Port’s massive Grand Final loss to Geelong in 2007 pushed it to the brink. It didn’t exact revenge on Friday night but they’re on the right track, writes Dan Hansen.
Quintessential country football
September 17, 2013 by 9 Comments
Peter Argent captures the action from South Australia’s North Eastern Football League.
Take me out to the ball park
September 17, 2013 by 4 Comments
Yvette Wroby travelled to Fenway Park as part of her USA adventure to watch the Red Sox and the Yankees.
AFL Finals Week 2 – Sydney v Carlton: End of the line
September 17, 2013 by 7 Comments
It was a helluva ride this year but being out of the finals has its upside, writes Barb Smith, who now vows to concentrate on other parts of her life.
Wallabies grind out first win for McKenzie
September 16, 2013 by 2 Comments
Ewen McKenzie finally broke his duck as Wallabies coach on a wild night in Perth less suited to international athletes than to, well, ducks. The weather, and the pressure of consecutive defeats, meant this was not a pretty win, but it was the win Australia just had to have. Argentina were superior at the scrum, [Read more]
SANFL – Finals: West Adelaide faces Norwood for Grand Final berth
September 16, 2013 by 12 Comments
West Adelaide came back from a 27 point half time deficit to defeat the Eagles and set up a second semi-final against reigning Premier Norwood.
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.
Crio’s Question: Change of plans
September 16, 2013 by 2 Comments
Sports schedules can play havoc with our lives. When have you had to put your life on hold, or in to overdrive, to satisfy a sporting need?
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.
The cobra and the condominium
September 16, 2013 by 11 Comments
Condominium living with two young boys is to be imprisoned within an endless St Kilda players’ function- minus the moments of deep introspection, and wholesome civic values. It’s occasionally beyond challenging. It’s at the heart of our predicament. To stay in Singapore or head home?
WAFL: Dream Grand Final awaits
September 16, 2013 by 6 Comments
Claremont is coming to grips wit the fact that, for the first time since 2010, they won’t be part of the grand final. East Perth will meet West Perth in a derby grand final the league was hoping for.
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….
From The Guardian: When Harry Redknapp played the West Ham fan
September 15, 2013 by 8 Comments
Further to Greg Baum’s article in The Age yesterday, this is the story he mentioned from The Guardian. It really is a classic.
Joy of joys: writing during the finals
September 15, 2013 by Leave a Comment
Everyone is welcome to write pieces about the finals – as always.
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.
AFL Finals Week 2 – Preview: Predictable? Or otherwise?
September 13, 2013 by Leave a Comment
John Harms opts for predictable games this weekend. But he was 1 from 4 last week – saved from a duck egg by Carlton.
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.
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