a pretty solid indication that the wheels were falling off and that he was heading towards 6 ‘n’ 1 failure.
But a message of encouragement from someone calling themselves Pirate Smee 2001 which simply said “Shut up and drrrrrrrrrrrrink” was all Frank needed to keep going and smash the remainder for can four. Although the ‘vurp’ at the end of the can had the Designated driver extremely concerned. Trying to keep his eyes on the road at the same time as looking for the six pack bag.
As they powered past the Steve Irwin Way turnoff, Frank grabbed can number five and got back onto Facebook Live to do a Steve Irwin tribute. After pretending to wrestle the can like Steve would a croc, and make a poor taste joke about Stingrays Frank announced to his many follower that if he got 10 likes he’d attempt to smash can five all at once.
Upon spying the 17 likes he already had before making the latest live chat, Frank did as the many fan wanted and drank that OP & Cold in one powerful swig. With his throat looking like a bouncing F1 Mercedes car.
Proud of his effort at getting through can number five so quickly, Frank decided to take off his rum and mayo stained T Shirt and swing it around his head. Clipping the DD on two occasions.
By can five has hurt Frank badly, his eyes and throat watering like his own personal La Nina. A spew was not an if but when and how big.
Unperturbed by the reality of his situation, he opened can number six live on Facebook again. A receiving the inevitable troll comment calling him gay for no reason, he let his fans know there was just three kilometres to go. He still had mostly one can of OP Rum & Cola and the entire XXXX tallie to go.
Bigmoor, increasingly aware of the rapidly closing finish line at the Hungry Jack’s servo pulled an idea out of who knows where, perhaps that show Man v Food where the guy has to eat a ridiculous amount of food, to drink both the Rum can and Beer at the same time. He thought genius, the DD looked increasingly worried. Especially at the amount of “Up Yours” Frank was giving to passing cars.
While Frank enjoyed the sweet, sweet taste of OP & Cola, when mixed with one of the worst beers on earth it combined to taste like flooded Oxley Creek water and Insect spray.
Frank had by now forgotten to turn off the previous Facebook live, and it continued to track his progress. The previous spillage safety net of his badly faded Rose Tattoo T Shirt was now removed, and a larger amount of alcohol was finding its way to the passenger seat and footwell. And bizarrely the USB portal, which still had Frank’s phone in it.
With the servo offramp approaching Frank was determined to win the challenge, ignoring a badly watering throat, and summoned every bit of drunk logic to swig the remaining liquid in both containers. But he had underestimated just how bad the luke warm XXXX Bitter tallie was.
As the car pulled into the carpark Frank had indeed finished the last drop of XXXX Bitter, and he had defied the odds, common sense, and his doctor’s orders to stay on his high blood pressure tablets to finish the 6 ‘n’ 1 challenge.
To celebrate the achievement Frank went back onto Facebook live, and his small but attentive audience were treated to the most action packed recording of the series.
Just as Frank Bigmoor started to launch into a very drunk and awful re-working of Queen’s We Are The Champions, you could see the critical moment coming, almost as if it was in slow motion.
A small ‘vurp’ was followed by a dam release of vomit. The DD quickly grabbed the ‘back-up plan’ aka the six pack plastic bag like a Test slip fielder, as there was just a microscopic moment in time where the DD noticed the massive split in the bottom of the bag.
The split mattered very little as Frank’s six OP & Cola cans, one XXX Tallie, three pots of gold, works burger with chips, and three pieces of chewing gum exited his mouth like a dam release and 97% missed the bag entirely.
Quick realising where the almost three litres of alcohol had gone the DD saw the contents of the competition sprayed into the gear stick, all four stereo speakers in the front of the car, two air con vents, up half of one of his arms, in both footwells, in the slot where his CD goes in, and on both of the front windows and one at the back as if Frank was remaking the Exorcist movie.
As bad as that was, the DD took the upmost exception at how Frank had managed to get spew in the back right of the car where the child seat was still strapped in.
This didn’t include the plaster job Frank had done on his remaining clothing.
Slightly unaware at the extent of his projectile vomit, but still slightly sober enough to be embarrassed, Frank quickly though on how he could clean his “friend’s” car. He looked around and saw the Hungry Jacks and said in a slur of drunken English, 17th century pirate and a mixture of Spanish and Portuguese that he was going to get a few large chips so he could use them as a scoop.
Not wanting to see how this ended the DD kicked Frank out of his car and sped towards the highway with all windows down, a giant arm with middle finger was visible towards Frank. Well it would be visible if Frank wasn’t so blind.
As if things could worse, Frank saw the vomit on his pants and quickly removed them to end up in just his underwear. Pissed at 2:30pm at a Hungry Jacks service station by himself.
Undeterred by modesty, his current smell or ability to walk straight without falling over, and unaware his former friend had left, Frank did in fact get himself three large fries and some Onion Rings for no good reason.
Upon arriving back to where he though was the car, Frank was dismayed at the departure of his ride. Even though it made no difference as the DD was long gone, Frank was in fact 50 metres away talking to a tree. And the conversation was getting so heated he threw two of the large fries at the tree.
Thanks to deteriorating Facebook live posts, Frank’s partner was made well aware of what had been going on, and was quickly rushing up the highway to beat the cops to his collection.
In the meantime the tree and Frank had to be separated by an imaginary Yowie, but he held it together long enough for his partner to beat the already contacted police.
The partner quickly scooped up what remained of Frank in a move the made a F1 pit stop look like a funeral march, and sped off towards nowhere it particular, in case the Police caught up.
The phone had by now run out of battery, but the fans were truly entertained via Frank’s Facebook account, and the comment were running thick and fast. Luckily Frank could catch up with them tomorrow.
We approached Frank’s partner for some insight into the madess, but she had no comment for us. Or for Franks, for a good week at least.
Everyday News is a brand new general news/parody section of The Gurgler, and definitely not a lame rip-off of ‘The Betoota Advocate’. We swear.
Welcome to our Queensland Cup Round 13 Preview and Stats, which features a game by game guide to each match this weekend with as many barely interesting stats as we could muster. We also throw in some expert tips. Plus ours.
After a week off for the State of Origin and Pacific Tests, it is back to business this weekend. Back to earth for a few of the PNG Hunters who were involved in their national side’s great win over Fiji on Saturday. (Read our Match Summary here) And is other things that are back, the Tigers are back at Langlands Park for the first time this season.
For those who moan about the lack of Sunday rugby league in Brisbane, you have a choice of three fixtures on Sunday around Brisbane with the sun-friendly kick off of 2pm-2:30pm.
Time to get on board some great local rugby league and our HostPlus Cup-Queensland Cup Round 13 preview.
Queensland Cup Round 13 Predictions
The merge of Intrust Super and HostPlus may have seen the competition name change from Intrust Super Cup to HostPlus Cup, but we still have Intrust Super’s former CEO and long time Q Cup fan Brendan O’Farrell joining us for the 2022 season again. He is the multiple reigning champion for our website after all.
New for 2022 is Matt Pritchard – the main man of the local independent rugby League website Nothing But League. They have outstanding rugby league coverage and still have time for Queensland Cup here too.
Their tips and ours will be underneath each of the match previews.
QUEENSLAND CUP 2022 SEASON STATS
2022 QUEENSLAND CUP SEASON SUMMARY
Here’s a colourful and quick way to see how the 2022 season is going for the teams.
2022 QUEENSLAND CUP SEASON FORM GUIDE
Here’s how the team’s season is going by round.
MORE 2022 QUEENSLAND CUP SEASON STATS – TEAM RECORD V TOP AND BOTTOM SIDES
Top 8 / Bottom 6 are determined at time of match not current ladder.
2022 QUEENSLAND CUP ROUND 13 BARELY INTERESTING STATS
PNG Hunters have won five of the six games v Ipswich Jets played on a Saturday.
Although the PNG Hunters have a pretty poor recent record v Brisbane teams on a Saturday. Since 2018 the record is W2 D1 L11.
Ipswich Jets have lost all six home games this season, but did get their first win of 2022 against Souths Logan last round.
Central Capras have never beaten Tweed Heads at home in six games going back to 2014.
Townsville Blackhawks and Souths Logan Magpies have the best record on the road against northern and central Queensland Teams (Pride, Blackhawks, Cutters and Capras). Central Capras have the worst record. Visual is below.
Sunshine Coast Falcons have never beaten Townsville at home on a Saturday in three attempts.
Burleigh Bears last lost on a Saturday away in northern / central Queensland in May 2018. A run of only five games mind you.
Northern Pride have lost four in a row at home to Burleigh/Tweed Heads.
Going back to 2014, Souths Logan are undefeated against the Mackay Cutters in 14 contests. The record is W11 D3.
The Tigers have gone eight games at Langlands Pk without a win over Brisbane opposition. Their last win was April 2019 v Redcliffe.
Tigers are going back to Langlands Pk for the first time this season, so we have a special stat for all teams’ record there since 2014. Devils are actually the leading team just ahead of the Tigers themselves.
LANGLANDS PK RECORD SINCE 2014
QUEENSLAND CUP ROUND 12 MATCH BY MATCH PREVIEWS
SATURDAY 2nd JULY 3:00PM @ IPSWICH
Predictions: Brendan O’Farrell (BOF) PNG Hunters Matt Pritchard – Nothing But League (MP) Jets The Gurgler Website (US) PNG Hunters
SATURDAY 2nd JULY 4:00PM @ ROCKHAMPTON
Predictions: BOF Central Capras MP Central Capras US Central Capras
SATURDAY 2nd JULY 4:00PM @ SUNSHINE COAST
Predictions: BOF Falcons MP Falcons US Falcons
SATURDAY 2nd JULY 5:30PM @ CAIRNS
Predictions: BOF Bears MP Bears US Bears
SUNDAY 3rd JULY 2:00PM @ DAVIES PARK
Predictions: BOF Magpies MP Magpies US Magpies
SUNDAY 3rd JULY 2:10PM @ LANGLANDS PK
Predictions: BOF Dolphins MP Dolphins US Tigers
SUNDAY 3rd JULY 2:30PM @ BISHOP PARK
Predictions: BOF Wynnum MP Devils US Wynnum
Queensland Cup 2022 Predictions Season Results
Here’s the tipping record of all of our tipsters for the 2022 season.
BRENDAN O’FARRELL
REIGNING GURGLER QLD CUP TIPPING CHAMP
FORMERLY OF INTRUST SUPER
2022 Stats 47/76 (62%)
An Apple Inc. iPad Air at the company's Myeongdong store during its opening in Seoul, South Korea, on Saturday, April 9, 2022. The two-level store in the center of the city is Apple's third store in South Korea. Photographer: SeongJoon Cho/Bloomberg via Getty Images
A fan’s fantasy footy season has fallen apart.
Peter – an avid Parramatta fan – joined a private fantasy footy comp with nine other Parra mates (through The Bench website), called The King Gutho Cup.
He was happy to make up the numbers when a call went out on their Facebook Messenger group back in February, though had only played SuperCoach on-and-off previously.
“I though it might be a bit of fun, but I was placed last in the draft, struggled to find any decent players, and soon realised I had a long season ahead. I didn’t even get any good Eels players.”
But Peter had a promising start, with his ‘Blue & Gold Legends’ team winning three games from the first eight, but disaster struck in the lead up to Round Nine.
”I had a crazy week at work, an indoor cricket grand final (which we won), and completely forgot to check my team. I lost to ‘Sterlo’s Champions’ by 60 points.”
While Peter remembered to check his team from then on, he couldn’t prevent a four-game losing streak and a slide down the ladder.
Though he managed to squeak a win during the split round, a 4-12 record has seen him anchored in the bottom two and quickly losing interest, especially with no threat of relegation to a lower division.
“To be honest, the best thing about the comp is the absolute shit chat between all the boys. Everyone’s ripping into me and saying I’ll finish last, but I don’t care. A few of the big guys spend hours studying the team lists on Tuesday nights, but I’ll do a quick team check sometime on Thursday and leave it there.“
Despite his struggles, Peter is planning to play again in 2023.
”Yeah, why not? As long as the shit chat keeps flowing between the boys, then I’m happy.”
Everyday News is a brand new general news/parody section of The Gurgler, and definitely not a lame rip-off of ‘The Betoota Advocate’. We swear.
Welcome to our weekly look at the upcoming weekend of NRL, handy for those still suffering a hangover of alcohol and/or disappointment following State of Origin Two. Talking of disappointment, here’s our NRL Round 16 Predictions Stats Preview + Alternative Tips.
Each week we offer up a quick preview glance for each match, a bunch of barely interesting stats, probably more than one could ever need or want.
We also offer up some alternative tips. These alternative tips are often based on a rugby league stat, and sometimes something completely absurd, and are aimed at those NRL tipsters who just can’t be bothered.
This week it’s based on post Origin Two game form since we’re still in the mood.
So enjoy the 2022 NRL Round 16 Predictions Stats Preview + Alternative Tips where there’s something for everyone. Mostly.
2022 NRL Round 16 Predictions – Alternative Tips – Winning % after State of Origin II
Short on inspiration already? Or looking for that edge to your tipping that no one else in your competition has? Well here are the Alternative NRL Tips for this round.
Since we’ve just enjoyed / endured State of Origin game two, why not check which teams win more games in the round directly after the second interstate challenge like we did post Origin One.
Those more likely to do so from 2010 below, are more likely to do it this year.
ALTERNATIVE TIPS 2022 PROGRESS – 59% – 69/116
2022 NRL Round 16 Predictions – Gurgler Tips
Can we beat our own Alternative NRL tips? Usually not, so again we’ll have to keep trying.
STORM to beat Sea Eagles
KNIGHTS to beat Titans
PANTHERS to beat Roosters
BULLDOGS to beat Sharks
COWBOYS to beat Broncos
RABBITOHS to beat Eels
WARRIORS to beat Tigers
RAIDERS to beat Dragons
OUR TIPS – 66% – 77/116
2022 NRL Round 16 Weekly H2H Stats
Looking for a cheat sheet for the weekend’s upcoming games?
Much like Noah and his ark, ours come in twos.
Here’s as much information that we could cram into one visual, or two. Click on the images for a closer look. It looks marginally more impressive closer up.
Here we take the best points of interest for each match coming up this weekend, and share them with you for no cost. Feel free to share with friends and family.
Melbourne are on a six game winning streak v Manly. They have also won the only Thursday clash.
The Storm have won their past two away Thursday games v Sydney sides by a combined 96-0.
Manly have won just one of six Thursday night games at home.
Gold Coast last beat Newcastle as the away side in 2016.
Titans have lost ten straight away games.
Based on ladder position at the time of the match – no team has played a top eight side more than the Titans (12). They have lost all 12 matches v top eight sides. The good news is they are 3/3 v bottom eight sides this season.
Newcastle last beat a Queensland team on a Friday in 2013 – five games ago.
Penrith haven’t lost to the Roosters since before Nathan Cleary got banned for his Covid Tik Tok dance session.
Penrith’s worst winning % Day since 2020 is Friday.
Roosters have lost all seven away games on a Friday to Sydney opposition since 2020.
Bulldogs have won four of the last five v Sharks on a Saturday.
Sharks have scored 16 or 18 six of the last eight times they’ve played on a Saturday.
John Howard was still PM when the Broncos last won in Townsville on a Saturday – 2005.
Brisbane have won just one of their last ten away games on a Saturday.
Cowboys have won ten in a row on a Saturday v Qld teams. Their last loss was to the Gold Coast in 2012.
Souths are on a four game winning streak v Parramatta H2H, and on a Saturday. They are also on a seven game winning streak at the Olympic Stadium on a Saturday.
Not to spoil the party, but the Warriors have won just one of their last eight games at Mt Smart Stadium. And they last won a Sunday game at Mt Smart in April 2017.
Warriors have won four in a row v Wests Tigers but the games have been decided by 4, 2, 4 and 6 points.
Wests Tigers have won just one of their last nine away games and all of their last five on a Sunday.
Canberra has the worst winning record after the second game of State of Origin II going back to 2010. Just one win from nine outings.
Canberra have won ten of the last 13 games against the Dragons on a Sunday.
2022 NRL Round 16 Barely Interesting Stats Extra
Going further than the summary above are some even more barely interesting stats.
EACH TEAM’S WINNING RECORD AFTER STATE OF ORIGIN II SINCE 2010
Moving forward from the alternative tips using post Origin Two form since 2010 is the full visual below.
ALL TEAMS WINNING RECORD FROM ALL NZ GAMES SINCE 1998
Since the rugby league is returning to New Zealand this weekend, it’s a great time to see how every team has fared since 1998.
Warriors are only fifth is a bit of a surprise, but there haven’t been many wins lately.
WINNING RECORD IN JULY
New month, new stats to put up. This one is each team’s winning record in July since 1998.
PENRITH’S WINNING RECORD BY DAY SINCE 2020
Are Penrith that invincible? On Thursday since 2020 maybe yes, but below is the winning % for Penrith by day of match. Thankfully for Roosters fans for Round 16, Friday is Penrith’s worst day.
EACH TEAM’S OVERALL FOR AND AGAINST FOR ALL HOME GAMES SINCE 1998
Ever wondered what the total of the for and against difference would be since 1998? If the answer is yes you’re in luck, we have the results of for and against for all home teams since 1998, all but two teams have positive points difference.
2022 NRL Round 16 NRL 2022 Season – Team Stats
We have taken the best of the NRL data and turned them into visuals you can use to enjoy your rugby league this weekend.
There’s run metres, kicking stats, errors, tackled and lack of tackles.
Plus we also have each team’s record against the top and bottom teams and home v away.
There’s so much you’ll need to stop halfway to catch your breath.
TEAM RECORD V TOP & BOTTOM EIGHT SIDES
Note – top / bottom eight is decided at time of match not current ladder.
TEAM RECORD – HOME & AWAY
Note – not the awful soap on Channel 7
KICKING STATS
Note: last graph is a 100% breakdown of kick types.
RUNNING STATS
TACKLES
BAD BOYS
2022 NRL Season Prediction Results
Our tips jumped ahead of the alternative tips last week, so now onto bigger and better things.
ALTERNATIVE TIPS 6/8 First Round Form 4/8 More Dangerous Mascot 3/8 Best H2H 6/8 April Fools 7/8 Bad Boy Points (Penalties/Sin Bins etc) 5/8 Greens Votes 6/8 Marginal Seats 5/8 Covid Cases 6/8 May Record 3/8 Suncorp Stadium Record 4/8 ALP Voting 2/8 Green / Teal Colour Wheel 1/4 June Form since 1998 6/8 Post Origin I Form 5/8 Winter Form
Singer Liam Gallagher performing with British rock group, Oasis, at Knebworth House, Hertfordshire, 10th August 1996. (Photo by Brian Rasic/Hulton Archive/Getty Images)
Adam Leach, the administrator of Facebook fan page Mad Fer Oasis 4 Life! has reached his wits end.
With Liam and Noel Gallagher (Noel Gallagher’s High Flying Birds) both playing the European summer circuit, the Mad Fer comments sections have erupted into heated and spiteful ‘Noel v Liam’ battles between fans, especially on posts about Liam’s triumphant return to Knebworth.
Adam finally snapped on Saturday night, with this long post:
Dear Oasis fans,
I have been running this page for three years as I adore Oasis and wanted to talk to like-minded fans about The Greatest Rock and Roll Band on the Planet!
But I’ve finally – FINALLY – gotten FED UP with the CONSTANT and PETTY Liam v Noel bickering!
A lot of you still haven’t gotten over the band breaking up 13 YEARS AGO and are unfairly blaming Liam or Noel for it! Well GROW THE F*** UP!
While Oasis are no more, we’re in the PRIVILEGED position of both Liam and Noel having active, thriving solo careers, giving us NEW music and keeping the classics alive.
It’s ok to prefer one brother’s music over the other, but there’s no need to PERSONALLY attack other members because they’re ‘Team Noel’ or ‘Team Liam’. If you’re that desperate to fight, take it somewhere else!
Managing this page was once a labour of love and a genuine pleasure. Now it’s becoming a frustrating chore! I have a busy life outside this page and DON’T HAVE TIME to babysit idiots who want to sling arrows at each other!
After COUNTLESS WARNINGS, I will be INSTANTLY BANNING ANYONE who talks s*** about Liam or Noel! I don’t care how long you’ve been on this page – NO EXCEPTIONS!
For those of you doing the right thing, I thank you for your co-operation and you can continue to use the page as intended.
Live Forever,
Adam.
The message had the desired impact, with a lot of the troublemakers leaving to start their own group: The Liam vs Noel Discussion Page. Adam was grateful for this, as it allowed him to run the page in peace without banning anyone.
oasis http://gty.im/85054044
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