By Steve Healy Ah, Sunday afternoon footy on the radio… can it get any better than this? Fev’s first game for the Lions, Buchanan’s and Staker’s as well. The dark sky is looming outside my bedroom window, whereas the Canberra sky is even darker and Manuka oval has been three inches under water all day [Read more]
World Footy: Expansion of footy gathers pace
February 17, 2010 by 1 Comment
By Brett Northey For some, Australian football’s hopes of international growth are misguided, whilst for others they are almost an obsession. Certainly throughout the 20th century the sport’s expansion had its peaks and troughs, its false dawns. But the past decade has seen steady progress and many good news stories. Even just focussing on the [Read more]
Footy: The best birthday present in the world
February 17, 2010 by 8 Comments
ANTHEA ABELL ‘Open your eyes you white maggot!’ The only place I was allowed to talk like this was at the footy. It was the Grand Final 1990. Collingwood were on the cusp of breaking a thirty-two year premiership drought. It was also the day after my fourteenth birthday. I was supposed to be having [Read more]
Footy: My lowdown on all clubs’ away guernseys
February 17, 2010 by 382 Comments
One of the biggest rising issues in the game these days is the sort of guernsey your club wears. If you grew up watching footy in the early 20th century, you would be shocked to know that the likes of Melbourne, Hawthorn and the Western Bulldogs have predominantly white strip when there is a clash. [Read more]
Footy: My season exploring a wonderful tradition
February 16, 2010 by 4 Comments
By James Gilchrist At the start of Wednesday Warriors, the book I wrote about the footy tradition at St Patrick’s, Ballarat, Matt “Twiggy” James, stands suspended on top of a ten metre pole, contemplating the “Leap of Faith”, part of a team building exercise with the St Pat’s First XVIII in the chill winter months [Read more]
NAB Cup, Round 1: Hawks to aim high, Tigers to finish low
February 16, 2010 by 3 Comments
By Richard Naco I approached this game with some trepidation. Channel 10 in Sydney stayed with their traditional AFL format & started the replay of this game well after 11pm, so as to not flood the Emerald City with too much AFL goodness too soon (the ‘play it mean/ keep ‘em keen’ approach, I guess). [Read more]
Footy: Casey Fields is a wonderful place
February 16, 2010 by 204 Comments
By Steve Healy Despite the fact that the NAB Cup was starting, the match I was most looking forward to last weekend was the Dees’ intra-club match. I have never been to Casey Fields before, even though I have planned to go a few times over the past couple of years, these plans haven’t eventuated. [Read more]
NAB Cup, Round 1: Eagles and Bombers get season off to a flying start
February 16, 2010 by Leave a Comment
By Steve Healy Naitanui… Naitanui. He was the star of the night, the crowd pleaser; he was almost worth the price of admission. But even more astonishing, arguably, was the thirteen goals scored by the Eagles to turn the game around midway through the second quarter. One thing’s for sure: West Coast are going to [Read more]
NAB Cup, Round 1: Hawks look to be back to their best
February 16, 2010 by Leave a Comment
By Steve Healy I turn on the TV, the Aurora Stadium light shine on to a brilliant surface, which is set for a game between 9th and 15th from last year, Hawthorn and Richmond. There’s all the evidence in the world that this will be a blow-out, but to be fair, indigenous stars Rioli, Gibson [Read more]
Footy: Geelong v Geelong … it doesn’t get any better
February 16, 2010 by 12 Comments
By Alex Wadelton When I first heard that the mighty Cats were coming to my adopted home of Sydney for an intraclub match, I giggled like a schoolgirl being attacked by a feather duster. Because living in Sydney and following Geelong is a lot like being one of Paris Hilton’s brain cells… lonely. So, having [Read more]
Crio’s Question: What’s your sports viewing pecking order
February 16, 2010 by 17 Comments
It became apparent to me on Sunday evening that I need to make some big decisions these days – and I’m not always good at that. This particular conundrum involved a clash between the Doggies v Lions from Canberra and the Sydney FC v Victory match. As usual, it was resolved by a visit to [Read more]
NAB Cup, Round 1: Hawks look ready to rumble
February 15, 2010 by 5 Comments
By Rick Kane Don’t tell me that Saturday night’s match between Hawthorn and Richmond was essentially irrelevant. I know, I get it. For starters, who gives two hoots about the NAB Cup? February is more about adjusting back into work schedules, rueing festivals missed and admonishing kids to finish their dinner, all of it. Footy [Read more]
NAB Cup, Round 1: Why do the away teams wear the home guernseys?
February 15, 2010 by 231 Comments
Now, not wanting to make a replica of Crio’s Question here, but I have a question that needs to be answered. Why have the home sides in all the matches so far in the NAB Cup worn away guernseys? It’s just plain stupid:
Footy: Gigs gives us his well-oiled machine
February 15, 2010 by 25 Comments
By Andrew Gigacz You can have your Dreamteams and your Supercoach comps. Mike Sheahan’s Top 50? Pah! Having completed some exhaustive analysis and listened to the word on the street, I have come up with a team of players that are a huge chance to set the AFL season alight in 2010. Now as [Read more]
Link: Billy Miller goes to Kardinia Park
February 14, 2010 by Leave a Comment
Billy Miller’s tour of the old VFL grounds takes us to Kardinia Park, a bit of a johnny-cum-lately among the old grounds, but fondly considered nonetheless.
NAB Cup, Round 1: Premiership stars lead Hawks to big win
February 14, 2010 by 205 Comments
After a fairly boring day to say the least, which started with tennis in the morning, I eagerly awaited 4.40pm. It finally came, and I opened up Realplayer on my laptop and started listening to the coverage of Adelaide v Port Adelaide by SEN radio. The Power ran away with the match in the second [Read more]
NAB Cup, Round 1: Young Power stars annihilate Crows (no, really)
February 14, 2010 by 2 Comments
By Damian Watson Finally after those endless summer months, the NAB Cup has finally commenced. I feel relieved as I grab the notepad and pen for the first time in 2010 awaiting the start of a new season — and a new decade — of this great Australian game. The first competitive hit out for my Blues [Read more]
NAB Cup, Round 1: Eagles win and I feel whole again
February 14, 2010 by 133 Comments
West Coast v Essendon It was a strange day at school. Celebrating Valentines Day, the Year 12s had organized an Out of Uniform day, which I always look forward to. So I don my black cobra shirt and black shorts with black shoes, not a good option for a hot day. I look forward to [Read more]
NAB Cup, Round 1: Eagles easily exterminate Essendon
February 13, 2010 by 260 Comments
After a long break from footy, it was refreshing to watch the exploits of West Coast’s dreadlocked Fijian excitement machine.
Footy: The 4 Fs = fabulous February footy feeling
February 13, 2010 by 2 Comments
After a drab summer of sport/cricket , about as stimulating as reading your credit card bill post-Christmas, you can almost feel the anticipation start to build. The AFL season is upon us. The evidence is aplenty…… The players involved in off-season scandals The players being ‘fitter, stronger, bigger, better looking, more focused than ever’. The ex-players making [Read more]
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