Fair effort, but some still more equal than others

Perth : Australia | Oct 30, 2012 at 4:45 PM PDT

Source: Sydney Morning Herald

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There's always going to be the odd anomaly, however, and it's the 2012 finalist not among those toughest draws which is bound to raise some eyebrows, along with a team which just scraped into September. Adelaide, according to my calculations, had officially the best draw of 2012, and despite coming... FULL ARTICLE AT Sydney Morning Herald

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