Rory Burnside

Friendly reminder. If I see any insults directed at me or any of my followers, you will be blocked. I have no issue if your views differ from mine, but I have one simple rule. You get personal, you get blocked. Simple as that. #bullying

Sadly that little burst of warmth was short-lived. A string of cold fronts are set to move through from Friday onwards, bringing grey skies and cool temperatures. Doesn’t warm up again until at least the end of next week. So much for the warm and dry spring. #MelbourneWeather

Good news for the Pies’ AFLW side. Ash Centra and Lucy Cronin, who are already contracted for 2027, are both set to sign multi-year deals. Finally some good news amid all the doom and gloom. #gopies

Heads up @CollingwoodFC fans. The turf reconstruction at Olympic Park is taking longer than expected. Training will be offsite and closed to the public during the early part of the pre-season. A return to onsite training is unlikely before the New Year. #gopies

Oh man I’m having a massive hay fever attack. Sniffly nose, heavy head, itchy/bleary eyes and very sleepy. Not fun. Pollen levels are extreme today so that explains why. #hayfever

Stars at least taking a few down with them before it’s over. I can’t blame the bowlers here. Yes they’re haemorrhaging runs but it’s not their fault. The batters let them down. #WBBL12

Stars still going for just under 11 an over. That’s what happens when you strive too hard for wickets because you don’t have enough runs on the board. Your bowling suffers. This is not the bowlers’ fault. It’s all on the batters. Never got going at any stage. #WBBL12

Stars have a second wicket. Sadly it’ll be all in consolation. The damage is well and truly done. They haven’t backed up after Friday night’s heartbreaking loss and have been utterly insipid today save for Lanning. But there’s a third wicket to make it look respectable. #WBBL12

Stars capitulating under this onslaught. Haemorrhaging 11 runs an over. Inexcusable. This team is a joke. #WBBL12

Stars straining too hard for wickets and unsurprisingly they’re going for runs. Always happens when you’re defending a scanty total. Early night coming up by the looks. #WBBL12

Stars have an early wicket. That’s the good news. The bad news: Moonee is off to another flyer. If they don’t get her out very soon they won’t have a chance. #WBBL12

Stars end up with 6-136. On this ground and against this batting lineup I doubt that’s even close to a competitive total. Lanning had no support. Not only do they need early wickets, they also need to avoid leaking runs in the powerplay. #WBBL12

And now Lanning does have to go and with her goes any last sliver of hope for the Stars. Been an insipid performance today. #WBBL12

Only one run off the 16th over. This is horrifically bad batting. It’s Lanning or bust. If she goes now so does any hope of posting a competitive total. #WBBL12

And the bleeding continues. Lanning absolutely has to stay in until the end otherwise this total won’t be competitive and we’ll be looking at an early finish. #WBBL12

Stars falling even deeper into a hole. Can’t get it off the square and now the middle order is crumbling. It’s taken 15 overs to get to 100. Time to throw all caution to the wind otherwise this total won’t be remotely competitive. #WBBL12

Stars seriously need to lift the run rate. The current rate will only get them to around 130 and on this ground and against these opponents that will get gobbled up very quickly. They’re in a massive hole. Time to put the foot down. #WVBL12

Renegades so lucky to win that. Only avoided the super over because the Hurricanes keeper took the ball in front of the stumps which constitutes a no-ball. That game deserved a super over. #WBBL12

Wow. Not only did Tom Papley return a positive drug test, he was also driving on a suspended license. Monster ban coming. Absolute idiot. #afl

Tom Papley has been done for drug driving. A lengthy suspension will almost certainly follow. So incredibly stupid. #afl

Yikes. The republicans are getting absolutely towelled up in the midterms. It’s a bloodbath. #midterms26