If, as accused, Essendon have brought shame on football, they must lose the ANZAC Day match.
Ashes Diary 2013, entry no.6
August 28, 2013 by 13 Comments
I may be getting ahead of myself – and not for the first time – but The Oval may have thrown together a batting line-up Australia can work with this summer.
AFL Round 22 – Review: AAMI Stadium…an era’s end pt 1. The Oval beckons!
August 28, 2013 by Leave a Comment
Salute to AAMI Stadium – from that electric night when the Crows took on the Reigning Premier, Hawthorn and flogged them to last weekend for the Crows and this weekend for Port, the time has come for Adelaide Oval to take centre stage for footy in South Australia.
AFL Round 22 – Brisbane v Western Bulldogs: Through a father and son’s eyes
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Bulldog Mick Jeffrey heads to the Gabba with his old man, a long-time Brisbane supporter. Much banter and many beers in some iconic Brisbane pubs makes for a great day.
My Old Man the Tiger
August 27, 2013 by 22 Comments
Matt Zurbo, his Dad and the Richmond footy club expunge the rubbish.
AFL Round 22 – North Melbourne v Hawthorn: Are the Hawks good enough?
August 27, 2013 by 6 Comments
In round 22 the thoughts of those whose team sits atop the ladder can stray to “premiership”. This, as 2012 taught Hawks fan Dave Goodwin, is hubris and folly. Those Hawks do look very good though…
AFL Round 22 – Review: The View from Shepparton
August 27, 2013 by 3 Comments
Peter Schumacher gets a few things off his chest.
AFL Round 22 – GWS Giant v Richmond: Sheedy’s next move
August 27, 2013 by 2 Comments
Kevin Sheedy has had many reincarnations throughout his career. The most recent of them concluded on Sunday, leaving the rest of us to ponder what he will do next.
Obituary: Carlton legend Jim Clark
August 27, 2013 by 9 Comments
Jim Clark, one of Carlton’s last surviving members of the infamous “Bloodbath” Grand Final of 1945, has died in his hometown of Echuca at the age of 88.
#WhatEveritTakes
August 27, 2013 by 2 Comments
Peter Creswell’s fellow Kiwis may wonder who this James Hird character is. He’s the fellow who employed the spin doctor to make sure he became the story, while the facts did/didn’t get out there, Peter says.
Redemption on the Big Stage
August 27, 2013 by Leave a Comment
There was a boilover at Skoda Stadium on Sunday as a tenacious young team triumphed. As for that other game that took place either side of the main event, well, the less said about that the better, writes Auskick dad Steve Duffy.
Almanac art (pen and ink): Lunchtime Footy
August 27, 2013 by 2 Comments
Kate Birrell’s young lad opened up about a game of lunchtime footy to his mum. It’s a story with a sad ending.
WAFL – Round 23: Three into two won’t go
August 27, 2013 by Leave a Comment
There are three very live games on Saturday. East Fremantle must beat top Claremont and then hope either East Perth lose to Subiaco or Swan Districts lose to West Perth so they can sneak into the four.
AFL Round 22 – Geelong v Sydney: Friendly Hoodoo and Garage Tales
August 27, 2013 by 8 Comments
James Demetrie has to earn enough points in the garage, and then overcome the Frank and Jennie factor. But it’s worth it in the end.
Crio’s Question: Emotive media
August 26, 2013 by 2 Comments
Media doesn’t bother to give you the story – it feeds you the emotional response. Is this a new phenomenon or just more apparent these days?
AFL Round 22 – Geelong v Sydney: Nobody knows you when you’re down and out
August 26, 2013 by 3 Comments
The Swans need a bit of luck, writes Tom Bally.
AFL Round 22 – Carlton v Essendon: Football as train crash
August 26, 2013 by 2 Comments
This was football as train crash, and to salt the wound it was the second occasion when the odious Essendon had triumphed, when Carlton had dominated for much of the match.
AFL Round 22 – Fremantle v Port Adelaide: A perfect Saturday
August 26, 2013 by 5 Comments
If David Zampatti could build a perfect Saturday, he’d start with the one just gone and only tinker with the edges.
The Poms? Time we got out the full length mirror and had a good hard look.
August 26, 2013 by 6 Comments
There may be much to dislike about England at the moment, but there was also much to dislike about Australia when it dominated the world, writes Sean Curtain.
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