AFL Round 12 – Collingwood v Western Bulldogs: Life as a barracker

Bulldogs fan Kerrie Soraghan faced the great existential questions of football when facing another forgettable loss on Sunday afternoon: Why am I here, and why does it matter? She finds an answer in the most unlikely of places.

Home: it’s where the Bulldogs are playing

Kerrie Soraghan misses the smell of wet duffel coats and donut vans at Whitten Oval but the win against Port in Darwin was as sweet as any win she watched there.

Daniel Cross and extraordinary courage

What possesses a player to throw himself headfirst into an oncoming pack when the game is already lost? Can players like Daniel Cross help themselves?

AFL Round 5 – Western Bulldogs v Geelong: Cats, Dogs, sliding doors and premiership windows

It’s only seven years ago that a couple of young emerging teams – Geelong and the Bulldogs – played two enthralling clashes at Docklands.

Cheers and jeers: what makes a fan?

Remember mother and daughter Pat and Jenny Hodgson from Year of the Dogs? Think they would have booed their team after a hiding? Kerrie Soraghan thinks not. She wouldn’t either.