Controversy continues to rage about the number of rounds that President Barney has arranged at venues in southern suburbs.

The latest of these was the league’s traditional Overweight, Set-In-Our-Ways and Balding, Middle-Aged Bastards Round, where we pay a surly tribute to growing old without wearing any special bloody jumpers. Yes, it’s a catchy name. This time, it was played at the Neil MacDougal Park in Manning.

One of those who was apparently quite upset about the number of rounds that have been scheduled south of the river was Motherchucker. “I’m quite upset about the number of rounds that have been scheduled south of the river,” he said.

The Ball Boys played their one-off proxy card, but it did not go well. They lost both their games by eight points, going down 9-1 to the Jolly Rogers (Banker sans RE) and 8-0 to the Inscrotables.

The Banker did jolly well for the Rogers, as he also won their other game, defeating the Dirty Three 7-1, thereby taking the Rogers to the top of the jolly ladder. The Dirty Three won only one of their three games, beating the Flying Pigs 8-1, but losing 7-3 to the Pittsburgh Stealers.

The Stealers reckon they’ve begun their assault on the title and have only four spots to go to claim the minor premiership. Their other game, however, saw them crash and burn, 9-0, to the Inscrotables.

The Pigs won their other game, taking down the Inscrotables, 7-2.