Cam Hooke’s Collingwood Life 2025 presents the match review for Round 6 and also previews the upcoming Round 7 match on ANZAC Day against Essendon.
Cam Hooke’s Collingwood Life 2025: Round 6 Review / Round 7 Preview
April 20, 2025 by Leave a Comment
Almanac Basketball (and amazing achievements): NBT joins the 45:90 club
April 17, 2025 by 2 Comments
Graeme Willingham updates us on the progress of Not Bad Thanks, a basketball team with a difference. The club’s Facts and Figures make for interesting reading!
NRL Round 7 – Prop by the Sea: You gotta love footy!
April 17, 2025 by 3 Comments
Prop by the Sea is on the spot with his analysis of NRL Round 6, even though he scored a modest 4/8 with his tips. Let’s see what he predicts for this weekend’s Round 7.
Almanac Footy History: Black and white evidence for footy’s forgotten years
April 16, 2025 by 4 Comments
In researching the life of Karl Schneider, MIchael Lefebvre has found a document which is in itself interesting and helpful, but also offers insight on another topic. The letterhead on the Collingwood FC correspondence says something about the sensibility of the time and the place of pre-VFL premierships in the history of the game in 1928. [Great find – Ed]
Round 6 – AFL Footy Fixture Season 2025: Who, where, and when?
April 15, 2025 by Leave a Comment
Check out who, where, and when your team is playing in Round 6 of AFL Season 2025.
Cam Hooke’s Collingwood Life 2025: Side by Side – Gather Round Review / Round 6 Preview
April 13, 2025 by 1 Comment
Cam Hooke’s Collingwood Life 2025 reviews the Pies Gather Round win over the Swans, and previews their Round 6 match against Brisbane,
Almanac Sports History – When three codes crossed borders: Ironies of footballs’ first Internationals
April 10, 2025 by 1 Comment
As the Aussie Rules footy world’s attention is drawn to the AFL’s 2025 Gather Round in Adelaide, the once mighty clash between Victoria and South Australia is being replayed on minor ovals between the men’s and women’s teams of the now second-level Victorian Football League and South Australian National Football League. Geoffrey Gold recalls when the inaugural representative match between two rival Australian colonies completed the trifecta of first internationals of major codes, Rugby Union in 1871, Association Football (soccer) in 1872 and Australian Rules in 1879.
NRL Round 6 – Prop by the Sea: You gotta love footy!
April 10, 2025 by Leave a Comment
Prop by the Sea is top of the Almanac NRL tipping ladder after a solid Round 5 where others struggled. Can he maintain his form in Round 6?
Almanac Rugby League: There’s always next year
April 10, 2025 by 7 Comments
They say ‘there’s always next year’, but sometimes there simply isn’t. Mark Courtney’s poignant story recalls his decades-long friendship with his best mate, Greg, and their total commitment to the South Sydney Rabbitohs. (We reprise this wonderfully offering after Mark alluded to it at the recent Almanac rugby league lunch in Sydney – Ed.)
Round 5 (Gather Round) – AFL Footy Fixture Season 2025: Who, where, and when
April 8, 2025 by Leave a Comment
It’s the Gather Round of footy in South Australia this week. Check out who, where, and when you team is playing.
Cam Hooke’s Collingwood Life 2025: Round 4 Review / Round 5 Preview
April 6, 2025 by Leave a Comment
Great win against traditional foes Carlton reports Cam Hooke’s Collingwood Life 2025 in his Round 4 review of the match. Cam also looks ahead to Collingwood’s Round 5 clash against Sydney.
NRL Round 5 – Prop by the Sea: You gotta love footy!
April 3, 2025 by 6 Comments
Prop by the Sea tipped only three winners last week – but at least he kept his clothes on! He thinks he might regain a bit of lost ground this week.
Almanac Lunch: Rugby League aficionados gather in Sydney
April 2, 2025 by 2 Comments
A small but enthusiastic group of rugby league aficionados gathered at the Juniors Kingsford club last Saturday to hear four first rate speakers share their passion for the code.
Round 4 – AFL Footy Fixture 2025: Who, where, when?
April 1, 2025 by Leave a Comment
Find out who, where, and when your team is playing in Round 4 AFL season 2025.
Cam Hooke’s Collingwood Life 2025: Round 4 Preview
March 31, 2025 by Leave a Comment
After their Round 3 Bye Cam Hooke’s Collingwood Life 2025 looks ahead to their Round 4 clash against traditional rivals Carlton.
Almanac Cricket: Reflecting on the Test series in Sri Lanka
March 31, 2025 by Leave a Comment
Lorenzo Di-Mauro Hayes kept a close eye on the recent Sri Lanka v Australia.
Almanac Poetry: Boys’ own footy with handpass
March 29, 2025 by 3 Comments
We welcome Black Pepper whose first poem is a memoir about make-do footies. [Ah, yes. Ed.]
2025 NRL, Round 4: Prop by the Sea – You gotta love footy!
March 27, 2025 by Leave a Comment
Prop by the sea offers his evaluation of the chances of each of the clubs in the race for the 2025 premiership. It’s easy to tell who just doesn’t rate.
Round 3 – AFL Footy Fixture 2025: Who, where, when?
March 25, 2025 by Leave a Comment
Find out who, where, and when your team is playing in Round 3 of the AFL season 2025.
Cam Hooke’s Collingwood Life 2025: Round 2 Review / Round 3 Bye
March 24, 2025 by Leave a Comment
Collingwood come up trumps in an entertaining and hard fought battle against the Bulldogs reports Cam Hooke’s Collingwood Life.
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