Cliff is a sports writer with a number-crunching bent and a penchant for all things statistical and analogous.

He is an avid sports fan with the pecking order of his favourites a hotly contested one – in particular, Australian Rules football, rugby league, cricket, golf, the NFL and motor sport all compete for his attention. For a number of years, the title of his favourite sportsman was an epic battle between Allan Border, Peter Brock and Wally Lewis. He will always hold fond memories of Super Impose, the horse whose incredible Group One victories over the Randwick mile led him to a love affair with the track and the punt.

By and large he is a lover of all things maroon (especially come State of Origin), a by-product of younger days growing up in Mackay and subsequently Brisbane.

He has been writing for the Making The Nut website across a variety of sports since January 2011, has previously written for the Big Tip and retains a day-to-day interest in crunching the numbers and looking for advantageous betting opportunities.