Luke came through the Penrith junior pathway and played over 350 games of rugby league for the Penrith Panthers, NSW State of Origin, Australian Kangaroos and finished his career with the Cronulla Sharks. He tasted success playing in premiership teams with both the Panthers and Sharks. He now uses his knowledge of the game in commentary for the ABC.
He spoke with Paul Dalligan about his life in rugby league.
The Professor and the panel of the Judge, Paul Dalligan and the Gelding talk with special guest, Sandy Jamieson about his 1ClubGolf initiative and the challenges facing the sport of golf post Covid.
Paul Dalligan reviews round 1 of the NRL and round 3 of the NRLW.
The panel discusses the suggestion of moving the start of the new AFLW season to late August 2022 and the Professor asks if independent grounds keepers should prepare test cricket pitches given the ‘road’ that was used for the first test between Pakistan and Australia.
After an average day at the track last week, the Professor and the Gelding will be trying to redeem themselves today at Flemington where the track is rated a Good 4 and the rail is out 5 metres for the entire circuit.
Don’t forget to back the tips each way!
Flemington
Professor’s tips
Race 1 Horse 5 – Nanagui (for the ladies at the Tennis club)
Race 5 Horse 9 – Arktika (also for the ladies at the Tennis club)
Gelding’s tips
Race 6 Horse 2 – Home Affairs
Race 7 Horse 2 – Think it Over
Professor’s Parlay
Race 6 Horse 2 – Home Affairs into Melbourne Storm to beat Wests Tigers (NRL) into Parramatta Eels to beat Gold Coast Titans (NRL).
The Professor and the panel of the Judge, Coutta, Paul Dalligan and the Gelding will be talking sport on the Sportzfan Radio YouTube channel from 12.00AEDT tomorrow. Special guest, Sandy Jameison.
Good luck and good punting!
The Professor
In part one of the podcast, Axel Dench spoke with the Professor about how he started his basketball career, being a member of the 1999 Gonzaga college basketball team that made the ‘Elite Eight’ at the NCAA championships, being selected as rookie of the year in the NBL in 2001 and he was a member of the Illawarra Hawks that were NBL champions in the same year. Perhaps he is better known as Wookie chieftain, Merumeru in the Star Wars movie, Revenge of the Sith.
In part two of the discussion with Axel, we talk about how he got his role of Merumeru in Star Wars and the sliding doors moment when he had to make the choice between basketball and a career on the silver screen.
The Professor and the panel of the Judge, Coutta and Paul Dalligan had a wide ranging conversation with special guest, Cameron Schwab about the success of the in Melbourne Football Club in 2021, their fostering of a women’s football team before the advent of the AFLW and the role disappointment plays in success. His words of wisdom are well worth a listen.
Paul Dalligan reviews the NRLW season, previews the NRL season and, like Nostradamus, predicts the 2022 NRL ladder at season end.
Four selections last week for two wins and two placings. A very good return and the Professor and the Gelding are looking to improve on that form at Flemington today where the track is rated a Soft 6 with the rail out 2 metres for the entire circuit.
Don’t forget to back the tips each way!
Flemington
Professor’s tips
Race 4 Horse 3 – Sirileo Miss (for the ladies at the Tennis club)
Race 8 Horse 12 – It’s Me (also for the ladies at the Tennis club)
Gelding’s tips
Race 5 Horse 1 – Overpass
Race 6 Horse 1 – Zaaki
Professor’s Parlay
Race 5 Horse 1 – Overpass into Adelaide to beat Collingwood (AFLW) into Brisbane Broncos to beat Newcastle Knights (NRLW).
You can see the latest episode of That’s Racing!! here.
The Professor and the panel of the Judge, Coutta and Paul Dalligan will be talking sport on the Sportzfan Radio YouTube channel from 12.00 AEDT tomorrow. Special guest, former Richmond, Melbourne and Fremantle Dockers CEO, Cameron Schwab.
Good luck and good punting!
The Professor
Although they were a bit off the mark with the tips last week, the Professor still managed to get the parlay home again. At Caulfield, the track is currently rated a Good 4 with the rail out 3 metres for the entire circuit.
Don’t forget to back the tips each way!
Caulfield
Professor’s tips
Race 6 Horse 3 – Mo’unga (for the ladies at the Tennis club)
Race 8 Horse 5 – Marabi (also for the ladies at the tennis club)
Gelding’s tips
Race 1 Horse 2 – Generation
Race 2 Horse 2 – Flying Mascot
Professor’s Parlay
Race 8 Horse 5- Marabi into Brisbane Lions to beat West Coast Eagles (AFLW) into Manchester United to beat Watford (EPL).
You can see the latest episode of That’s Racing!! here.
The Professor and the panel of the Judge, Coutta and Paul Dalligan will be talking sport on the Sportzfan Radio YouTube channel from 12.00pm AEDT tomorrow.
Good luck and good punting!
The Professor
Winning form is good form and the Professor and the Gelding with a 75% win rate last Saturday were definitely in the winner’s circle. They’ll try to repeat that form today. The track is currently rated a Good 4 with the rail in the true position for the entire circuit.
Don’t forget to back the tips each way!
Flemington
Professor’s tips
Race 3 Horse 2 – Americain Angel (for the ladies at the Tennis club)
Race 9 Horse 3 – Pioneer River (also for the ladies at the Tennis club)
Gelding’s tips
Race 6 Horse 7 – Pinstriped
Race 7 Horse 1 – Nature Strip
Professor’s Parlay
Race 8 Horse 1 – Anamoe into Adelaide Crows to beat Greater Western Sydney Giants (AFLW) into Liverpool to beat Norwich City (EPL).
You can see the latest episode of That’s Racing!! here.
The Professor and the panel of the Judge, Coutta and Paul Dalligan will be talking sport on the Sportzfan Radio YouTube channel from 12.00pm AEDT tomorrow.
Good luck and good punting!
The Professor
It was a dirty outing last week at Caulfield so the Professor and the Gelding are looking to make amends today when races return to the Heath! The track is rated a Good 4 with the rail in the true position for the entire circuit.
Don’t forget to back the tips each way!
Caulfield
Professor’s tips
Race 1 Horse 9 – Unanimous (for the ladies at the Tennis club)
Race 2 Horse 1 – Coastwatch (also for the ladies at the Tennis club)
Gelding’s tips
Race 8 Horse 1 – I’m Thunderstruck
Race 9 Horse 1 – Probabeel
Professor’s Parlay
Race 7 Horse 8 – Espiona (Randwick) into Manchester City to beat Norwich City (EPL) into Melbourne to beat Greater Western Sydney (AFLW).
You can see the latest episode of That’s Racing!! here.
The Professor and the panel of the Judge, Coutta, Paul Dalligan and Sarah Radlow will be talking sport on the Sportzfan Radio YouTube channel tomorrow from 12.00pm AEDT.
You can hear our podcasts on Spotify and Apple podcasts.
Good luck and good punting!
The Professor
The Professor and the panel of Coutta, Paul Dalligan, Sarah Radlow and the Gelding take a last look at the Australian Open results and the epic five set match in the men’s singles between Rafael Nadal and Daniil Medvedev.
Paul gives an update on the coming NRL season with only a week to the All Stars match and three weeks to the Charity Shield. Tom Trbojevic will be off the grog again in 2022 and is there any hope of the New Zealand Warriors playing home games this season.
Sarah looks at round 5 of the AFLW season, the appointment of Scott Greenwood as coach of the Sydney Swans and the suspension of reigning league best and fairest, Kiara Bowers.
The Gelding talks about the resignation of Justin Langer as Australian cricket coach and why it took so long to make a decision.
You can see this episode of Sportzfan Radio at our YouTube channel here.
