Woosha’s resignation, Demetriou laughing at dwarf abuse, Buddy and the finals – where will the Wrap start?
AFL Finals Week 1 – Preview: Fire Up for Finals
September 6, 2013 by 2 Comments
It’s a busy weekend for sports nuts and Sal Ciardulli has cast a discerning eye over a few highlights in footy and racing. What to consider when backing your favourites? Plus, the season gone – how did the vanquished fare against predictions?
AFL Finals Week 1 – Preview: Sydney’s big blokes and Richmond’s gelatinous constitution
September 6, 2013 by 8 Comments
John Harms thinks the big blokes of Sydney will matter. And Richmond will be a gelatinous mess (at some stage).
Oh, and how can you not like Ken Hinkley who added to his legend last night on The Footy Show?
Flirting with form
September 6, 2013 by 8 Comments
Flirting with form, particularly so close to finals, is fraught with danger. Ross Lyon should know this more than most, he did it in 2009 with St.Kilda too.
AFL Finals – Week 1: Preview
September 5, 2013 by 7 Comments
Katie Lambeski previews the weekend’s finals, and suggests all four games will be close.
Gender and reporting in the AFL
September 5, 2013 by 1 Comment
Sasha Lennon looks at the complex issue of gender and footy reporting in the AFL.
Racing
September 5, 2013 by 16 Comments
Ready to turn your mind to racing? Christopher Riordan is setting the pace. Who will relish the expanses of Flemington? What’s the go for the quaddy? What’s worth watching at Randwick? All this and more, tipsters.
AFL Round 23 – Gold Coast v GWS Giants: Sheeds and the sunset: mission accomplished.
September 5, 2013 by Leave a Comment
GWS are the embodiment of a love child for Sheeds, but like a love child, their ownership of his legacy will need to be fought for. Until now, there was not much they could do wrong, but today, it’s the end of the romance and the start of the judgement. Bill Ellis wonders if Sheedy (and his baggy shorts) can really declare ‘mission accomplished’.
Save Locky’s Dad (This is serious)
September 5, 2013 by 9 Comments
Former Fitzroy Reds player Nick Auden is suffering from life-threatening melanoma. You can help.
AFL Round 23 – Western Bulldogs v Melbourne: Aaron’s farewell and farewell to a crap season that had been rolling negatives since Lord Jim’s death
September 5, 2013 by 16 Comments
David Bridie goes to the final Melbourne game of the year. His observations are as original, insightful and amusing as you will find. And there is a sad and disapopinting end to the footy year.
Season Review – Essendon: Taking our medicine
September 4, 2013 by 1 Comment
Rod Oaten says, as a Dons man, he has to take his medicine. (That’s funny from you Rod – Ed. And PS: Kerry says hello)
A Good Idea
September 4, 2013 by 2 Comments
Ged McMahon is one Essendon fan who isn’t missing September action – he’s playing in it. In the VAFA. It’s 9.15am on a Sunday morning, there’s a genuine crowd, and he’s running around like a kid lost in a shopping centre. Was stepping out of his comfort zone really a good idea?
Reversing the Batting Order
September 4, 2013 by 5 Comments
Peter Baulderstone can’t really enjoy a footy match without barracking for someone. And now it’s finals time and with his team out, whose colours will he nail to his mast? The mad relative; the scum; the overindulged pigs? Your comments welcome…
AFL Round 23 – Collingwood v North Melbourne (Haiku Bob): The softest of frees
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Haiku Bob on Round 23.
Ghosts of Seasons Past
September 4, 2013 by 2 Comments
Just when you thought Kosi could become no more lovable than he already was, he comes across all honest and self-aware.
AFL Round 23: The View From Shepparton
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Peter Schumacher says if Brisbane can almost beat Geelong then Freo must be a big chance. Here is his summary of the round.
The Huddle (where footy’s soul lives)
September 4, 2013 by 12 Comments
Instinctively, we’re drawn towards the centre circle, pock-marked with studs. I love the centre of footy or cricket grounds for their vastness, quiet, freedom and possibility. I love wide wings and deep pockets that allow our player to roam, sweep and show their skills.
AFL Round 23 – Western Bulldogs v Melbourne: what The Coodabeens once dubbed “Georges versus Forges”!
September 3, 2013 by 5 Comments
To most people this game meant very little. Retirements; the promise of what lies ahead. People knock both of these clubs as insignificant, but Christopher Riordan argues for a flourishing future.
Boy I am angry
September 3, 2013 by 52 Comments
Dianne Waddingham is a Freo supporter, and she’s angry. Really, really angry. There’s the backflip a politician would envy and the statistics that don’t add up, and that’s just the start of it. But she’ll have the last laugh.
AFL Round 23 – Essendon v Richmond: The Claytons’ match
September 3, 2013 by Leave a Comment
The fans had paid their money to see an Essendon last stand for 2013 against a Traditional Rival or a Tiger mauling of The Team That Dare Not Speak Its Name. Neither was forthcoming. JDM was one of the Struggletown Faithful on the day and finds something to inspire in an uninspiring display.
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