Round 19 : St Kilda v Fremantle – From San Francisco with flowers in my hair to renewal and inspiration in Istanbul

All the way from Istanbul in Turkey, Jen Muirden sums up the St Kilda v Fremantle game by drawing inspiration from Ed Sheeran.

Round 19 – GWS v Essendon: Give me the child

Earl O’Neill watches the young GWS Giants finish over the top of the broken Bombers. He is encouraged by the kids in the crowd and can see a future for footy in western Sydney.

Round 19 – St. Kilda v Fremantle: Wounded Saints Never Lost Their Halos

Despite losing to premiership contender Fremantle, Braham Dabscheck believes St Kilda can cause North Melbourne, Sydney and the Eagles more than a few headaches in their runs to September.

Round 19 – GWS v Essendon: The Sound of Drums

In arguably Australia’s multicultural heartland, Steve Duffy immerses himself in a celebration of the game’s diversity and gets to celebrate a comprehensive Giants win for good measure.

Round 19 – Geelong v Sydney: New country

Mathilde de Hauteclocque travels to Melbourne and Geelong and walks among the locals.

Round 19 – Collingwood v Carlton: Correspondent Sidelined, Magpies Muddle Through

A late scratching from the MCG, Peter Fuller nevertheless cast his navy blue eyes over proceedings from his lounge room. [Resilience, flexibility, craft; as well as the football. Get well Peter – Ed].

Round 19 – Brisbane v Gold Coast: The Schache Cup

Andrew Weiss went and watched his Lions go down the Suns in the Q-Clash at the GABBA and as he discusses by doing so inadvertently won the ‘Schache Cup,’ as they now most likely have pick one in the draft.

Round 19 – Geelong v Sydney: The Cats simply wanted it more!

Jan Courtin’s match report round 19

Round 19 – West Coast v Hawthorn: We’re a Happy Team

As Hawks fan Rick Kane discusses he has had a good weekend watching football.

Round 19 – GWS v Essendon – 15 Things I Learned

Mick Jeffery on the 15 things he learnt from travelling to Spotless Stadium to watch the Giants take on the Bombers.

Round 19 – GWS v Essendon: Bombers inaccurate kicking at goal rears its ugly head again

Another ordinary day at the office for the Dons. The frustration of losing is compounded for Nick Weidmann by the Bombers’ continuing inability to convert in front of goal.

Round 19 – Cam Hooke’s Collingwood Life: Winning Ugly

As the old adage goes: a win, is a win, is a win. Cam Hooke shares his thoughts with the Magpie True Believers after Saturday’s ugly win over Carlton.

Round 19 – Adelaide v Richmond: Tiger Taming

The Blacks, raffle tickets, a Crows win and a crack at Troy Chaplin – the essential ingredients for a ‘Rulebook’ write-up as the Crows tame the Tigers by 100 points off the scoreboard and 36 points on it

Round 19 – Adelaide v Richmond: I wasn’t there, officer

John Green recalls his last trip to Adelaide and is very glad he didn’t go this time as his Tiges have a shocker.

Round 18 – Richmond v Hawthorn: Once in a blue moon

After a big win against the Hawks, which consolidated the Tigers as final participants, Tigers fan Chris Daley is keeping a lid on it.

Round 18 – Port Adelaide v St Kilda: Journeys, long and short

Yvette Wroby headed to Adelaide for the Port v St Kilda clash last weekend, and as always found a raft of new people and experiences to celebrate. And if you’ve ever wanted to learn how to sing ‘When the Saints Go Marching In’ in Swedish, Japanese AND in Punjabi, well, today, friends, is your lucky day.

Round 19 – Preview: Back to the footy

Sal Ciardulli previews and gives his tips for Round 19.

Round 18 – Port Adelaide v St Kilda: The End of the 2015 Season for Yoshi

Yoshi’s explains how his year of watching football in 2015 came to a abrupt end while trying to watch his Saints play against Port Adelaide on Sunday afternoon. [I didn’t pick you as a firebrand, Yoshi – Ed]

Round 18 – Geelong v Brisbane: We’re here now, but he is coming

One of the last AFL venues to boast a terrace, the City end at the Cattery is where wit, grape, grain and lip flows in equal measure. The Kardinia Park faithful are a tight-knight community and it’s why there’s a nervous air around the return of Adam Goodes for Hamish Townsend. What if a good mate or a family member decides to boo? Can good people stand idly by?

Round 18 – Fremantle v GWS: Dancing With The Stars

Young Josh Coales tells the story of Freo’s solid win against GWS and notes the slip-ups of some of the other top sides. And the Hot Coales Award goes to…?