The Suns have overcome a couple of hurdles so far this year – first win at the MCG; consecutive wins – but the next hurdle is stark, writes Matt Webber from the Gold Coast.
AFL Round 8 – Sydney v Fremantle: Kirky’s homecoming
May 22, 2013 by 5 Comments
The Premiership quarter was the Turnover quarter for the red and white, writes Mathilde de Hauteclocque, who was forced to turn to the Footy Record for entertainment during dour periods of the game.
AFL Round 8 – West Coast v North Melbourne: Another chance goes begging
May 22, 2013 by 4 Comments
The umpires didn’t help, but North coughed up another game they should have won, writes Andrew Starkie.
How to Watch Footy, part 10: Glimpses
May 22, 2013 by 4 Comments
Another big weekend of footy for Vin Maskell – Auskick, Under 18s, AFL – although the Geelong-Collingwood game played second fiddle to Julia Zemiro on SBS.
AFL Round 8 – Essendon v Brisbane Lions: What a day
May 22, 2013 by 1 Comment
Lions fans can relive the magic of Saturday afternoon through Donal Wilson’s blow by blow account of Brisbane’s fighting win.
Round 8: Essendon vs. Brisbane – Mayday! We’re going down!
May 22, 2013 by 1 Comment
See the Bombers fly up! Hang on, looks like they could crash – again!
AFL Round 8 – Collingwood v Geelong (Floreat Pica Society): Nothing is impossible
May 22, 2013 by 4 Comments
With a long list of missing players, Dave Nadel didn’t think Collingwood would beat Geelong. Now, nothing is impossible.
AFL Round 8 – West Coast v North Melbourne: Majak and the AFL Hype Machine
May 22, 2013 by Leave a Comment
At the press conference two days out from this game, Nic Naitanui was asked six questions about Majak Daw. Six questions. You would think the Bombers copped less of a grilling from ASADA.
AFL Round 8 – Richmond v Melbourne: Old demons die hard
May 21, 2013 by 4 Comments
Be it Richo, Caroline Wilson or Catherine Durkin, a Richmond supporter’s pessimism never dies, even against the Demons.
AFL Round 8 – Adelaide v St.Kilda: Young love survival guide, part 4 – the footy
May 21, 2013 by 9 Comments
Anne Fedorowytsch is doing her bit for mixed relationships everywhere, compiling a list of key strategies on what to do when your other half supports the opposition. Her research was compiled during the recent Saints-Crows game.
AFL Round 8 – Essendon v Brisbane: Not so fast, Bombers
May 21, 2013 by 3 Comments
The hubris of the Essendon fans before the game made victory even sweeter for Lions fan Peter Schumacher.
AFL Round 8: Winners and Losers
May 21, 2013 by 3 Comments
The young gun Sun, Jaeger O’Meara, is laying serious claim to Joel Selwood’s title of “best first year player in recent times”, writes Adam Ritchie in another entertaining Winners and Losers.
Footy Town: The Swine
May 21, 2013 by 1 Comment
Enjoy this excerpt of Murray Bird’s story, The Swine, from Footy Town.
The Footy Almanac’s new book: Footy Town
May 21, 2013 by 26 Comments
Footy Town: Stories of Australia’s Game is out now.
Read the blurb and Daff’s foreword to this collection of 48 local footy yarns.
AFL Round 8 – Sydney v Fremantle: Dockers, Swans show their mettle
May 21, 2013 by 3 Comments
Malcolm Allbrook expects both Fremantle and Sydney to figure prominently in September after this hard- fought, tight encounter.
Crio’s Question: Kennel Cough
May 21, 2013 by 12 Comments
Despite the media’s indulgence of the coach’s preachings, Bulldogs supporters are worried. Have they bottomed out or has the bottom fallen out?
AFL Round 8: The 2013 ‘Mopsy’ Fraser Cup
May 21, 2013 by Leave a Comment
Can someone warn Terry Daniher that Earl O’Neill is looking for him. He has a score to settle from the 1920s when Terry’s granddad gave Earl’s a broken nose in an interstate carnival.
Foley’s journey
May 21, 2013 by 1 Comment
Once, not so long ago, Nathan Foley was a young tiger on the rise. But his career has also been scarred by injuries – his own, and others. Now we watch as an older, wiser Foley works his way back from the brink.
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