By Corey McKernan The season is up and under way, and Round One saw yet another brilliant, tight clash between North Melbourne and the West Coast Eagles. Looking ahead to round two, North come up against my childhood side, Collingwood, and I thought it would be appropriate to share my experiences as a North player [Read more]
NT Grand Final: a run and gun affair
March 27, 2011 by 1 Comment
By Peter Argent Uniquely Territorian and full of all the dynamic aspects of our national football code, the NT Football League Grand Final day, held at TIO Stadium, in Darwin, on March 19 was simply a festival of all things good about the game. Because of the big wet up north had been bigger and [Read more]
Frank Yamma at Brunswick Music Festival
March 27, 2011 by Leave a Comment
Frank Yamma plays at Brunswick Music Festival East Brunswick Club 8pm Sunday 27 March Also playing: LJ Hill Come and support Wantok artist Frank Yamma as he plays a rare Melbourne concert this Sunday as part of the Brunswick Music Festival. Frank Yamma is a traditional Pitjantjatjara man from Australia’s central desert and speaks five languages. [Read more]
The Match Committee Episode 2
March 25, 2011 by Leave a Comment
Check out the second episode in the life of The Roosters FC. www.thematchcommittee.com
Round One Blog
March 23, 2011 by 31 Comments
With the first bounce just hours away, hopes, dreams and delusions are still alive. Will the Magpies enjoy a cakewalk? Can the Saints and Cats hold on? Who will be this season’s bolter? Tell us what you’re thinking Knackers. Does hope spring eternal? Or has resignation claimed you already? Fire away!
The next ‘Big Thing’
March 23, 2011 by 3 Comments
By Domenic Favata As we all await the season opener, we continue to speculate our club’s talent and search for the next ‘big thing’ who will emerge from a box of talent and evolve into superstars like Gary Ablett and Dane Swan did. Often earmarked the ‘breakout year’, a year that often establishes a successful [Read more]
No country for old men
March 23, 2011 by 5 Comments
With the ‘Great Review of Australian Cricket’ just around the corner, I think it is important to address an issue that I’m sure will be at the bottom of the review panel’s ‘to-do’ list – cricketers in their thirties. Cricket Australia have made it quite clear in recent years that there is no place for [Read more]
The Match Committee Ep 1
March 22, 2011 by 2 Comments
The Roosters are working through the telling issues which are part and parcel of a modern footy club. They deal with them in their own way. Episode 1 can be found at www.thematchcommittee.com Have a look and return to make your comment.
A Difficult Conversation
March 21, 2011 by 14 Comments
When his daughter, upon learning of Gary Ablett’s departure north, asked “Daddy, do we still barrack for Geelong?”, Gerard Whateley knew he’d reached a pivotal moment. Read his response. http://www.geelongcats.com.au/geelongnews/newsarticle/tabid/3933/newsid/109483/default.aspx
John Button Oration
March 15, 2011 by 2 Comments
Button Oration to Highlight Founder of Australian Rules Football The Hon. John Button once said of the Geelong Cats, “The pain I can handle, it’s the hope that’s so tough!” Button’s passion for sport, Australian culture and history will be remembered at the inaugural Geelong Cats Sports Foundation Hon John Button Oration, to be held [Read more]
Do Real Sports Cry?
March 10, 2011 by 13 Comments
Craig Little provided this link to an Atlantic piece on crying in sport. Do we still regard it as unmanly? Surely we’ve moved on in these “enlightened” times? To judge from elements of this article, the debate in the USA hasn’t entirely advanced. What do you think Knackers? http://www.theatlantic.com/culture/archive/2011/03/attention-miami-heat-in-sports-crying-is-for-winners/72205/
Picture research- what is involved
March 4, 2011 by Leave a Comment
By Roy Hay Last week Les Shorrock, the doyen of Victorian football (soccer) photographers, who worked for Soccer Action and the Age among others, sent me a copy of a picture from his files that he was unable to identify. It showed five players in action, three from one club and two from another. It [Read more]
World Cup: Ireland defeat England
March 3, 2011 by 8 Comments
Take that for the Potato Famine! Ireland’s Kevin O’Brien has scored the fastest century in World Cup history to steer his side from 5-111 to an amazing upset win over the English.
The white Mullock heaps
March 2, 2011 by 4 Comments
Here is your intrepid sports correspondent reporting in from the white Mullock heaps. by George Laslett Just got back from the footy in Coober Pedy where Mimili Falcons (their reserve side); main team Mimili Blue beat Coober Pedy 20:14 to 14:12. We’d better keep practicing. Looks like Ali will have the pictures up soon. Mimili [Read more]
Customer Relations NFL Style
February 28, 2011 by 2 Comments
Mulcaster provided this state of the art example of customer relations in American professional sports. We suspect that felt good.
2011 AFL Crystal Ball
February 25, 2011 by 6 Comments
By Domenic Favata Yes the NAB cup’s only just begun, yes some might say that it’s too early to call and yes some people will call me ridicule my projections. But the AFL season is near, its time to put our serious hats on and think about the long haul. Whether they are ambitious (like [Read more]
Tom Hawkins’ greatest fear
February 23, 2011 by 1 Comment
“Tom Lonergan’s public speaking.” …from the Geelong Football Club website
Footy Tipping Rego
February 23, 2011 by 2 Comments
Welcome to The Footy Almanac Tipping Competition which has been hotly contested in recent years. What you have to ask yourself is where you sit in the firmament of Almanac tipsters? Have you got the Waaia eye of Barnstable covered; can you compete with the Pie mind of Danni Eid; are you brighter than Peter [Read more]
Knackers v Overland: a case for the mind, the body and the soul
February 21, 2011 by 18 Comments
by Straight Break Sport, some Greek with too much red wine in him decided, is about the mind, the body and the soul. That’s our problem. Of all the civilisations on which to base ours, we are stuck with the damn Greeks. They invented the gymnasium, which is not like the gymnasium in the United [Read more]
Manning Clark Cricket Dinner
February 17, 2011 by 7 Comments
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