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This weekend saw one of the biggest events on the sporting calendar, the annual NFL Draft, take place in New York. To mark this momentous event in the girdiron calendar, the Sport Show's two American football gurus, Sachin and Luke, joined Gaffers to give a rundown of what the Draft is all about, and the big signings to look out for.

The boys began with a brief rundown of how the purpose of the Draft, the reasons why the NFL regulates youth player recruitment in this way, and how the actual Draft-day events take place.

Sachin and Luke then ran through the recent history of the Draft, explaining which players would be in most demand, and how the Draft could normally be expected to unfold.

However, this year has proven exceptional, with an unusual focus from all the teams on power and devensive players over their more skilled counterparts. The guys explained why this was the case this season, and how this had repurcussions for the coveted early picks of the Draft's first round.

The Thursday Sport Show returned after a month-long holiday absence to set the world of sport to rights, and the chaps certainly pulled no punches. Gaffers was joined by Sam, Rob, Sachin and Jack to look forward to a great summer of sport awaiting us at the university, including the remaining clashes of the Varsity Series. We also gave a big mention to NU2Sport, the university organisation promoting involvement in sport at all levels, who are encouraging everyone to get out in the sunshine and make the most of the fantastic sports facilities that UoN has to offer. Then discussion turned to tonight's NFL Draft, one of the biggest events on the world sporting calendar, and we speculated on how the fates would shine on 2 British contenders for franchise contracts; Lawrence Okoye and Menelik Watson.

Next up, our attentions turned to the absolutely flabbergasting batting performance put in by Chris Gayle of the Royal Challengers Bangalore in the IPL earlier in the week. Gayle's superlative performance, in which he achieved a century in a record-breaking mere 30 balls, left the panel in raptures. We then switched our focus to the Champions League, and another incredible individual performance, this time from Borussia Dortmund number 9 Robert Lewandowski whose 4 goals saw the boys from the Rhine valley smash the galacticos of Real Madrid.