Phil ‘Buzz’ Rothfield reveals his highlights and lowlights from the week in sport

Mitchell Moses has no right to publicly chime into the debate about his halves partner Dylan Brown staying loyal to Parramatta. Plus Buzz reveals his highlights and lowlights.

Monday Buzz is back! Phil Rothfield runs the rule over the week in sport, potting Mitch Moses for weighing in on the Dylan Brown saga, while spotting a rugby league GOAT and Australian cricket enigma in the wild shopping at their local supermarket.

HIGHLIGHT

The crushing victories by Australia’s men’s and women’s cricket teams in Sri Lanka and Melbourne.

LOWLIGHT

The low standard of the opposition in both games - Sri Lanka and England were hopelessly outclassed. Sport is all about having a decent contest, not games as lopsided as these were.

ROOSTERS RAGE

The Sydney Roosters are fed up with player managers linking off-contract players to their club. Chairman Nick Politis has furiously denied weekend speculation the Roosters were to have talks with Parramatta Eels five-eighth Dylan Brown.

“We are not interested,” Politis said, “Whenever a big-name player comes off contract he is linked to us. It’s managers just trying to create interest.”

Nick Politis takes a swipe at player agents. Picture: Rohan Kelly

HOLY MOSES

It’s a bit hypercritical of new Parramatta Eels skipper Mitchell Moses to be publicly chiming into the debate about his halves partner Dylan Brown staying loyal to Parramatta.

On the eve of the season, Brown is shopping himself around and has meetings planned for this week with rival clubs.

And as for Moses, he’ll be doing exactly the same thing this time next year. He has the same escape clause in his own contract.

That Parramatta officials have allowed their two highest paid players to have these get-out opportunities is a shocking way to be running a football organisation.

Mitchell Moses (R) has similar get-out clauses as Dylan Brown (L).

LUNCH WITH RICKY

The Ricky Stuart Foundation’s annual charity lunch on Friday at Doltone House will feature some of the biggest names in rugby league. Nathan and Ivan Cleary will be interviewed by Yvonne Sampson. Andrew and Matty Johns, who are apparently talking again, will be on stage together to be interviewed by Matt Nable and Bryan Fletcher.

FAREWELL, LEGEND

The funeral for legendary South Sydney Rabbitohs forward Gary Stevens will be held at St Andrews Catholic Church in Malabar at 11.30am on Thursday followed by the wake at the Juniors at Maroubra. Stevens, who was 81, passed away last week after a long battle with dementia.

SPOTTED

League immortal Joey Johns and cricket legend Greg Matthews walking the aisles at Coles supermarket at Eastgate Bondi Junction on Saturday.

SPOTTED

Laurie Daley, Victor Radley, Tom Trbojevic, his brother Jake, Latrell Mitchell, Mitchell Moses, Angus Crichton, Brandon Smith, Cameron Ciraldo, Valentine Holmes, Sam Walker, Zac Lomax, Matt Burton and Ivan Cleary at the Luke Combs concert at Accor Stadium.

Nedd Brockmann did a shoey with US country music singer Luke Combs at Accor Stadium.

BIG BREKKY

Catch you this morning at 7.10am on the Big Sports Breakfast to talk all things rugby league with Laurie Daley and Gerard Middleton.