Yoshi’s Ten Biggest Sporting Upsets : February 2014 – January 2015

Yoshi lists his 10 biggest sporting upsets that have occurred between February 2014 to January 2015. There’s a healthy smattering of AFL surprises, but also some shocks from the World Game and on the tennis courts, too.

We Will Never Surrender: Why Saturday’s AFL result was a Giant Deal

Fantastic analysis of the place of the Giants in Sydney Australian footy culture, and in the broader football life of the city. Preston Towers has lived it, and thought about it, and argues a very clear case.

AFL Round 1 – GWS v Sydney: Valiant E49 Chargers v Toyota Priuses

Earl O’Neill captures the excitement of the first round of AFL footy: swapping footy teams, avoiding lightning strikes, and girls doing the Irish Jig. With the Valiant E 49 Chargers (or GWS) speeding up, all other teams better look left and right before stepping onto those ovals.

AFL Round 1 – GWS v Sydney: Oh, What a Night!

Steve Duffy has seen the storms part and arrived at the promised land. David’s slingshot has felled the Swans’ Goliaths.

AFL Round 1 – GWS v Sydney: Reid manual before shooting

Tom Bally endured the rain and the umpires’ treatment of Franklin only to see Fortune smile on The Enemy. Now he’s walking the beach expecting a plague of locusts: it is the end of days.

AFL Round 1 – GWS v Sydney: Resurgent Giants Leave Swans Thunder-Struck

Michael Shillito braves the elements to see an historic moment: GWS’s unlikely victory over the Swans.