Dips O’Donnell has stumbled across a little gem, in of all places the St Kevins newsletter.
Grand Final bliss as Blacks jump the Shark
September 26, 2012 by Leave a Comment
The Black Hack awakes from a dual premiership celebration-induced slumber to post his recollections of a memorable day for the Melbourne Uni Blacks in the Ammos Grand Final.
Brownlow blog: win an Almanac or a bottle of Murrindindi wine
September 24, 2012 by 34 Comments
Brownlow night, and even the Brownlow is becoming scientific, with analysts claiming the award goes to a mid-fielder from a top team. Knowing Derek Humphery-Smith and Murray Bird, legendary umpires (who will be at the Almanac lunch on Friday) my conclusion is that there’s probably not a lot of science in it at all. Muz [Read more]
AFL Finals Week 1 – Hawthorn v Collingwood: Buddy v Taz
September 8, 2012 by 8 Comments
The modern game spins and whirls. There is a game, there are games within games. And, occasionally, these days, there is still a cracking one-on-one. The game was Collingwood v The Hawks. The game within a game was how well Sewell and Mitchell combined to be more than two individuals. There are so many factors [Read more]
Haiku Bob: warmer nights
September 7, 2012 by 3 Comments
Haiku Bob’s take on AFL Round 23: Collingwood v Essendon
Finals: Harms with some thoughts on the weekend’s footy
September 6, 2012 by Leave a Comment
Harms with a few thoughts on this cracking weekend of footy. Twitter: John Harms@ratherbeatlunch
Finals fever: Making a mark – Billy was my hero
September 4, 2012 by 7 Comments
The autographs are faded, but they’re still a vivid and enduring reminder of the heroes of my youth. They appear on a white Yakka branded Tommy Sherrin that I “marked” in the maddening MCG crowd at the 1978 Collingwood v Hawthorn Qualifying Final. On the eve of another high-stakes Collingwood-Hawthorn final, my memory bypasses last [Read more]
Footy as Religion: A Myth for All Seasons
August 28, 2012 by 14 Comments
By Phil Dimitriadis Man has built in himself images as a sense of security – religious, political, personal. These manifest as symbols, ideas, and beliefs. The burden of these dominates man’s thinking, relationships and his daily life. (J. Krishnamurti) Corporate, religious and political rhetoric often sits comfortably with Australian Rules expression and its desire [Read more]
NOT another thumping – quite the opposite in fact
August 6, 2012 by 6 Comments
Where do I begin? What a day, what a game. We’ve been hammered in the last month by some of the best teams in the land, chasing not only the win but the percentage needed in one of the tightest seasons in memory. Our young kids have been valiant but have run out of legs, [Read more]
WAFL Round 19: It’s a one Tiger race
July 29, 2012 by Leave a Comment
By Les Everett A FEW weeks back there were four genuine premiership contenders in the WAFL competition. Then East Fremantle thrashed East Perth and Swan Districts making those two look like pretenders and setting up the most anticipated game of the season. The battle of the top two at Claremont Oval started innocently enough but [Read more]
Greetings from the XXX Olympiad
July 29, 2012 by 2 Comments
Greetings from the XXX Olympiad in London! It’s been an absolutely incredible day. For the past few weeks I will be honest I have been slightly confused. I knew that the Olympics were coming, but I just wasn’t quite sure how I felt about it. The anticipation was there, but it felt different to a [Read more]
Round 18 preview
July 26, 2012 by Leave a Comment
A few thoughts on Round 18. http://tatts.com/news/2012/7/23/afl-round-18
Racing
July 26, 2012 by 18 Comments
There’s still room for sentiment in our multi-billion dollar “Industry” and sometimes it presents in the most humble of places – like at Pakenham on Tuesday , where the Grandson of Jim Moloney (Vain) rode his first winner and the Grand-daughter of Jim Houlihan achieved her maiden training success. The “new generation” will compete in [Read more]
Travelling through the family
July 23, 2012 by Leave a Comment
DA Puzzle of the Round (17)
July 18, 2012 by 3 Comments
Discover the world of David Astle here. But first, can you solve this week’s puzzle? Around this time of year, We see heaps of threshold teams Have GOT colossal matches IN light of premiership dreams. (This weekend alone, Some six of THE nine bouts (Like Hawks and MAGPIES) Will cast some major doubts. [Read more]
Cats pull rabbit from hat
July 16, 2012 by 18 Comments
Apparently Collingwood’s defeat of the Cats on Friday night signalled the end of an era. “…the Cats simply couldn’t run with Collingwood and, after five years of greatness, their race is run.” Jake Niall, The Sunday Age, July 15, 2012. That’s it. Game over. The end. Das ende. But, as is often the case, the [Read more]
The enthusiastic assistant coach
July 10, 2012 by 3 Comments
It is 7.45am on Saturday and as a new father with a three month old son I have clocked on for duty, Sophie is off to the Gym and her weekly hour of parental free R and R so I am solely responsible for the safety and well being of one Jack William Dodson. I [Read more]
Giant lurve never dies
July 9, 2012 by 2 Comments
This is a statement of intent. I jumped off a very good club – Geelong – in order to do whatever I can to promote the game in Sydney through GWS. The Giants are the perfect vehicle in which to take the pioneering work of the Swans to the next level, and to make our [Read more]
Almanac Rugby League – A progressive side of rugby league?
June 26, 2012 by 7 Comments
Can’t say I am an expert on rugby league, but I do know it had some good early links with the progressive side of politics. Have read a little bit, and spoken to friends who have an understanding of the game, which has made me intrigued in finding out more. Correct me if I’m wrong [Read more]
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