Out (visa problems) is something you don’t usually see when the teams are announced on a Thursday Night. Murray Bird keeps us up to date with the PNG Mosquitoes’ sometime rocky path into the Grand Final of the 2014 International Cup.
Charles Brooking Hannah – God’s footballer
August 19, 2014 by 1 Comment
Carlton’s Charles Brooking Hannah abandoned football for the perilous life of a Christian missionary in China at the turn of the 20th century. Tony De Bolfo reports.
Victorian bias in free kicks – who’d have thought!
August 19, 2014 by 21 Comments
Is there home-team bias in umpiring? Dave Warner, armed with stats and capital letters, blows the whistle on this contentious issue.
AFL Round 21 Post Wrap: The Birth of the Blues Round
August 18, 2014 by 5 Comments
Mr Wrap run the ruler over Round 21 and finds the Tigers win in Adelaide the highlight of the weekend (surprise, surprise). He’s still got his teeth into the Essendon drugs scandal/farce/yawnfest.
Dad Jokes, Geelong Cats and Footy Talk
August 18, 2014 by 6 Comments
Anna Pavlou, on her Dad, his jokes, and their world of [Geelong] football.
Anthony Rock could’ve been rolled
August 18, 2014 by 3 Comments
Matt Watson remembers a sliding-doors moment for a young Anthony Rock (and for himself). Let us give thanks for prudent behaviours.
Icey poles and Carlton Cold: the hospitality of a Wiligi Swan
August 17, 2014 by 5 Comments
Brian Corcoran and his family journey from leafy Buckinghamshire to remote Arnhem Land to take in the spirit of the land, and meet Reuben Cooper, a man who embodies both aboriginal royalty and footy royalty. (A wonderfully uplifting read – Ed.)
AFL International Cup – Weekend Fixtures and Match Review
August 15, 2014 by 2 Comments
The AFL International Cup is in full swing, with matches on Saturday, semi finals on Tuesday and the final as curtain raiser to the Hawks – Cats blockbuster. All the links, fixtures and Stephen Alomes’ witty review of the Canada v USA Liberty clash are here.
AFL Round 21 – The Pre-Wrap for the Philosophical Marngrook Follower
August 15, 2014 by 7 Comments
He’s back. You’ll know it’s not crap, because you’ll read all the good oil in the Pre Wrap for Round 21. Months under grey skies has not dimmed the great man’s wit and insight (and little Jimmy Twoshoes cops a few on the way past).
Mathematicus Petticus
August 15, 2014 by 10 Comments
John KIngsmill straightens out a critic, he thinks. [Mathematicians please sort this out. We want x,y and pi involved on the page – Ed]
SANFL Round 16 – Nostalgia be damned
August 14, 2014 by 11 Comments
Dave Brown takes us through Round 16 of the SANFL, via a non-nostalgic look at SA footy in 1990.
And the big men fly in Dubai, Dalian and Delhi: the international dimensions of Aussie Rules Football
August 14, 2014 by 11 Comments
Economist (and footy fan) Tim Harcourt outlines the reasons behind Aussie Rules going global.
Dave Warner’s State of Origin method
August 14, 2014 by 16 Comments
Dave Warner picks a side from each of the states, and calls for an opportunity for them to line up on each other. ANZAC Day perhaps?
The Mirror Has Two Faces … But the coin the wilfully blind are flipping tells a different tale.
August 13, 2014 by 10 Comments
James Hird v the AFL. Selfishness by Hird? Thuggish application of standover tactics by the AFL? Gregor Lewis gives his view of the court proceedings currently taking place.
For Justice John Middleton’s Consideration: AFL On-Field Injustices – Real and Perceived
August 13, 2014 by 7 Comments
Conspiracies? Andrew Else re-considers some pivotal moments, and calls for justice. (John Middleton, please get involved)
Life after Lenny
August 13, 2014 by 3 Comments
Saints fan Megan Sloley pays tribute to Lenny Hayes and pens possibly the best line of prose you might read today: “I cry when your eyes are bruised like violets on the football field”.
Footy: a soundtrack to our lives
August 12, 2014 by 3 Comments
For Joe Moore a world without music would be the equivalent of a world without football. Joe joins some dots, via Tex Walker, Bon Jovi, Dermie, Twisted Sister, Bob Murphy, Al Green, The Temper Trap and more.
Essendon and Hird v ASADA and AFL – Day 1: James Hird channels Macbeth in a staggering display of selfishness
August 12, 2014 by 24 Comments
Sean Curtain sees parallels between the Hird/Essendon/ASADA Federal Court case and the selfishness of Macbeth. He also sees that the court actioon is a bit like saying that whatever evidence you found when you searched my house that could convict me is inadmissible because your search warrant was wrong.
Bounce of the ball. Straight up as a die. It’s a skill under-appreciated. It’s a wonder we don’t sigh
August 12, 2014 by 1 Comment
‘Mongrel dog from the bush’ shares some insights into what goes through an umpire’s mind.
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