We start with the A-League and, these days, that starts with Sydney FC.
The men who wear sky blue have continued their undefeated start to this season, quite possibly in the best way possible.
They were 1-0 down at home to longtime rivals Melbourne Victory, before veteran David Carney came off the bench to first level the game, then win it, as he scored two goals in fifteen minutes.
The victory over the Victory puts Sydney five points clear atop the A-League standings.
Carney says there's a lot of talent on this edition of Sydney FC and claims he's personally willing to accomodate that.
"We're full of confidence. I think we deserve to be up top, the way we've been playing. We've only conceded one goal now. But we've got great depth as well. I was happy to sit on the bench after last week's performance but ... nice to come on and score two."
Conversely, defending champions Adelaide now sit bottom of the ladder after losing at home to Central Coast who hadn't won a game since January.
Whilst the men have been going for five rounds now, this weekend saw the women's competition kick-off.
Adelaide United's women's team played out an action-packed draw with Melbourne Victory's W-League squad to start their respective seasons.
Natasha Dowie scored two of Victory's three goals in the 3-3 stalemate.
She's told Fox Sports she can see both sides of the result for her team.
"We've had a really good preseason, and the girls have been in good form and good confidence. So, we're disappointed to come away not having won the game, with the amount of chances we created, but overall, I think a draw is probably a fair result. And I'm over the moon to get a brace today. But this will kick-start our season, and at least we've come away with something."
To a league of a different kind now: rugby league.
The world champion Australian team is two wins from two matches in the Four Nations tournament being played in England now after defeating New Zealand, 14-8, in Coventry.
The Kangaroos scored two early tries through Blake Ferguson and Johnathan Thurston, but two second-half tries from the Kiwis made for a nervous finish for the Aussies.
Standards are high when you play for a team that's as dominant as Australia is at rugby league.
Aussie coach Mal Meninga says, despite winning, his team wasn't at its best in attack.
"(It was) a bit scary at the end, of course, but I thought we'd done enough to win the game. Defensively, we were outstanding. And the things we asked them to do with the football...I thought we didn't quite execute as well as we could have."
Victory, too, in rugby union for Australia.
The Wallabies began their Spring Tour of Europe with their 12th consecutive win over Wales.
It was a dominant win too, the Aussies scoring five tries to one in a 32-8 triumph in Cardiff.
Fly-half Bernard Foley has told the BBC it's especially satisfying that one key part of the Wallabies' game was able to support the other.
"It's an almighty tour for us, and we wanted to start really well against the Welsh tonight. And I think tonight, when our attack didn't work, our defence proved really solid, and that was the pleasing thing."
The next stop for the Wallabies on this tour: Edinburgh, next weekend, where they'll play Scotland.
And, for once, the Aussies are doing better than their rivals on the other side of the Tasman Sea.
The world-champion New Zealand team has seen its winning streak come to a sudden halt at 18 victories in a row.
The All Blacks have been defeated 40-29 by Ireland in a Test match played on the other side of the Atlantic Ocean than usual, in Chicago.
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