Cathryn McDonald goes with a George R.R Martin-esque description of her Port Adelaide Dothraki’s loss to the Lannister soldiers of Hawthorn.
Round 19 – GWS v Essendon: The Sound of Drums
August 11, 2015 by Leave a Comment
In arguably Australia’s multicultural heartland, Steve Duffy immerses himself in a celebration of the game’s diversity and gets to celebrate a comprehensive Giants win for good measure.
Flogs, Wogs and Blogs
August 5, 2015 by 19 Comments
Phil Dimitriadis is miffed by some of the language used by ‘Middle Australia’ in the recent race debates. When did ‘Flog’ become part of the vernacular and why?
AFL Multicultural Round – An AFL Umpire’s Journey…via Cambodia
July 28, 2015 by 2 Comments
With the AFL Multicultural Round just around the corner from 7-9 August, Wesley Hull takes the opportunity to look at some lesser-known examples of how people with vastly diverse ethnic and multicultural backgrounds have contributed to the great game of Australian Rules Football. Meet Sampho from Cambodia.
The Footy Almanac Podcast – Episode Lucky 13
July 24, 2014 by Leave a Comment
This week Matty Q, The People’s Elbow and Stone Cold are joined by Ben Cuzzupe of Bound for Glory News to talk all things journalism. ‘yoof’ journalism and footy. And where are the footy computer games?
Of Bogans and Burqas
June 26, 2012 by 15 Comments
By Phil Dimitriadis The AFL celebrates multicultural round this week. Its catchcry is: “Many cultures, one game”. Possibly, but there is more to promoting cross-cultural understanding than just vacuous slogans and panegyric rhetoric. People from diverse cultural backgrounds are still seen as a novelty and until this changes Australian football will not realistically reflect the [Read more]
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