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Link between concussion in sport & CTE explained by Professor Michael Buckland, Sportzfan Radio #482

Special guest, Professor Michael Buckland, Head of Neuropathology at Royal Prince Alfred Hospital and the founder and Director of the Australian Sports Brain Bank talks about the effects of concussion on the brain and the link to CTE (chronic traumatic encephalopathy). Amongst other things he said it’s not just the number of concussions sustained that is relevant but the number of years of contact sport played that is also pertinent to developing CTE. Therefore, it’s important to try and delay the age at which a child has first exposure to full contact sport. For further details about CTE go to brainbank.org.au

Paul Dalligan and the panel reviewed round 9 of the NRL season and discussed the announcement of the NRLW season opener between Gold Coast Titans and North Queensland Cowboys on 22 July 2023.

The panel also returned to the vexed discussion of the new stadium at Macquarie Point in Hobart being funded jointly by the Federal Government (about 38% of total cost, the Tasmanian State Government (59%) and to a much lesser extent by the AFL (2.3%).

4 red hot tips for Morphettville races on 14 May 2022 and the Professor’s Parlay

A winner and 3 placings from last week’s four tips so a 25% win rate and a 100% place rate. The Professor and the Gelding are looking to improve on that stat today at Morphettville where the track is rated a Soft 5 and the rail is out 3 metres for the entire circuit.

Don’t forget to back the tips each way!

Morphettville

Professor’s tips

Race 3 Horse 2 – Kings Consort (for the ladies at the Tennis club)

Race 5 Horse 1 – Calypso Reign (also for the ladies at the Tennis club)

Gelding’s tips

Race 7 Horse 1 – Illation

Race 8 Horse 1 – Allegron

Professor’s Parlay

Race 7 Horse 1 – Illation into Port Adelaide to beat North Melbourne (AFL) into North Queensland Cowboys to beat Wests Tigers (NRL).

The Professor and the panel of the Judge, the Gelding and Paul Dalligan will be talking sport tomorrow on the Sportzfan Radio YouTube channel from 12.00pm AEST. Special guests, 3 time boxing World Champion, Susie Q Ramadan and AFLW commentator, Leesa Catto.

Good luck and good punting!

The Professor

The Professor’s and the Gelding’s red hotties for Flemington races on 7 August 2021 and the Professor’s Parlay

The Professor and the Gelding had some near misses last week with three placings from the four selections and are looking to do better today at Flemington where the track is rated a Soft 5 with the rail out 10 metres for the entire circuit.

Don’t forget to back the tips each way!

Flemington

Professor’s tips

Race 5 Horse 2 – Oxley Road (for the ladies at the Tennis club)

Race 8 Horse 14 – Too Good Too Hard (also for the ladies at the Tennis club)

Gelding’s tips

Race 1 Horse 4 – South Pacific

Race 7 Horse 7 – Hosier

Professor’s Parlay

Race 7 Horse 7 – Hosier into Sydney Roosters to beat Penrith Panthers (NRL) into Gold Coast Titans to beat North Queensland Cowboys (NRL).

You can see the latest edition of That’s Racing here.

The Professor and the panel of the Judge, the Gelding, Sarah Radlow, Paul Dalligan, Dan Butterly and Coutta will be talking AFLW, Olympics, NRL and more on the Sportzfan Radio YouTube channel tomorrow from 12.00pm AEST.

Good luck and good punting!

The Professor

The Professor’s and the Gelding’s red hot tips for Sandown races on 7 July 2021 and the Professor’s Parlay

After picking three winners from four selections on Saturday, the Professor and the Gelding are looking to make it four from four today at Sandown where the track is rated a soft 7 and the rail is out 4 metres for the entire circuit.

Don’t forget to back the tips each way!

Sandown

Professor’s tips

Race 2 Horse 6 – Murrumbidgee River (for the ladies at the Tennis club)

Race 8 Horse 4 – National Choice (also for the ladies at the Tennis club)

Gelding’s tips

Race 1 Horse 2 – Semenuk

Race 3 Horse 11 – Write the Score

Professor’s Parlay

Race 2 Horse 6 – Murrumbidgee River into South Sydney Rabbitohs to beat North Queensland Cowboys (NRL) into Sydney Roosters to beat Canterbury Bulldogs (NRL).

You can see the latest episode of That’s Racing!! here.

Check out the Sportzfan Radio channel on YouTube for our other shows.

Good luck and good punting!

The Professor

The Professor’s and the Gelding’s red hot tips for Morphetville races on 15 May 2021 and the Professor’s parlay

The Professor and the Gelding were in very good form last week with three winners from four selections. They look to continue that form today at Morphetville. The track is rated a Soft 5 with the rail out 4 metres from the 1800 metre mark to the winning post and in the true position for the rest of the circuit.

Don’t forget to back the tips each way!

Morphetville

Professor’s tips

Race 5 Horse 4 – Mimi’s Award (for the ladies at the Tennis club)

Race 9 Horse 15 – Chill with Teejay (also for the ladies at the Tennis club)

Gelding’s tips

Race 4 Horse 1 – Rubisaki

Race 8 Horse 2 – Gytrash

Professor’s Parlay

Race 8 Horse 2 – Gytrash into Sydney Roosters to beat North Queensland Cowboys (NRL) into Denver Nuggets to beat Detroit Pistons (NBA).

You can see the latest episode of That’s Racing!! here.

The Professor and the panel of the Judge, Coutta, Sarah Radlow, Dan Butterly and Paul Dalligan will be talking sport on Sunday from 12.00pm AEST on the Sportzfan Radio You Tube page.

Good luck and good punting!

The Professor

The Professor’s and the Gelding’s red hotties for today’s Rosehill races and the Professor’s Parlay

The Professor and the Gelding were in reasonable form last week with two winners and a placing from their four selections. They are looking to do better at Rosehill today where the track is rated a Good 4, the rail is out 6 metres for the entire course and the penetrometer reads 4.96.

Don’t forget to back the tips each way!

Rosehill

Professor’s tips

Race 2 Horse 2 – Entente (for the ladies at the Tennis club)

Race 3 Horse 1 – Cherry Tortoni (also for the ladies at the Tennis club)

Gelding’s tips

Race 4 Horse 1 – Krone

Race 6 Horse 2 – Harmony Rose

Professor’s Parlay

Race Horse – into Cronulla Sharks to beat the North Queensland Cowboys (NRL) into Chelsea to beat West Bromwich Albion (EPL).

You can see today’s edition of That’s Racing!! here.

Good luck, good punting and Happy Easter!!

The Professor

The Professor’s and the Gelding’s red hot tips for Flemington on 12 September 2020 and the Professor’s Parlay

The Professor and the Gelding were on fire last week with four winners from four selections and the parlay also saluting. They are looking to equal that today.

Don’t forget to back the tips each way!

Flemington

Professor’s tips

Race 6 Horse 14 – Windstorm (for the ladies at the Tennis club)
Race 9 Horse 6 – Parlophone (also for the ladies at the Tennis club)

Gelding’s tips

Race 2 Horse 1 – Immortal Love
Race 7 Horse 4 – Fierce Impact

Professor’s parlay

Race 6 Horse 14 – Windstorm into Port Adelaide to beat Essendon (AFL) into Melbourne Storm to beat North Queensland Cowboys (NRL).

You can hear the Professor and the Sportzfan Radio panel discuss all the current sporting issues live on their Facebook page tomorrow from midday (AEST).

Good luck and good punting!

The Professor

The Professor’s and the Gelding’s red hot tips for Moonee Valley races on 22 August 2020 and the Weekend Parlay

The Professor and the Gelding had mixed results from their tips last week. Two placings for the Professor and a winner for the Gelding so some return but they are looking to improve on that today. The track is currently rated a Soft 7 with showers expected during the day with the track rating expected to be downgraded. The rail is out 5 metres for the entire circuit.

Don’t forget to back the tips each way!

Moonee Valley

Professor’s tips

Race 3 Horse 11 – Jenni’s Rainbow (for the ladies at the Tennis club)
Race 7 Horse 7 – Windstorm (also for the ladies at the Tennis club)

Gelding’s tips

Race 2 Horse 4 – Tailleur
Race 8 Horse 10 – Brooklyn Hustle

Weekend Parlay

Race 2 Horse 4 – Tailleur into Port Adelaide to beat Hawthorn (AFL) into Newcastle Knights to beat North Queensland Cowboys (NRL).

Good luck and good punting!

The Professor

Professor’s red hotties for Doomben races on 11 May 2019 and his weekend parlay

The Professor has decided to study the Queensland form today and stay away from the rain affected track at Caulfield. Last weekend’s successful parlay had to wait until extra time for Adelaide United’s last minute winner!

Don’t forget to back the tips each way!

Doomben

Race 4 Horse 12 – Multaja (for the ladies at the Tennis club)
Race 8 Horse 1 – Osborne Bulls (also for the ladies at the Tennis club)

Weekend Parlay

Race 7 Horse 2 – Mr Quickie (at Morphetville) into South Sydney Rabbitohs to beat North Queensland Cowboys (NRL) into Manchester City to beat Brighton and Hove Albion (Premier League).

You can hear the Professor and Coutta discuss today’s race results on Sportzfan Radio tomorrow from midday on 88.3 Southern FM, the Sounds of the Bayside.

Good luck and good punting!

The Professor

Weekend musing – the Brownlow medal, Grand Finals in AFL & NRL……

I was pleasantly surprised to listen to Dustin Martin at his Brownlow presentation on Monday night. He came over a lot better than I had envisioned and he seemed like a reasonable bloke who loves his footy. Bruce McAvaney was a little sickening, but he did a good job getting Martin to talk so it worked.

With 36 votes Martin scored exactly the same amount as the entire All Australian back line of Rory Laird (9) votes, Alex Rance (8), Michael Hibberd (7), Sam Docherty (5), Michael Hurley (4) and Jeremy McGovern (3). While I am not suggesting that Martin did not deserve his votes, it is a little hard to accept that these six champion players could only amass 36 votes between them as most of them are big ball winners as well. The forward line did significantly better with a total of 75 votes, but the forward line included Dane Zorko (14) and Robbie Gray (12) who are essentially mid-fielders and Lance Franklin (22) who seems to capture the umpires eye. With five votes it did endorse my view that Eddie Betts was lucky to make the team.

It was also interesting to see that nine of the 18 clubs had two players that secured half or more of their teams votes and at Richmond, Martin almost did that himself with 36 votes out of a team total of 80. As much as it is great to have a Brownlow medalist from your team, from a team perspective it is better to have a spread of vote getters. The two top teams were Adelaide and Sydney who both had 88 votes, but the contrast was that Adelaide’s top four Sloane, M.Crouch, Jacobs & Atkins contributed 51 votes and Sydney’s top four of Kennedy, Franklin, Parker & Hannebery contributed 67 votes with Hannebery only contributing 6 votes. I think the upshot from this was Adelaide had more to handle in trying to control Martin it will than Richmond had trying to control Rory Sloane…and that is how it turned out yesterday. One thing that the Brownlow coverage brought home was how disappointing it is that Jobe Watson is no longer a Brownlow medalist. To see Cotchin & Mitchell lauded as medalists was disappointing whereas I had not thought about it much beforehand.

The Grand Final was a reasonable game and even though I thought Adelaide were the better side going into the game, the Grand Final was played on Richmond’s home ground which, in my view evened out the contest. Richmond were worthy premiers and it says something for a Club that decided to hold fast in the face of great criticism of their 2016 performance. If the Tigers had buckled at the end of last season and sacked Damian Hardwick, I doubt they would have climbed to the heights of premiership glory.

The Melbourne Storm are my fancies in the NRL decider today. They
have had a great season led by Dally M medallist Cameron Smith. North Queensland Cowboys have had a remarkable run to the Grand Final but I believe they will fall short especially as they are without their champion play maker Jonathan Thurston.

Have a great weekend!