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ROUND 2 RACE WRAP UP INDONESIA It was worth the wait, wasn’t it? On a rain-soaked Sunday afternoon at the Pertamina Grand Prix of Indonesia, Miguel Oliveira (Red Bull KTM Factory Racing) put in an absolute masterclass in wet conditions to claim victory and bounce back in style from a tough opening round. Reigning World Champion Fabio Quartararo (Monster Energy Yamaha MotoGP™) sliced back through to second for his first podium of the season, ahead of compatriot Johann Zarco (Pramac Racing) in third. The win for Oliveira sees KTM head the Constructors’ standings for the first time, as well as putting Red Bull KTM Factory Racing top in the teams’ title fight thanks to their Qatar podium and, now, first victory of the season. The drama began early on Sunday, however, as Marc Marquez (Repsol Honda Team) suffered a huge crash in Warm Up and was forced to miss the race due to concussion. Then, after Moto2™, the rain came down as thunderstorms hit Lombok, but after more than an hour’s delay, at 16:15 local time, it was lights out in Indonesia for the first time in 25 years. Quartararo got an outstanding launch from pole position, comfortably collecting the holeshot, as Oliveira made a lightning start from P7 to grab second and Jack Miller (Ducati Lenovo Team) shot swiftly up to P3 from sixth on the grid. At the start of Lap 2, both Oliveira and Miller passed Quartararo as the early pacesetters started to stretch their legs, with the Australian then picking off Oliveira for the race lead too. Now down in third, Quartararo had Alex Rins (Team Suzuki Ecstar), compatriot Zarco and a rapid starting Joan Mir (Team Suzuki Ecstar) for company too – the 2020 Champion up from way down the grid after a nightmare Q1. Rins and Zarco then got the better of Quartararo early on, but they faced an already substantial 2.4s gap to Miller and Oliveira… and that order was about to switch. The Portuguese rider carved his way past the Ducati of Miller at Turn 12 on Lap 6 to retake the lead, and then he got the hammer down. Meanwhile, there was a big moment for Francesco Bagnaia (Ducati Lenovo Team), the Italian somehow staying on after a snap into Turn 1. Still, he slipped down to P12 behind Pol Espargaro (Repsol Honda Team) and Brad Binder (Red Bull KTM Factory Racing), with Championship leader Enea Bastianini (Gresini Racing MotoGP™) struggling even more, dow in P20 from fifth on the grid. Back in the top ten though, Turn 1 was about to bite again. Having just got the better of Franco Morbidelli (Monster Energy Yamaha MotoGP™) for P7, Jorge Martin (Pramac Racing) then became the first and only crasher of the race in the braking zone into the first corner, the 2021 Rookie of the Year down, out, but ok. At the front, there were no such dramas. Oliveira had stretched his lead to 1.6s, Miller was second, Rins third, Zarco fourth, and Quartararo fifth with 12 laps to go. At half race distance though, Zarco was the quickest rider on track and a quality move came on Rins at Turn 12 for P3. Miller wasn’t far up the road from the Frenchman either, and he looked desperate to pass the Australian as Quartararo really started to find his groove behind them. Sure enough, El Diablo was back into P3 with five laps to go, with he and Zarco fighting it out in spectacular style. Oliveira was 3.5s clear as the battle raged behind, but with Quartararo now the fastest rider on track and back up to second on Lap 16 of 20. Zarco also managed to follow the Yamaha man through on Miller, and with three laps to go, it suddenly started to look like Oliveira might be in the crosshairs after all. The gap was slashed by a second and the lead was down to 3.4s – was it game on? Quartararo took a tenth more here and there as the laps ticked down, but Oliveira responded. At the start of the last lap, it remained a healthy 2.8s and the Portuguese rider just needed to bring it home, with Quartararo enjoying a 0.9s buffer to Zarco, who in turn had 2.3s in hand over Miller. The podium seemed decided, and it was. Crossing the line for his first win of the year, Oliveira’s masterclass sees the Red Bull KTM Factory Racing rider take 25 points, puts KTM on top in the title and factory fights, and moves him up 16 places in the riders’ Championship to boot. After a tough start in Qatar and for much of the latter half of 2021, it was quite a statement ride by the multiple MotoGP™ winner. Nevertheless, Quartararo celebrated P2 like a win as the Frenchman showed his wet weather prowess for the first time in the premier class, taking some valuable points too. Zarco completed the podium, the third place marking a return to the rostrum for the number 5 for the first time since Barcelona 2021. Miller, always strong in the wet, takes home a hard-earned P4, with Rins putting in a solid ride to claim P5. P6 for Mir, having started from the lower echelons of the top 20, is also a job well done for the 2020 World Champion too, and he got onto the back of his teammate by the flag. Morbidelli ended up a somewhat lonely P7 despite his three-place grid penalty as we witnessed an almighty battle for P8 behind the Italian. It was won in the end by Brad Binder, who was just ahead of Aleix Espargaro (Aprilia Racing) over the line. But the South African had to get his elbows to take that eighth place by force, and it was none other than his brother, WithU Yamaha RNF MotoGP™ Team’s Darryn Binder, standing in the way. The rookie put in a tour de force and one of the rides of the day, leading the battle for eighth onto the final lap before Brad Binder struck, then only losing out to the number 33 and Espargaro’s Aprilia. The number 40 claimed his first points and top ten after an absolute barnstormer, top rookie by some margin. World Championship leader Bastianini, who retains that moniker by two single points ahead of Brad Binder and recovering well in the latter stages, took P11 ahead of Pol Espargaro (Repsol Honda Team), Alex Marquez (LCR Honda Castrol) and Luca Marini (Mooney VR46 Racing Team). Bagnaia slipped down the order after his earlier moment to a tough P15, making it one point from the opening two races for one of the pre-season title favourites. Andrea Dovizioso (WithU Yamaha RNF MotoGP™ Team) was the only other non-finisher alongside Martin after the Italian encountered an issue with his YZR-M1 and was forced to retire. That’s take one on Lombok in the history books, and it’s safe to say the Indonesian GP was full of action. Oliveira goes home with the race-winning trophy, Bastianini remains the title leader, and there’s only 10 points between the top nine heading to Argentina for Round 3… as well as a new manufacturer on top in the standings. Join us for more as MotoGP™ returns at Termas de Rio Hondo! PODIUM 1 Miguel Oliveira (Red Bull KTM Factory Racing) – KTM – 33’27.223 2 Fabio Quartararo (Monster Energy Yamaha MotoGP) – Yamaha – +2.205 3 Johann Zarco (Pramac Racing) – Ducati – +3.158

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NRL ROUND 4...POST YOUR PICK BELOW THURSDAY MARCH 31 Titans v Tigers, Cbus Super Stadium QLD, 8.05pm FRIDAY APRIL 1 Sharks v Knights, PointsBet Stadium NSW, 6pm Panthers v Rabbitohs, BlueBet Stadium NSW, 8.05pm SATURDAY APRIL 2 Warriors v Broncos, Moreton Daily Stadium, Redcliffe QLD 3pm Sea Eagles v Raiders, Glen Willow Stadium, Mudgee NSW 5.30pm Cowboys v Roosters, Qld Country Bank Stadium QLD 7.35pm SUNDAY APRIL 3 Storm v Bulldogs, AAMI Park VIC, 4.05pm Eels v Dragons, CommBank Stadium NSW, 6.15pm ALL GAME TIMES ARE IN AUSTRALIAN EASTERN DAYLIGHT SAVINGS TIME ...AEDT GOOD LUCK EVERYONE.

THE RULES OF TOTAL RL FORUM.....NRL SURVIVOR COMPETITION 2022 1: You must pick one winning team a week till you are eliminated 2: If the team you picked wins, or ties, you survive. If the team you picked looses you're eliminated. 3: You may only pick any team once. - As an example if you pick the Penrith Panthers in any week, you can't pick them again in any other week during the current heat, but you can pick them again in any other heat of NRL Survivor or the final of NRL Survivor if you are a heat winner. 4: You can edit your picks as long as the game you are picking a winner in has not started 5: All picks must be in before kick off of the game you are picking a winner in. 6: You can enter the competition at any week during the heat stage of the competition but you must be a winner of a heat to compete in the final of the competition for the prize of $50AUD. You will be invited by forum private message to come and participate in the final if you are 1 of the heat winners. 7: The competition continues in every heat & the final until there is a winner. 8: Don't miss a week or you will be eliminated from the competition once you have entered a heat or the final. 9: Once you are the winner of a heat you must wait until you are invited back to compete in the final before taking any further participation in the competition, that gives more people a chance of competing in the final. 10: When the competition gets Down to 5 players surviving in a heat or the final. You must pick a combined points total of both teams without breaking the actual total points that are scored in the game by both teams. This will be used as a tie breaker, if needed to find a winner of the current heat or the Survivor final. After the heat gets down to 5 players or less no more players will be admitted to that current heat, but you can rejoin the competition in the next heat. If you are invited to take part in the final you must take part in the first round and every round till either you are eliminated or you win the competition, miss a round of the final and you are eliminated. 11: The 3 State Of Origin Games will not be included in the competition. 12: If after the result of NRL Grand Final has been decided and there are 2 or more Survivors still surviving in the competition We will use the first game of the World Cup as a tie breaker, The chances of that happening are very remote. THIS YEAR THERE WILL BE A PRIZE OF $50AUD FOR THE WINNER OF THE FINAL IN THE COMPETITION. GOOD LUCK EVERYONE.

Well considering every game is now live on TV, The cost of getting into the game you have to go to a bank and take out a personal loan, Then when you are in there you have had to of got a second mortgage on your house and put up your first born as collateral as well, just to be able to afford to buy food and drink at the ground.....No wonder crowd figures are down.

Cheers mate will have to check it out

If anyone wants to come and join I am running a couple of MotoGP tipping comps over at Superbru HD Wrecking Crew Superbru - Free MotoGP Predictor Game - HD Wrecking Crew Aussie Riders Superbru - Free MotoGP Predictor Game - Aussie Riders All are welcome to come and participate

It was a great start to the season at Losail Circuit Qatar with Enea Bastianini, taking out 1st place on his Gresini Racing team Ducati, followed by, Brad Binder on his Factory Team KTM, taking out 2nd place from Pol Espargaro coming across the line in 3rd position on his Repsol Factory Honda. The 2 Aussie riders had a bit of a disappointing day with Remy Gardiner coming in 15th place on his Red Bull KTM and Jack Miller on his Factory Team Ducati retired early in the race due to electronic issues with the bike, but swears he is going to put all right this Sunday in Indonesia in round 2 of MotoGP 2022.

Island - Gerry Rafferty

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Bring on season 5 of The Last Kingdom.

Just finished watching season 3 of the TV series remake of Lost In Space, it was pretty good and finished the current story line quite well.....They say it is the final season of the show but they left the ending open for further seasons in the future for sure.

The best James Bond Film.....On Her Majesty's Secret Service The Best James Bond.....George Lazenby 1969, (I block my ears as the howling starts LOL) My pick of the best actors to play James Bond on the big screen or TV, following on from my number 1 pick of George Lazenby 1969, 2..Sean Connery 1962 - 1967, 1971, 1983 3..Daniel Graig 2006 - 2021 4..Roger Moore 1973 - 1985 5..Pierce Brosnan 1995 - 2002 6..Timothy Dalton 1987 - 1989 7..David Niven 1967 8..Barry Nelson 1954 A LITTLE KNOW JAMES BOND FACT Contrary to popular belief, the honour of being the first actor to play James Bond fell not on Sean Connery, but on American Barry Nelson, who starred in this live 1 hour production of Ian Fleming's Casino Royale. The performance on 21st October 1954 (8.30pm EST) was the first in CBS's 'Climax' series of dramas. CBS brought the rights for Fleming's first book for $1000. Since then the rights have gone via Charles Feldman's spoof of 1967 to Eon Productions, who picked them up in early 2000. The film, which is black and white, was actually lost until 1981, and even then all of the various VHS incarnations (except the Special Edition from Spy Guise Video) lack the climax of the film, stopping with Le Chiffre apparently dying, but having just got the razorblade from his hat.

NRL 2022 SEASON FIXTURES (AEST) ROUND 1 Panthers 28 - 6 Sea Eagles Raiders 24 - 19 Sharks Broncos 11 - 4 Rabbitohs Roosters 6 - 20 Knights Warriors 16 - 28 Dragons Tigers 16 - 26 Storm Eels 32-28 Titans Cowboys 4 - 6 Bulldogs ROUND 2 Storm 15 - 14 Rabbitohs Dragons 16 - 20 Panthers Roosters 26 - 12 Sea Eagles Titans 20 - 18 Warriors Sharks 18 - 16 Eels Cowboys 26 - 6 Raiders Knights 26 - 4 Tigers Bulldogs 10 - 16 Broncos ROUND 3 Dragons 12 - 36 Sharks Tigers 12 - 16 Warriors Rabbitohs 28 - 16 Roosters Panthers 38 - 20 Knights Storm 24 - 28 Eels Raiders 24 - 22 Titans Broncos 12 - 38 Cowboys Sea Eagles 13 - 12 Bulldogs ROUND 4 Titans 8 - 6 Tigers Sharks 18 - 0 Knights Panthers 26 - 12 Rabbitohs Warriors 20 - 6 Broncos Sea Eagles 25 - 6 Raiders Cowboys 4 - 28 Roosters Storm 44 - 0 Bulldogs Eels 48 - 14 Dragons ROUND 5 Knights 6 - 30 Sea Eagles Warriors 25 - 24 Cowboys Broncos 20 - 24 Roosters Raiders 16 - 30 Storm Rabbitohs 24 - 12 Dragons Titans 20 - 26 Eels Sharks 30 - 4 Tigers Bulldogs 12 - 32 Panthers ROUND 6 Raiders 12 - 18 Cowboys Rabbitohs 36 - 16 Bulldogs Panthers 40 - 12 Broncos Sea Eagles 26 - 18 Titans Storm 34 - 18 Sharks Roosters 22 - 14 Warriors Dragons 21 - 16 Knights Eels 20 - 21 Tigers ROUND 7 Sharks 34 - 22 Sea Eagles Broncos 34 - 14 Bulldogs Cowboys 30 - 4 Titans Tigers 23 - 22 Rabbitohs Knights 2 - 39 Eels Panthers 36 - 6 Raiders Dragons 14 - 12 Roosters Storm 70 - 10 Warriors ROUND 8 Broncos 16 - 7 Sharks Titans 4 - 18 Panthers Rabbitohs 40 - 22 Sea Eagles Warriors 21 - 20 Raiders Bulldogs 16 - 12 Roosters Eels 4 - 35 Cowboys Knights 2 - 50 Storm Dragons 12 - 6 Tigers ROUND 9 Rabbitohs 12 - 32 Broncos Raiders 14 - 4 Bulldogs Panthers 20 - 22 Eels Sea Eagles 36 - 22 Tigers Roosters 44 - 16 Titans Cowboys 36 - 16 Knights Storm 42 - 6 Dragons Sharks 29 - 10 Warriors ROUND 10 - MAGIC ROUND AT SUNCORP STADIUM Bulldogs 6 - 16 Knights Sea Eagles 0 - 38 Broncos Warriors 30 - 32 Rabbitohs Titans 20 - 16 Dragons Storm 6 - 32 Panthers Sharks 10 - 30 Raiders Roosters 31 - 24 Eels Tigers 12 - 36 Cowboys ROUND 11 Knights 12 - 36 Broncos Tigers 36 - 22 Bulldogs Eels 22 - 20 Sea Eagles Dragons 24 - 18 Warriors Cowboys 36 - 6 Storm Roosters 12 - 32 Panthers Rabbitohs 12 - 32 Raiders Titans 18 - 25 Sharks ROUND 12 Storm 28 - 8 Sea Eagles Panthers 22 - 0 Cowboys Broncos 35 - 24 Titans Warriors 16 - 24 Knights Rabbitohs 44 - 18 Tigers Sharks 16 - 36 Roosters Bulldogs 24 - 34 Dragons Raiders 20 - 28 Eels ROUND 13 Titans 6 - 22 Cowboys Panthers 30 - 18 Bulldogs Sea Eagles 44 - 12 Warriors Raiders 22-16 Roosters Byes: Broncos, Dragons, Eels, Knights, Rabbitohs, Sharks, Storm & Tigers ROUND 14 Cowboys 31 - 12 Dragons Titans 16 - 30 Rabbitohs Roosters 18 - 26 Storm Broncos 24 - 18 Raiders Tigers 4 - 30 Sea Eagles Knights 6 - 42 Panthers Warriors 16 - 38 Sharks Bulldogs 34 - 4 Eels ROUND 15 Dragons 32 - 12 Rabbitohs Sea Eagles 26 - 28 Cowboys Storm 32 - 20 Broncos Sharks 18 - 10 Titans Warriors 6 - 40 Panthers Eels 26 -16 Roosters Raiders 20 - 18 Knights Bulldogs 36 - 12 Tigers ROUND 16 Sea Eagles 36 - 30 Storm Knights 38 - 12 Titans Panthers 26 - 18 Roosters Bulldogs 6 - 18 Sharks Cowboys 40 - 26 Broncos Rabbitohs 30 - 12 Eels Warriors 22 - 2 Tigers Dragons 12 - 10 Raiders ROUND 17 Sharks 28 - 6 Storm Knights 28 - 40 Rabbitohs Tigers 20 - 28 Eels Broncos 32 - 18 Dragons Byes: Bulldogs, Cowboys, Panthers, Raiders, Roosters, Sea Eagles, Titans & Warriors ROUND 18 Cowboys 12 - 26 Sharks Eels 28 - 18 Warriors Roosters 54 - 26 Dragons Sea Eagles 42 - 12 Knights Titans 12 - 16 Broncos Tigers 16 - 18 Panthers Storm 16 - 20 Raiders Bulldogs 28 - 36 Rabbitohs ROUND 19 Eels 14 - 36 Broncos Dragons 20 - 6 Sea Eagles Knights 12 - 42 Roosters Raiders 26 - 14 Warriors Panthers 20- 10 Sharks Rabbitohs 24 - 12 Storm Bulldogs 26 - 26 Titans Cowboys 27 - 26 Tigers ROUND 20 Sea Eagles 10 - 20 Roosters Warriors 12 - 24 Storm Eels 34 - 10 Panthers Titans 24 - 36 Raiders Sharks 21 - 20 Rabbitohs Broncos 18 - 32 Tigers Knights 10 - 24 Bulldogs Dragons 8 - 34 Cowboys ROUND 21 Roosters 34 - 16 Broncos Storm 32 - 14 Titans Sea Eagles 20 - 36 Eels Rabbitohs 48 - 10 Warriors Raiders 6 - 26 Panthers Sharks 24 - 18 Dragons Bulldogs 14 - 28 Cowboys Tigers 10 - 14 Knights ROUND 22 Panthers 0 - 16 Storm Warriors 42 - 18 Bulldogs Eels 0 - 26 Rabbitohs Roosters 32 - 18 Cowboys Tigers 12 - 36 Sharks Broncos 28 - 10 Knights Raiders 24 - 22 Dragons Titans 44 - 24 Sea Eagles ROUND 23 Rabbitohs 22 - 26 Panthers Cowboys 48 - 4 Warriors Broncos 12 - 60 Storm Eels 42 - 6 Bulldogs Sea Eagles 6 - 40 Sharks Dragons 46 - 26 Titans Knights 22 - 28 Raiders ROUND 24 Broncos 6 - 53 Eels Panthers 46 - 12 Warriors Storm 14 - 18 Roosters Raiders 48 - 6 Sea Eagles Sharks 16 -0 Bulldogs Rabbitohs 20 - 10 Cowboys Tigers 22 - 24 Dragons Titans 36 - 26 Knights ROUND 25 Eels 22 - 14 Storm Bulldogs 21 - 20 Sea Eagles Roosters 26 - 16 Rabbitohs Warriors 26 - 27 Titans Dragons 22 - 12 Broncos Cowboys 38 - 8 Panthers Knights 16 - 38 Sharks Tigers 10 - 56 Raiders NRL FINALS SERIES 2022 FINALS WEEK 1 Qualifying Final: Penrith Panthers 27 - 8 Parramatta Eels Elimination Final: Melbourne Storm 20 - 28 Canberra Raiders Qualifying Final: Cronulla-Sutherland Sharks 30 - 32 North Queensland Cowboys Elimination Final: Sydney Roosters 14 - 30 South Sydney Rabbitohs FINALS WEEK 2 Semi Final: Friday Parramatta Eels 40 - 4 Canberra Raiders Semi Final: Saturday Cronulla-Sutherland Sharks 12 - 38 South Sydney Rabbitohs FINALS WEEK 3 Cowboys 20 - 24 Parramatta Eels Penrith Panthers 32 - 12 South Sydney Rabbitohs 2022 NRL GRAND FINAL Sunday October 2nd - Stadium Australia, Sydney Penrith Panthers 28 - 12 Parramatta Eels 2022 Premiers: PENRITH PANTHERS