AFL Round 8 – Port Adelaide v Richmond: Richmond Fire-Up for Cornes’ 300th Game Farewell

As Tigers supporter explains a fortnight is a long time in football, as the Tigers put the last years Elimination final behind them and win in Kane Cornes’ 300th and final game.

Round 8 – Hawthorn v Sydney: After 239 Days We’ve Shown That We Can Beat Those Predatory Hawks At The MCG.

Jan Courtin’s round 8 match report

Round 8: The Wrap

The Wrap’s sage observations re this great game of ours, sorting out employment relations in public and the impact of the Friday night Bluebagger schedule on the bottom line of Video Easy. [He’s struck the same vein of form as The Tigers of Old – Ed]

Round 8 – Hawthorn v Sydney: Swans fight it out

Keiran Croker starts his footy day at his local club Fitzroy before heading in to the Grand Final re-match.

Round 8 – Fremantle v North Melbourne: All footy on the Freo Flyer

Les Everett’s unique footballing experience on Saturday night included watching a state game on his phone, travelling in excess of 4 hours on the Freo Flyer, and witnessing the Dockers belt the Roos.

Round 8 – Essendon v Brisbane: Bombers win after second half blitz

The Bombers’ 58 point win and Joe Daniher’s half-dozen meant it was a good Sunday afternoon for Essendon fan Nick Weidmann.

Round 8 – Geelong v Carlton: Dog Eat Dog

Matt Watson notes how AC/DC’s ‘Dog Eat Dog’ could well have been written with foresight to describe the predicament that Mick Malthouse and Carlton FC currently finds themselves in.

Round 8 – GWS v Adelaide: Out of the blocks

John Warhurst and his old mate Peter Crossing head up the Hume from Canberra to Sydney to see the Giants jump the Crows and control the match, pretty well, from there on.

Round 8 Gold Coast v Collingwood: Pies put to bed theory “No Jackson Ramsay, no Collingwood.

As Pies supporter Paul Harkin explains his Magpies have finally put to bed the theory ‘no Jackson Ramsay, no Collingwood’ with a big win against the Suns away from home.

Round 8 – St. Kilda v West Coast Eagles: Saints clobbered by high flying Eagles

As Saints supporter Baraham Dabscheck disccuses, the Saints showed improvement even though they went down to the Eagles by 53 points.

Round 8 – Hawthorn v Sydney: About my Hawks

Barometric pressure is an intrinsic part of life. It takes one atmosphere to sustain it, but there are so many aspects to life itself, whose chambers represent countless more atmospheres of pressure, those who choose to enter them must endure. Some more authentically than others. So at 4-4 after 8 weeks of their second successive [Read more]

Round 8 – Geelong v Carlton: Winter is Coming

Tony Reed is moved to an allegorical tale – or is it a spoof? Whatever, he concludes that the Blues are in long-term strife. Next report from Tony may will be a standard recount of an episode of Game of Thrones.

Round 8: H Block Staffroom Tips

The boys in H Block staffroom offer some Round 8 tips. With a surprise in there for Saturday afternoon.

The Pre Wrap – Round VIII

Mr Wrap shares his Mortgage Busting; Investment Opportunity; Western Wonder and Wrap Roughy tips for Round VIII. Caveat emptor punters.

Adelaide v GWS: Who is closer to a flag?

Fooz Pietersen thinks the Crows have improved, but is it enough to catch the runaway train of young talent at Greater Western Sydney?

Round 8 Preview – Juddy Kicks a few goals – but misses a point

Sal Ciardulli hits the bully pulpit with some strong and convincing words on AFL integrity. And his regular preview of the weekend’s games. Go Friars!

Cam Hooke’s Collingwood Life: Round 8 preview v Gold Coast

Another week is another shot at redemption. The Gold Coast – despite having a terrible start to the season – have a pretty good record against the Pies and Cam Hooke is well aware of this. Nonetheless, despite some trepidation, he, like any true believer, has faith that his Woodsmen will prevail.

Round 7 – Richmond v Collingwood: Haiku Bob – So We Tell Ourselves

That Confucius of Concision is at it again, this time from international Krakow.

Round 7 – Adelaide v St Kilda: Some Prayers not answered in the City of Churches yet the Sun still shines

Another fantastic chapter from Yvette Wroby’s (unofficial) tour diaries. After a trip to the Gold Coast in April, Yvette finds herself in the City of Churches as the Saints prepare to meet the Crows.

Round 7 – Richmond v Collingwood: A Write-up Purely Dictated by Crowd Comments

Here’s an idea for an Almanac match report: Sarah Black represents the entire Richmond v Collingwood game with nothing but the yells, quips and laments of the mad beast known as the MCG crowd.