Who’d be an umpire? Peter Fuller explains how he fell into the role and what drives an otherwise sane man to consider saddling up for another year after 500 games.
Asia-Pacific Team of the Century
September 20, 2013 by 22 Comments
Damian Balassone has come up with an Asia-Pacific team to be reckoned with. Do you agree with his selections?
AFL Finals Week 2 – Geelong v Port Adelaide: Kenny, Travis and the love of the game
September 19, 2013 by 9 Comments
“The Wrong Dreams of the dullards and egotists and meglomaniacs of footy look even further from the mark than they already did” writes John Harms in describing the restorative powers of the first round of the finals in this piece about the Cats past few weeks.
Writers block during the finals: I blame KISS
September 18, 2013 by 11 Comments
Much to ponder – Chappy and the MRP, the Alvarez-Mayweather fight, the Kennett Curse – but an inability to put those thoughts on paper. KISS made a fortune out of writers block, why can’t Iron Mike?
The club fan buries its de-listed
September 18, 2013 by 6 Comments
The fate of the de-listed played (with a nod to Henry Lawson).
The Story of Peter Reville – The Champion of the Brown Coal Mine
September 18, 2013 by 8 Comments
The story of former Brown Coal Mine and South Melbourne premiership player Peter Reville, who was suspended for 20 weeks after snapping in the 1934 Grand Final.
The View from Shepparton
September 16, 2013 by Leave a Comment
The Cowboys debacle sums up another inglorious year for the NRL, writes Peter Schumacher.
Ross Glendinning: Good as gold
September 16, 2013 by 7 Comments
Sasha Lennon spoke to Brownlow medallist Ross Glendinning and found a very humble champion.
My most memorable individual quarters from a player
September 16, 2013 by 8 Comments
Jarrad McVeigh’s second quarter against Carlton in last Saturday’s elimination final was brilliant. His performance got me thinking about other brilliant individual quarter performances.
Half time in a Grand Final and we’re 31 points up….
September 15, 2013 by 5 Comments
Josh Barnstable won 15 games in eight seasons in his junior career. After giving up footy for 12 months he returned with a different club that found itself 31 points up in a Grand Final at half time. Then….
Theatregoers: your comprehensive guide to the Grand Final.
September 14, 2013 by 10 Comments
Peter Zitterschlager gives some advice.
Holy Grail: A tired bogan sporting anthem, or something more?
September 14, 2013 by 18 Comments
Channel 10 turned Hunters and Collector’s Holy Grail into a sporting anthem. Now, in the prism of a Hunters and Collectors reformation, Brutas Mudcake believes the time is right to re-evaluate the song.
Knackers play in finals. McCartney’s Bulldogs on track for finals
September 13, 2013 by 13 Comments
Neil Anderson is hoping to crack first place at the National Playwright Competition this year after being selected as a finalist. He thinks the Bulldogs are on track for success too, after hearing Brendan McCartney speak at the club’s presentation night.
Wheels of fortune and other puns
September 13, 2013 by 2 Comments
Carlton made the finals at the expense of Essendon, and have progressed to the second week while Collingwood fell over in week 1. It’s been everything Barb Smith could have wished for.
Favourite players please
September 13, 2013 by 70 Comments
A shout out to all readers – who was your favourite player growing up, and why?
Journalism, Gender, Feminist Theory and News Reporting on the AFL
September 13, 2013 by Leave a Comment
This article reports on a review of selected theory and practice in sports journalism to determine if the prominence of female journalists reporting the news of the AFL could be attributed to a feminist response to the traditional domination of male values in the sports media complex.
Richmond’s army caught waiting
September 13, 2013 by 1 Comment
A couple of years ago a December ‘garage sale’ at Punt Rd caught the essence of the Richmond story. Steve Alomes was there, camera in hand.
Ammos (Adelaide): Scum take the flag.
September 12, 2013 by 56 Comments
The Scum (Adelaide Uni umpteenths) took the Div 8 Reserves flag in Adelaide on election day.
The Handcuff gesture: Politically correct AFL image-management gone mad.
September 12, 2013 by 15 Comments
Players, by the handcuff gesture, are not endorsing the crime, just recognising the person. They are not making a comment about their guilt or innocence, but are showing them that they aren’t forgotten. What’s wrong with that?
Now that’s Australian
September 11, 2013 by 15 Comments
Nothing is as Australian as the International Cup, where no Aussie nationals take the field. Rick loves when other cultures blend with our national game.
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