Please Sir – Schoolteacher Footy Players

Swish asks for any of your stories about school teaching footy players, using the 1986 VFL lists as a starting point.

Who’s versing? West Coast

Alex Darling continues a poetic look at the AFL sides with some Eagles’ observations

Swans 2016: What Comes Before Pre

Rejoice. Mathilde is back for 2016. “It’s easy at the start of the season to take up the obvious, reassuring footy narrative. Positive thinking, the best of sports science mindfulness, confidence and pre-emptive strength. But the fact is, that the intra-club is the very beginning of something, the plan before it’s even hatched and we don’t know what will come. It can’t ever be truly mapped or pre-prepared. And it cannot be hurried. This is true light heartedness…”

St Kilda Becoming More Attacking

Yoshi likes the look of St Kilda’s forward potential

Blondes have more fun

David P has put together a team of blondes, do you have others to add?

School Footy Comes Alive In Wolverhampton And Beyond

Wesley Hulls sees the future growth of school footy in the UK and Europe.

A hair raising team!!!

Another gem from Glen!, with this “hair today, gone tomorrow” team of nude nuts. Who else should get a run?

A Smile On A Kid’s Face

Wesley Hull explains the simplicity of putting a smile on a kid’s face – give them a footy.

Swans 1976

Where were you in 1976? Keiran Croker, uni student of the time, was central to the high-tech capturing of footy statistics for the South Melbourne Footy Club.

Ch Ch Changes: Sydney Swans 2016 Season Preview

Joe Moore previews a season of scintillating sumptuous Swan success.

Who’s versing? St. Kilda

Alex Darling continues a poetic look at the AFL sides with some Saints observations

Second Port of call: The Power’s best 22 from another club

Mike Hugo sits down at the selection table for Port Adelaide. How has he done?

The Foreign Legion

Pre-season is a time for hope, Wesley Hull shares his optimism for Essendon’s Season

Pearce off Jack

An animal reference has once again graced our sporting pages, Aussiegus provides perspective.

Geelong has-beens

Glen D suggests a team based on departed Geelong players

Red, white and black to the core, but a lusty Dusty I can’t ignore

Jen Muirden’s ode to Dusty, from her second favourite team.

MCG: My Cricket Ground

Anna Pavlou, aged 14, tells the story of her affection for and connection with the MCG.

Who’s versing? Fremantle

A poetic last roll of the dice for Freo?

Stan Grant puts the booing of Adam Goodes into historical and social perspective (this YouTube clip now includes all four speakers)

Stan Grant has made an important speech at the IQ2 debate at The Ethics Centre. Many people will never have encountered this history before. That is the nature of a gross power imbalance.

This recording now includes all speaker. Stan Grant was followed by columnist Rita Panahi, then lawyer Pallavi Sinha, and actor Jack Thompson.

Who to be Upgraded into St Kilda’s Senior List

Yoshi contemplates the Saints top up player for Carlisle