To honour Marcus Bontempelli reaching the 200 games milestone this week, we reprise Neil Anderson’s July 2014 match report of the Western Bulldogs v Melbourne Demons clash in Round 15. It was the first time Neil saw ‘The Bont’ play live.
When the sun sets over Carlton: Moments in Melbourne
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Mickey Randall’s Tales of the City. Tales of a winter Melbourne adventure of people, books, music, people, wine, footy, food and people.
AFL Round 15 – Hawthorn v Gold Coast: Odyssey to Launceston
July 24, 2014 by 2 Comments
Pure Poetry. From Dave Goodwin. And his Hawks. And Gazza Junior. Pity about the Tassie weather. (Contains some great lines and advice – Ed.)
AFL Round 15 – Adelaide Crows v Port Adelaide: Showdown at the Bob Neil Bar
July 3, 2014 by 76 Comments
Rulebook reports from the Bob Neil Bar around the corner from Adelaide Oval where his Crows keep their finals hopes alive against a tiring Port Adelaide.
Round 15 – Haiku Bob – where the moon is
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It’s all about the moon, the cold and beating the Blues in Haiku Bob’s take on the Collingwood v Carlton game
AFL Round 15 – Hawthorn v Gold Coast: At what point will Gold Coast say we can win this?
July 2, 2014 by 2 Comments
Trucker Slim casts his ever-watchful eye over another masterful game by Luke Hodge, and another Hawks’ win, its fifth on the trot.
AFL Round 15 – Collingwood v Carlton: no heat in the fireworks
July 2, 2014 by 11 Comments
Luke Reynolds samples his first, and last, game of Sunday night footy. At least his kids didn’t ask for cold drinks.
AFL Round 15 – Western Bulldogs v Melbourne: All about The Bont
July 2, 2014 by 2 Comments
Kerrie Soraghan is not one to get carried away by a certain goal by Marcus Bontempelli. No, not one to get carreed away at all.
AFL Round 15 – Brisbane v North Melbourne: This one’s for you Browny
July 1, 2014 by 3 Comments
Andrew Weiss pays his respect to Johnno Brown (including a surprise Malarkey selection)
AFL Round 15 – Fearless Review: Settled then, Sunday night footy in winter is a 100% dud.
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Got to dash? In a hurry? Paul Thomson skips us through Round 15 with the essential info.
AFL Round 15 – Sydney v GWS: Headaches, Hot Toddies and Heroes past and present
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The 1935 Bloods are reflected in the 2014 Swans. Through a haze of ‘medicinal’ whisky Joe Moore reflects on moustaches, Bob Pratt, Buddy Franklin and dynasties.
AFL Round 15 – Brisbane v North Melbourne: Time to get angry
July 1, 2014 by 9 Comments
Rob Chanter is angry. But how angry? And with who? Some games leave you with too much choice.
AFL Round 15 – Collingwood v Carlton: Not driving miss Daisy
July 1, 2014 by 10 Comments
Dressed as a frumpy Eskimo, Danni Eid gets seriously grumpy about Daisy Thomas.
AFL Round 15 – Sydney v Greater Western Sydney: ruthless efficiency and daft officiousness
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Earl O’Neill tries to keep clear of SCG officials while dreaming of the GTS350 Monaros. Or should that be GWS350 Monaros?
AFL Round 15 – Review
June 30, 2014 by 2 Comments
JTH on Round 15.
Celebrating Nick Krygios and wondering what type of leadership Brad Scott offers.
AFL Round 15 – Collingwood v Carlton : A Cold Night’s Entertainment.
June 30, 2014 by 3 Comments
Dave Nadel from the Floreat Pica Society, was there on a cold Sunday night to watch his defence-depleted team still steal the cookies from the Blues. Pies supporters remain happy.
AFL Round 15 – Collingwood v Carlton: Frozen
June 30, 2014 by 18 Comments
Jeff Dowsing may be “Frozen” at the MCG on Sunday 7pm game, but his Pies weren’t. At least the cockles were warmed by the nights events, even if his fingers were ice.
AFL Round 15 – Collingwood v Carlton: Sacred kingfisher positivity
June 30, 2014 by 11 Comments
David Wilson takes the Growling Grass Frog and the Sacred Kingfisher to the MCG for the game between his Magpies and the Blues. Grass Frogs and Kingfishers run more frequently than public transport on a Sunday night.
AFL Round 15 – St Kilda v Richmond; Bulldogs v Melbourne: Here and there, new and old, lose and win.
June 29, 2014 by 4 Comments
Too much footy is never enough for Yvette Wroby. The weekend begins promisingly with Friday’s Almanac lunch, then goes into decline with Saturday’s Saints loss. The weekend and the Bulldogs (Yvette’s second team) redeem themselves on Sunday. Phew!
AFL Round 15 – Essendon v Geelong: Time Travellin’
June 28, 2014 by Leave a Comment
Sam travels in time from a pub in Kuala Lumpar but in the end his Bombers’ DeLorean runs out of jigowatts.
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