By Sasha Lennon A new look Hawthorn looked like the Hawks of old in a convincing 56 point win over a shell-shocked Melbourne. Hawthorn entered Round 1 for 2010 without Franklin, Bateman, Rioli, Sewell, Young or Taylor. The fact that Gibson, Petersen, Kayler-Thompson and Hooper had come in to replace the 2008 premiership players gave [Read more]
Round 1: Richmond v Carlton – New look teams; same looking scoreline
March 26, 2010 by 27 Comments
by Josh Barnstable Ever since Max Rooke grubbered through that final goal of the 2009 Grand Final to put the final nail in the St Kilda coffin, I’ve been waiting for this moment. Not knowing at the time what date this game would be played on, but I knew, like everybody else, that the first [Read more]
Round 1 2010 – Tiger transformation will take time
March 20, 2010 by 1 Comment
Tiger Transformation Will Take Time By Domenic Favata Many have predicted a rough year for the tigers after a disastrous start to the 2010 season. Unlike last year, the heavy media scrutiny surrounding the Tigers was not existent; as the new look Tigers came into a season of change. A change of coach, [Read more]
NAB Cup, Round 1: A few observations on the early Pies
February 22, 2010 by 6 Comments
By Steve Fahey Pre-season so no match report, but a few observations : – Middle of Feb, 32 degrees at game start, all other observations need to be considered with that in mind. – Middle of Feb, 32 degrees at game start, very thoughtful of Etihad Stadium management to have us think that we were [Read more]
AFL Semi-Finals: Bulldogs fire in my first finals match
October 11, 2009 by 4 Comments
By Callum O’Connor This year, I had expected to go to the finals. I would be there, urging on my Tigers with my uncle as they played their first final since 2001. Well, here I am. Going to the finals? Check. To watch a big cat team with a relative? Check. Pity it’s the wrong [Read more]
AFL Semi-Finals: Justice is done as Dogs bundle out Lions
September 13, 2009 by 3 Comments
By Damian Watson Finally! Yet another school week completed and another weekend of highly anticipated finals action to look forward to. We have now reached the Semi Finals which indicates that the remaining teams have entered a sudden death situation with a loss signifying the end of your campaign and it’s time to pack for [Read more]
AFL Round 15: Ahh, the dreaded family lunch when all you want to do is watch your Dees play Port Adelaide.
July 12, 2009 by 9 Comments
By Steve Healy It would be different today. I wouldn’t be going to the game, to see the Dees play. I had been crook yesterday, but I still managed to be shipped over to Grandma’s house in South Morang for the afternoon, so reporting on this game would be a difficult task. It would be [Read more]
AFL Round 14: St Kilda v Geelong – the game of choice in Dublin
July 7, 2009 by 2 Comments
By Peter Lenaghan The first game of the new AFL season was played while Emily and I waited at Tullamarine for our flight to London. Ben Cousins was the talk of the town and the Tigers were, once again, considered a genuine finals prospect. By the time we landed in the UK, the recovering drug [Read more]
AFL Round 9: Hawks do enough
May 27, 2009 by Leave a Comment
by Steve Healy This game was never going to be a blockbuster. But how can a game be a blockbuster when it is played in a Sunday twilight timeslot? I hopped on the train at an unfamiliar time in the afternoon for the second time in five weeks. Luckily, it wasn’t a Demons home game [Read more]
St Kilda give the Bullies a twittering
May 4, 2009 by 1 Comment
by Tim Ivins ? portlygentleman Crunch game, can the St Kilda defence stifle the free-running Dogs? and will the Dogs prove that they can match it with the best? ? portlygentleman Saints unchanged in Dal Santo’s 150th, Everitt in for Williams. Goddard on Higgins looks like a great match up. ? portlygentleman The Saints unbeaten [Read more]
Bulldogs Hold the Aces by John Green
April 15, 2009 by Leave a Comment
The mind games started the day before this clash at the Docklands. Opposing coaches, Terry Wallace and Rodney Eade, were once teammates at Hawthorn. Having since become career coaches, they had engaged each other in a battle of wits at various times in recent years. First it was Wallace with the Western Bulldogs and Eade [Read more]
The Joy of Betting Against Your Own Team
April 14, 2009 by Leave a Comment
I’ve supported the Hawks for 17 years, rain, hail and shine, through the dark days and the bright. Today however is different, today I don’t know who to support. With our insipid rucking display against the Swans, injuries, suspensions and of course North’s recent success against us I added North Melbourne to a four leg [Read more]
Again and again and yet again by Cheryl Critchley
April 5, 2009 by Leave a Comment
It has taken 10 long days to finally confront the traumatic events of March 26, 2009. Like many others stuck in a bad relationship, the first stage is denial. That didn’t really happen did it? It couldn’t have been that bad. Maybe I’m overreacting. Didn’t they promise never to break our hearts again? Of course [Read more]
Tell them Junior’s dreamin’
April 3, 2009 by 2 Comments
By Chris Riordan Like most footy fans, I tend to base judgements and opinions on an inconsistent range of often contradictory observations or even pig-headed bias. The gathering of evidence can come later! I’ve never embraced the DreamTeam concept. I vaguely recall once watching an awful quarter of Port possession and hearing someone behind me [Read more]
No Blues for these Blues by Anthony Reed
April 2, 2009 by Leave a Comment
How good was the build up for this game? For a first round match, I’d never encountered anything like it – and I now live in Sydney. Fans of both Richmond and Carlton were upbeat about the future and hoping to break their respective final ducks this year, with an improving 2008. More realistically the [Read more]
New season brings hope
April 1, 2009 by Leave a Comment
The beginning of a new footy season is always eagerly anticipated, but after getting engaged over the summer and being consumed by wedding talk for a couple of months, I couldn’t wait for round one – even as a supporter of the reigning wooden spooners. Walking through the Fitzroy Gardens to the ‘G, my chances [Read more]
Gabba lights stay on for Lions mirth hour
April 1, 2009 by 1 Comment
By Geoff Woolcock Hailed as the Lions favourite son’s coaching debut, up against the club for whom he’d already purchased guernseys for his kids before Lethal’s resignation saw him turn the removalist trucks around just before leaving for Perth. We were at the Gabbatoir for this blustery dusk opening siren primarily because my oldest son [Read more]
Go North, after a long drive south
March 31, 2009 by 86 Comments
by Josh Barnstable “Josh wake up”. That was Mum, coming in to wake me up at 7:30; 7:30 on a Sunday morning. I would have thrown something at her if I had not already been awake, already thinking about the day ahead. I got up, grabbed a yogurt from the fridge and settled down to [Read more]
Richmond v Carlton by Steve Healy (Grade 9)
March 30, 2009 by 414 Comments
Richmond V Carlton Every year, on this day it hits you. The season has started. I hopped off the bus in Ashburton and thought about the footy season. Another six months of happiness, frustration and pure joy awaited me. I rushed home with a spring in my step. I saw a Richmond supporter on the [Read more]
Richmond v Carlton
March 29, 2009 by 3 Comments
by Chris Riordan How low can you go?Stocks were used in Medieval times for public humiliation and acknowledgement of social crime. In 2009, we still seem to have this urge to see suffering before redemption (although Ricky Nixon appears to have escaped from his “tram collision” – maybe he’s a good manager after all). Ben [Read more]
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