VAFA B Section – Fitzroy v Monash Blues: Second Preference, Lots of Love and Ang’s Penis

Saturday home game for Fitzroy and Phil Hill enjoys the lunch, laughs, lovin and leaves with a Men’s Health Check up.

Round 9 – St Kilda v Essendon: Welcoming visitors with a magnificent win

Guaranteeing an enjoyable weekend of footy for her American mates was foremost on Yvette Wroby’s to-do list. A Saints victory made it that much sweeter.

Fitzroy Rotary Pick – Round 10

Peter Hille updates us with the latest selections for Fitzroy Rotary Club. Get your tips in.

Indigenous Round

Phil Hill has a couple of questions regarding Indigenous Round.

The Pollie XVIII – when politics and sport do mix

Football has a proud history of providing politicians for the parliaments of Australia. But we need a full forward – can you help?

About Sir Doug Nicholls (from the Australian Dictionary of Biography)

Who is Sir Doug Nicholls after whom this round is named.

Find out from his entry in The Australian Dictionary of Biography (written by Richard Broome, published by MUP).

An open letter to Tom Wills

With just a few days to go in the crowdfunding campaign to raise the necessary cash to repair Tom Wills grave, Marius Cuming has penned this letter to Tom.

Backing my Nick

Yoshi supports Nick Riewoldt in this latest ‘selfie’ controversy.

Flags in my lifetime

Earl’s about to hit the 50 milestone and evaluates the premierships won in his lifetime.

Priorities of the Jarryd’s – A few observations from afar

Tony Robb provides some thoughts on the AFL’s venture into netball and a few other things along the way.

I’ll be damned, Pies upset Cat cart again, and our tempo

From his Hua Hin guesthouse Paul Spinks reports on Geelong’s inability to play tempo footy, it’s a feline failure. Bring back fast flowing tussles.

Round 9 – St Kilda v Essendon: Happy anniversary

Our St Kilda fan from Indiana, Glenn Brownstein, got to support his Saints at Etihad Stadium on Sunday. But that’s not the only reason it was a notable day.

Cam Hooke’s Collingwood Life – Round 10 Preview

Massive game for the Pies, and the Dogs this week. With a resounding win against Geelong, Collingwood believers are keeping it one week at a time. Here’s Cam Hooke’s Collingwood Life Round 10 preview. How do Pies (and Dogs fans) think this one will pan out? [Includes analysis, predictions, links to media comment. Comprehensive – Ed]

Rotary Lunch: John Harms, Alicia Sometimes and Nicole Hayes at Brunswick St. Oval (May 28)

Come one, come all, to the Brunswick Street Oval for lunch this Saturday (May 28). John Harms will chat with Alicia Sometimes and Nicole Hayes – editors of the book “From the Outer: footy like you’ve never heard it.” [Bookings are open – Ed].

Fearless 2016 Round 9 – We’re all with the man they call Roughy. Cancer seems still so random…

Starting with a tribute to Roughy, Round 9 ends with a Fearless review of proceedings.

Round 9 – GWS v Western Bulldogs: Orange Peril trample working class beneath corporate subsidised boot

John Butler asks how after 92 seasons for one flag, the Doggies would feel with the prospect GWS might pocket one, or more, before their first decade?

Round 9 – North Melbourne v Carlton: Murphy’s law

With a dearth of marking forwards, and a neophyte ruckman, Peter Fuller writes Carlton were always going to struggle against North.

The 2016 Eddie Gilbert Cup – Round Nine

Ahh, the wrist snap of an opened broadsheet. Earl O’Neill’s Round 9 dose of sanity in a sea of dross.

Buddy

Watching the Hawthorn v Sydney clash on a winter’s Friday, there is only one word for 15 year-old Paddy Grindlay: Buddy.

Women’s Footy: A league of their own?

Should the mooted women’s Australian football competition be affiliated with the AFL and clubs or be a stand alone venture? Paul Spinks on gender, politics, power and fandom.