It’s about this time of year that BBM likes to remind people to make sure their pets are safe and locked indoors. No it’s not because of fireworks from Chinese New Year, it’s because it’s the start of the NRL season and Mitchell Pearce is still hanging around.

Yes rugby league and AFL are back, with Aussie journalists everywhere celebrating the fact that finally they have a large group of sports stars, whose sole aim seems to be providing back-page headlines, back in action for the next few months.
Pearce’s alternative take on dogging has gotten pre-season off to a good start, with various drunken antics guaranteed to follow in the coming weeks. The smart money is on Lance Franklin being the first to have a blowout.
A tenner says he’ll drive a sports car into Sydney harbour sometime in the next month and blame it on personal issues.

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