These are strange times, very strange times.

Over the past couple of days we have witnessed some sporting occurrences which come from the “I never thought that would happen” category.

Ponder these.

Before round 13 in the NRL, the Sydney Roosters had managed just 24 tries for the season.

On Saturday night, in the wet at Aussie Stadium, they ran in 11 against the North Queensland Cowboys.

The Cowboys scored 30 points and still lost to the team running last in the competition.
Sports betting agencies have a popular option where you can bet on how many points there are in a game. They decide on a number and you can bet on whether you think the final tally will be higher and lower.

For the Cowboys-Roosters clash, TAB Sportsbet, because of the shocking weather in Sydney which contributed to a meagre 18 points in Friday Night Football, set the magic figure at 27.5.

The two teams on Saturday night combined for 94 points.

That scoring spree came after the Canberra Raiders, most people’s pre-season tip for the wooden-spoon, had Parramatta 24-0 down within 12 minutes.

This was almost the same Eels side which blasted Wests Tigers away six days earlier.

Then yesterday, the Warriors held Melbourne to four points and lost.

Next is Jason Akermanis.

In the weeks after he won his third premiership for the Brisbane Lions, you could have been given very good odds on “Aker” ever being booed at the Gabba.

He did on Saturday night.

John Daly’s a different build to Akermanis but he can pull as many headlines.

He turned up to round two of the St Jude Classic on the US PGA Tour with claw marks on his face which resembled an attack from some type of big cat.

Daly says it was wife who attacked him with a steak knife.

Given the problems “Long John” has gone through in his life, that may not have been a surprise.

The stunning part of this story was Daly, just hours after his wife’s alleged blow-up, managed to make the halfway cut.

The Coast hasn’t been immune to the weirdness either.

The biggest brawl of 2007 came on Saturday, not in a league match, but in club rugby.

Nambour and Caloundra players turned on a stink which lasted almost a minute and ended up with one player sent off and two others yellow carded.

Bob McCarthy would have loved it.

Even weirder was the final score in the University-Maroochydore A-grade clash - nil-all.

Yes, it was rugby, not round-ball football.

However, the weirdest of all will come Wednesday night.

Queensland will win a State of Origin match at Telstra Stadium.