Les Everett profiles the WAFL’s big win over the NEAFL in interstate footy.
The Pre-Wrap: AFL Round Ten
May 23, 2014 by 7 Comments
Tiger traditionalist and tragic (is there a difference?) Mr Wrap offers his tips for Round 10. He is too distressed at Saturday and Monday’s events at the Paddock that Grew to offer his usual philosophical discourse.
Bring Your Best Footy
May 22, 2014 by 3 Comments
Vin Maskell ponders the many meanings of this oft used phrase.
Passion and Love
May 22, 2014 by 4 Comments
Despite not being a Tiges man himself, Matt Watson has a familial affinity for the team from Punt Road. The number five and not the usual nine(th) appears prominently.
The 2014 ‘Mopsy’ Fraser Cup – Round 9
May 22, 2014 by 2 Comments
Earl O’Neil surveys the wreckage of Round 9’ish (the AFL couldn’t manage a full one). Players just aren’t ‘doing it for the jumper’ any more.
Higher Ground: The AFL v The West Antarctic Ice Sheet
May 22, 2014 by 30 Comments
Longworth ponders the effects of global-warming on our nation’s AFL venues. (Unsurprisingly, Canberra would appear to be the least affected)
Getting the dividend-bludgers beat at Tuesday Central: a study of the role of the prawn in Sydney graft, corruption, law enforcement and justice.
May 21, 2014 by 3 Comments
Sounds like Nank’s education was accelerated by some colourful Sydney identities while getting belted at Balmain Tigers. [A hint of the Cyril Pearl’s about this – Ed]
The Amazing Adelaide Oval
May 21, 2014 by 5 Comments
Despite some initial doubts, Anne Fedorowytsch has become enchanted by the new and improved Adelaide Oval
Pitch drops, Torps and Bumps
May 20, 2014 by 3 Comments
Longworth thinks the bump is slowly dying, just like the torp.
I’ve Been Cotched
May 20, 2014 by 5 Comments
In a week where people are piling off the Tigers bandwagon, Kate finds herself jumping on.
Q: Leunig, the Richmond list and American Hustle. A: Things that are massively over-rated
May 20, 2014 by 76 Comments
Sean Curtain has a list of things that we waste our time talking about and doing. Richmond are just the tip of his iceberg.
Scoreboard pressure: why is it so?
May 20, 2014 by 2 Comments
Attention at the back. Today we’ll cover scoreboard pressure and Newton’s second law of motion. Mr Gleeson is only going to explain this once.
South FIDA take the points in Under 21 game
May 19, 2014 by Leave a Comment
Vin Maskell keeps us up to date with the happenings in footy for the disabled.
Almost forgotten (but not anymore): why the Suns will make the eight
May 19, 2014 by 2 Comments
John Harms sees a guaranteed place in the finals for the Gold Coast Suns. History and the draw matter, but not as much as the quality of the emerging team and its cast of talent.
The Post-Wrap (Round 9): The Thanks for the Memories Round
May 19, 2014 by 5 Comments
This came in headed “The Weap” from “The Wrap”. Don’t know how much more they can take down at Punt Road, but as ever Mr Wrap finds some plastic soldiers in the corn flakes box of weekend sport.
Fitzroy v the Missionary Oblates of Mary Immaculate
May 19, 2014 by Leave a Comment
On a windy day at Central Reserve, the Roy Boys obturate a late Mazenod fight back in one of their best performances of the year. [Ed’s note – nope, I didn’t know ‘obturate’ was a word, either. Thanks, Phil!]
WAFL Round 9 – Swans on top; Thunder on the board
May 18, 2014 by Leave a Comment
Les gives his wrap of the WAFL Round 9. An eighteen-game losing streak has to end some time, right?
SANFL – Norwood vs Crows – the Aaron Keating Cup
May 18, 2014 by 6 Comments
Dave Brown has divided loyalties (for 5 minutes) when his Norwood Redlegs line up against the Crows seconds in the SANFL. In a happy ending – good triumphs over greed.
New book: Miracle Match
May 18, 2014 by Leave a Comment
Ken Piesse’s latest book Miracle Match, the story of Fitzroy’s win over Geelong in 1963, is out and available.
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