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The Drawing Board
with David Shipton
Welcome to The Drawing Board, Who’s Playing Who’s new blog covering all things rugby. To kick things off, all our thoughts and are with those who are suffering in Japan and Christchurch. Disasters like these put sport into context, that at the end of the day it is just a game. However, sports like rugby can have an amazing power to unite and uplift a group of people. This leads nicely onto our first bit of news. Read more…
EPL Gameweek 30/NRL Round 2/Super Rugby Round 5 Megatips
Its that time of the week again, Megatips! The NRL is back for another week, as is the Super Rugby, whilst we welcome the EPL back after a week off for the FA Cup. Joining us for the first time, we welcome our new Chief Rugby Analyst David Shipton to the team, so be sure to check out his expert tips for the Super Rugby competition. This week we have a closer look at Chelsea vs Manchester City, Storm vs Titans, Bulls vs Stormers as our Match of the Round previews continue. The current standings are below, with some interesting results… You know what to do- get some Megatips!
A-League Grand Final/Super Rugby Round 4/NRL Round 1 Megatips
Megatips time again this week, and we now have the NRL under way to tip on as well. This could be a great advantage for Adrian and Matt, who both are coming off impressive performances last year. We also start Match of the Round Previews again this week, with the the Roosters vs Rabbitohs, Crusaders vs Brumbies and Brisbane vs Central Coast clashes all going under the microscope. Last week our man in NZ, Tomo Yee, took out both the EPL and Super Rugby, which has set him up as the competition front runner early on. Will Adrian and Matt be able to hold off the new challenge, or will our staffers dominate this year? You know what to do… Time to get some MEGATIPS! Read more…
A-League Preliminary Fianl/ EPL Gameweek 29/ Super Rugby Round 3 Megatips
Megatips time for this week, and in a first we welcome our other staff members from our podcast to this wonderful post. The Phantom (Chief AFL Analyst) and Tomo Yee (International Correspondent) will be with us every week throughout the season. We’ll get a better idea whether Matt and Adrian are truly great tipsters, or whether they’ve been purposefully holding these guys back so they wont show them up. Last week wasn’t such a good week for the Co-Owners of this very website, so let’s move on from that and see if the inclusion of others can inspire some truly great tipping performances! Read more…
A-League Finals Week 2/EPL Gameweek 28 Megatips
A split decision last week, with Adrian taking the honours in the A-League, and Matt grabbing a handy victory in the FA Cup. This week presents another challenging round to tip, with two big finals clashes in the A-League, and an important round of EPL with the season starting to hit the business end. In addition, this week we will bring you our special Podcast Match of the Round, the Carling Cup Final between Arsenal and Birmingham. Will Matt’s form in England continue, or will Adrian find something and finally get one over the EPL tipping master? Will A-League tipping champ Adrian continue his Roar-esque form, or will Matt be able to work out the A-League? The only way to find out is to check out our tips below, and catch all the Weekend’s action on Fox Sports and ESPN. Read more…
A-League/EPL Gameweek 27 Megatips
Once again its Megatips time, and after Matt took the victory last week, Adrian can redeem himself this week with the final of the A-League’s regular rounds. The only way to find out who reigns supreme is to check out the tips, and tune in to Fox Sports over the weekend for some great football action! Read more…
Podcast- Summer Series Episode 12
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A historic week for WPW, as we welcome our first ever International Correspondent, Tomo Yee, to the show. The Asian Cupdate and Australian Open Update both have their final run in this episode. There’s also the usual A-League and EPL Match of the Round, and there’s talk on the return of Ian Thorpe, Ryan Tandy’s troubles with the law, and Alex Brosque’s move to Japan. Add to this two very big rumours in the returning Rumour Mill and a heap of other stuff, this is an episode you simply cannot miss!
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A-League/Premier League Mega Tips
It seems the Oversight Committee missed the fact that we didn’t post our tips this week… apologies! We’ll still sneak them in- hopefully they can still be of assistance! Read more…
Podcast- Summer Series Episode 5
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It’s Unreal Madrid week on the show- we talk to Duncan Moore and James McBrien, there’s match highlights of this week’s game, plus a great one-on-one chat with Player/Manager Max Andrew-Kabilafkas, talking futsal, football and moustaches. There’s the Match of the Round for the A-League and EPL, and Oprah somehow makes it back as a Hot Topic. We also call out A Current Affair, over their pinching of our ideas. All of that, plus Part 1 of our Concert Series, as Matt ventured out to one of U2’s Sydney gigs. It’s a feature packed show full of stuff you’ll love- get on it now!
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