Haiku Bob on the elimination final.
AFL Finals Week 1 – Collingwood v Port Adelaide (Haiku Bob): when blossoms fall
September 13, 2013 by 4 Comments
Favourite players please
September 13, 2013 by 70 Comments
A shout out to all readers – who was your favourite player growing up, and why?
Journalism, Gender, Feminist Theory and News Reporting on the AFL
September 13, 2013 by Leave a Comment
This article reports on a review of selected theory and practice in sports journalism to determine if the prominence of female journalists reporting the news of the AFL could be attributed to a feminist response to the traditional domination of male values in the sports media complex.
Richmond’s army caught waiting
September 13, 2013 by 1 Comment
A couple of years ago a December ‘garage sale’ at Punt Rd caught the essence of the Richmond story. Steve Alomes was there, camera in hand.
AFL Finals Week 2 – Preview: Get Stuffed! Get stuffed!
September 13, 2013 by 1 Comment
Is it worse to bow out in week one of the finals or avoid the scrutiny and not make them at all?
Ammos (Adelaide): Scum take the flag.
September 12, 2013 by 56 Comments
The Scum (Adelaide Uni umpteenths) took the Div 8 Reserves flag in Adelaide on election day.
The Handcuff gesture: Politically correct AFL image-management gone mad.
September 12, 2013 by 15 Comments
Players, by the handcuff gesture, are not endorsing the crime, just recognising the person. They are not making a comment about their guilt or innocence, but are showing them that they aren’t forgotten. What’s wrong with that?
Life of Bucks (or the curious business of how an AFL “reporter” can fill air time, column inches in the absence of news)
September 12, 2013 by 16 Comments
“My suffering left me sad and gloomy.” Yann Martel, Life of Pi, Chapter 1 Collingwood was out. The AFL finals had 3 weekends to play. Collingwood was out. Finished the home and away rounds in fifth spot. Eliminated in one match. Sunk. “The elements allowed me to go on living. The lifeboat did [Read more]
AFL Finals Week 1 – Collingwood v Port Adelaide: Chelsea’s glorious double falcon
September 12, 2013 by 7 Comments
Chelsea Roffey’s double falcon seemed to inspire the Port boys to victory in front of thousands of their loyal fans.
AFL Finals Week 1 – Richmond v Carlton: The port stays sealed
September 12, 2013 by 1 Comment
Matt Watson inherited a bottle of Richmond’s 1980 premiership port, to be opened when the Tigers win another grand final. He’s not hopeful.
Crio’s Racing: The Golden Rose and Atlantic Jewel
September 12, 2013 by 19 Comments
Rosehill hosts the Golden Rose this weekend, while Crio recommends heading to Moonee Valley to watch a champion inn Atlantic Jewel (before the noise and hoopla of the Spring Carnival.)
September Dreams
September 12, 2013 by 4 Comments
A fairy tale Inspired by C. Judd – 3 Votes, “Where The Wild Things Are” by Maurice Sendak and in hope of dreams to come for my son.
AFL Finals Week 1 – Richmond v Carlton: A Family Tree Of Tigers
September 11, 2013 by 2 Comments
Liam Quin’s grandfather was a proud Tiger. He passed away the week before their first final. A trip to Yarrawonga to bid him farewell brought many memories, all steeped in yellow and black.
AFL Finals Week 1 – Richmond v Carlton: Journey’s End.
September 11, 2013 by Leave a Comment
There is always a defining moment in the match that all football faithful dread. The dark night-time of the soul for the true believers. That moment is the unwelcome arrival of reality.
AFL Round 21 – Sydney v St Kilda: slight return
September 11, 2013 by 1 Comment
It aint easy being an international man of mystery. You might think it’s all martinis and private jets and glamorous women (well, a lot of it is) but it makes terrible demands on my time I was walking out of the SCG with Dad and the fone rang. THAT fone, the black one! There [Read more]
Crio’s Question: Famous numbers, forgettable players
September 11, 2013 by 25 Comments
The merry-go-round is already turning. Players are retiring – voluntarily or otherwise – or on the move… and jumper numbers will be up for grabs. Which famous numbers have been worn by forgettable players in the past?
The Footy Almanac Grand Final Eve Lunch
September 11, 2013 by Leave a Comment
Details of this year’s extravaganza.
Now that’s Australian
September 11, 2013 by 15 Comments
Nothing is as Australian as the International Cup, where no Aussie nationals take the field. Rick loves when other cultures blend with our national game.
Royals storm home in WAFL finals
September 10, 2013 by 3 Comments
THE trend that started in the AFL finals on Saturday continued in the WAFL on Sunday with the away teams getting the job done.
AFL Finals Week 1 – Geelong v Fremantle: Upsets everywhere …almost
September 10, 2013 by 9 Comments
Paul Spinks was worried the talk and controversy about a home final would prove to be a distraction for the Cats, but it was Fremantle’s hunger that saw them victorious.
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