S Files - Ep 82

A sunday installment of the S Files recording during the controversial test match between Australia & England. The recording may be a little scratchy and of lower quality but we didn't let that deter us (not happy with an update to the program that rendered the mic we use not work).

Cricket started the proceedings and there is not much positive when looking at the national side. Domestic cricket is well under way and with a international twenty/20 on Wednesday just what are Cricket Australia thinking when planning for the summer?

The round ball game is all about WSW after they won the ACL and there are plenty of talking points from this game. Not much positive to talk about with the Roar & Liverpool FC but we still try.

The Wallabies started the spring tour under a new coach and got off to a winning start against the Barbarians. Normally the Barbarians play attack at all cost and penalty kicks are not part of their game but seems they really wanted a win. Rugby really needs to start cracking down on blatant forward passes though as it seems to get worse every year.

NRL just can't stay out of the headlines and it is a shame we wrapped up recording at half time with all the controversy at the end of the game. When a replay has to be slowed down so much to determine if the tip of a finger has touched the ball the game has gone too far with video referrals. A try is scored when the ball is forced not when touched and more emphasis needs to be placed on control at the time. The bigger issue the game needs to address is the obstruction rule. Attacking teams know they can take a defender out with a dummy runner as long as the hit the correct shoulder. Regardless of if the defender has read the play, if the ball is caught behind another play it should always be an obstruction. The other interesting talking point from the game were the numerous reports on players (all of who got off). Tired of players coming up with a poor excuse as to why they do foul acts so finishing off with a song called "Devil Made Me Do It" was quite apt.