AFL Finals Week 1 – Richmond v Carlton: How ironic

Yes, Cheryl Critchley can see the irony in the ninth-placed team beating the Tigers in their long-awaited finals appearance.

AFL Finals Week 1: My BIG Weekend of Finals Football

Despite a disappointing end for his Tigers, the first week of the finals had it all – big hits, close games, upset wins, screamers … everything. Jackson Clark made the trip from the Territory and took in all four games.

AFL Finals Week 1: Winners and Losers

The difference between finals football and home and away football is like the difference between the first two Godfather films and the third. The third has its moments, but the other two are in a different class.

AFL Finals Week 1 – Hawthorn v Sydney: It’s all in the balance

It’s been a long week for for the footy faithful – from buying tickets on Monday morning to the first bounce of their first final. It’s been a long season for Chris Bracher’s Swans, who look to have run out of steam at the wrong time.

AFL Finals Week 1 – Geelong v Fremantle: Boy am I happy (or 23 ways to skin a cat – tissues anyone?)

It is amazing how a game of footy can change your whole psych, your view of the world. One minute you are screaming abuse at the AFL for last minute decisions, the next you are deliriously happy.

AFL Finals Week 1 – Collingwood v Port Adelaide: Why is a raven like a writing-desk?

“If I had a world of my own, everything would be nonsense. Nothing would be what it is, because everything would be what it isn’t. And contrary wise, what is, it wouldn’t be. And what it wouldn’t be, it would. You see?” – Lewis Carroll, Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland It’s a curious day. People of [Read more]

AFL Finals Week 1 – Hawthorn v Sydney: The cold taste of concrete

There are bad nights at the footy and then there are shit nights at the footy. Last night was a shit night.

To all you footy fanatics – Happy September!

The finals have arrived! My heart accelerates just thinking about it. Throughout the finals series I feel like a kid on Christmas day, the atmosphere, the festivity, the magical moments in each game.

AFL Finals – Week 1: The Pre-Wrap

Woosha’s resignation, Demetriou laughing at dwarf abuse, Buddy and the finals – where will the Wrap start?

AFL Finals Week 1 – Preview: Fire Up for Finals

It’s a busy weekend for sports nuts and Sal Ciardulli has cast a discerning eye over a few highlights in footy and racing. What to consider when backing your favourites? Plus, the season gone – how did the vanquished fare against predictions?

AFL Finals Week 1 – Preview: Sydney’s big blokes and Richmond’s gelatinous constitution

John Harms thinks the big blokes of Sydney will matter. And Richmond will be a gelatinous mess (at some stage).

Oh, and how can you not like Ken Hinkley who added to his legend last night on The Footy Show?

AFL Finals – Week 1: Preview

Katie Lambeski previews the weekend’s finals, and suggests all four games will be close.

Reversing the Batting Order

Peter Baulderstone can’t really enjoy a footy match without barracking for someone. And now it’s finals time and with his team out, whose colours will he nail to his mast? The mad relative; the scum; the overindulged pigs? Your comments welcome…

Boy I am angry

Dianne Waddingham is a Freo supporter, and she’s angry. Really, really angry. There’s the backflip a politician would envy and the statistics that don’t add up, and that’s just the start of it. But she’ll have the last laugh.