With its unique spring through summer timing, the NT football league attracts players from down south who just can’t get enough footy. There’s a roster of ex-AFL stars and some SANFL and Victorian league players making quite a splash. Jackson Clark looks at six of the best.
NTFL Round 18 Wrap Up
February 17, 2014 by Leave a Comment
Jackson Clark tells us not to read too much into it as the top-of-the-table Saints smash the Wanderers in the NT league. Catch up with all the news: there’s a triple-header, an injured hard nut, and a former AFL star still showing his class.
Yvette does the Celtics and meets the Aussie Brigade
February 16, 2014 by 2 Comments
Yvette Wroby’s Excellent American Adventure continues. This time it’s beer and pies with Boston’s Aussie Brigade, and taking in the Celtics and the Spurs at the Gardens.
Corowa Races : Feb 2014
February 16, 2014 by 6 Comments
Glen ventures north of the Murray for a day out at Corowa – the home of the Freyer dynasty of horse trainers.
First Test: Day 4 – Carnage
February 16, 2014 by 12 Comments
E. Regnans records a Roddy-Doyle-like conversation which records the blood-on-the-wicket final day of the Centurion Test which Australia win comfortably without Watto.
Bruce Blog
February 16, 2014 by 33 Comments
Peter Baulderstone has seen the past, present and future of rock and roll. And his name is still Bruce Springsteen. Let us know your experience of Bruce’s tour and the impact of his music.
NAB Cup – Richmond v Melbourne: When it doesn’t matter
February 14, 2014 by 7 Comments
We all know pre-season means nothing. Non-indicative form, ridiculous rules, frivolous facial hair. So for Mandy Johnson, it was a toss-up whether to watch at all. But would her Tigers force her to care?
Almanackers in stereo
February 14, 2014 by 3 Comments
Vin Maskell loves music nearly as much as he loves sport. Or is it the other way round? No matter – Vin introduces music stories by Almanackers on the Stereo Stories website.
The post-game handshake: how sport doesn’t always reflect real life
February 13, 2014 by 9 Comments
It’s a truism in sport, and something that Australians pride themselves on, that once the final whistle goes you leave it on the field and shake hands. However, try as he might, Sean Curtain isn’t always able to do the same in real life. But could he really leave an outstretched hand hanging?
Geelong, Can You Please Crawl Out Your Window: The Statistical Premiership Window and Trend Lines
February 13, 2014 by 19 Comments
The People’s Elbow introduces his stable (by comparison) brother Damien who has knocked out a very persuausive set of figures, graphs and charts which will appeal to your inner-Einstein.
First Test – Day 1: Making hay
February 13, 2014 by 4 Comments
E. Regnans gets on his horse to see (?) the Australians accumulate a solid tally on the first day of the Centurion Test. He is unimpressed with the South African attack and amazed by G. Smith’s decision to bat last.
First Test – Day 1: Invers gets it right at Centurion
February 13, 2014 by 4 Comments
Brendan McArdle celebrates a very good decision from the Australian selectors.
Hooked: the story of a country boy’s first-ever game
February 13, 2014 by 10 Comments
To celebrate the return of footy Craig Dodson tells the story of the first AFL game he saw when, as a kid living in Wagga, he joined his family for the big trip to the SCG.
From World Footy News: a timely look at South African footy
February 12, 2014 by 1 Comment
The Footy Almanac will be working together with www.worldfootynews.com thanks to Troy Thompson and his enthusiastic correspondents around the globe. Here’s a piece on South African footy. [Our custom will be to reproduce the first paragraphs here and you can then link to the World Footy News site.] The following article, written by Sikhona [Read more]
2013 AFL Grand Final: Reports
February 12, 2014 by 3 Comments
As the NAB Challenge gets under way, get back in the footy mood with the many 2013 Grand Final reports from our writers around the globe (mainly Hawthorn, East Kew and parts of Box Hill). Take your pick. [Who played in the Grand Final?]
A (temporarily) disgruntled Don returns to the Sash
February 10, 2014 by 11 Comments
Rod Oaten hears the ancestral call and returns to his beloved Dons. (One for the modern marketers to read – and the true believers as well. Ed.)
Black and Proud: Racism in Sport – Feb 12
February 10, 2014 by 1 Comment
An interesting seminar at the Wheeler Centre involving Angela Pippos, Sean Gorman, Gilbert McAdam and Gary Osmond. Emerges out of the book Black and Proud by Matthew Klugman and Gary Osmond.
Crio’s Question : Is Defence the best form of Attack?
February 10, 2014 by 13 Comments
Crio reviews Seattle and Chelsea’s impressive wins of the last week and wonders if a top defence will always triumph over a top attack?
Congratulations to Susie Giese
February 10, 2014 by 4 Comments
Cats fan and story-teller Susie Giese is now an intern at AFL Media.
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