We’re looking for writers for the Hobart Test. Nominate a day.
Supporting: who and why?
December 1, 2015 by 29 Comments
Following on from Charlotte’s debut piece, we re-visit this one in which E. Regnans asks ‘which is your team’? And why? (Happy to read short comments, but this might also inspire some autobiographical explanations and justifications – Ed)
Australia v New Zealand – Adelaide Test, Day 3: It’s getting dark
November 30, 2015 by 16 Comments
David Wilson with less of a match report; more of a despairing fist-shake. “The scientific method is out. Groupthink is in.”
Australia v New Zealand – Adelaide Test: Call for writers
November 25, 2015 by 8 Comments
Let’s organise a rough schedule of contributors to ensure Almanac coverage of the Adelaide Test. All welcome.
Australia v New Zealand – WACA Test, Days 4 and 5: Hmmm (it’s only the beginning)
November 24, 2015 by 11 Comments
David Wilson tidies up Days 4 and 5 from the WACA last week with seven key learnings.
Australia v New Zealand – WACA Test, Day 3: Hope
November 16, 2015 by 11 Comments
How do we value anything? David Wilson on WACA Day 3, Paris, hope and acceptance. Our behaviour remains predictably irrational.
Australia v New Zealand – WACA Test: Call for writers
November 11, 2015 by 13 Comments
After two years, the WACA is back hosting Test cricket. Who will shine in Perth? Who will share their stories of the Test? Nominations open. All welcome.
49 questions on a Tuesday – part 3
November 10, 2015 by 15 Comments
What is an expert? Why do we do what we do? A few questions to ponder from E.regnans.
Australia v New Zealand – Gabba Test, Day 1: Flaming tar barrels
November 5, 2015 by 14 Comments
First Test, Day 1: David Wilson on ritual and memory, humility and kindness; on how the flaming tar barrels of Ottery St. Mary relate today to DA Warner and UT Khawaja.
Australia v New Zealand – Gabba Test: Call for writers
November 4, 2015 by 9 Comments
At the Footy Almanac we’re looking to cover every day of Test cricket this summer. So step right up, sport fans, and send us your words of the 1st Test Australia v New Zealand. Nominate a day to cover. [A great time of year – Ed].
Australia v New Zealand: openings, World Cups, pink balls, The Gabba
October 27, 2015 by 16 Comments
David Wilson on the story of a Test series, the great 2015 trans-Tasman rivalry; on the swinging ball and on the place of a transistor radio.
Grand Final – West Coast v Hawthorn: Paranoid android
October 20, 2015 by 3 Comments
Sometimes appreciation comes creeping. Sometimes a doubt always remains. E.regnans on Hawthorn; game plan, recent history, the 2015 Grand Final, and the idea of appreciation.
Collingwood’s Best Side in 2016: Discuss
October 19, 2015 by 25 Comments
E Regnans picks Collingwood’s best side for 2016.
Rugby World Cup 2015: How do you understand this game?
October 13, 2015 by 12 Comments
How do you understand this game, Rugby? [Great series of videos – Ed].
AFL, fair competition and thought: the Bondi Effect
October 13, 2015 by 8 Comments
Explaining something to another can be the best way of finding holes in you understanding. Imagine trying to explain the AFL competition to an international visitor. [Have you done it? How did you go?].
Luke Darcy, red carpets and the aspirations of young girls
September 29, 2015 by 19 Comments
E. Regnans observes the sexism (casual and blatant) of the Brownlow Medal.
Retirement of Adam Goodes: lifters, leaners, blue stranger
September 21, 2015 by 19 Comments
E. regnans considers the impact Adam Goodes has had, and will continue to have, and the way that he has been understood.
57 Mt Pleasant Street (part 5): World Cup Australian Football (The Now)
September 16, 2015 by 5 Comments
The AFL finals are our World Cup. This year we have Adelaide exuberance, West Coast alacrity, Fremantle relentlessness, North Melbourne randomness, Hawthorn force and Sydney graft. We have particular styles of play played by each team. We have stereotyped characteristics of each team and club, all playing the same game, governed by exactly the same rules. And E. Regnans says footy is now, not next year, but right now.
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