Plenty of own goals this past week, writes Sal Ciardulli, with Cricket Australia, Essendon, Scarlett and O’Grady all putting the ball past their own keepers.
Crio’s Racing: New Year’s Eve
July 25, 2013 by 11 Comments
Crio casts his eye over the Bletchingly Stakes, now the main race at The Heath this Saturday, and looks back at the racing year that was.
Melbourne Victory v Liverpool: You’ll never walk alone
July 25, 2013 by 17 Comments
I’ve been to plenty of Grand Finals at the MCG, and seen some pretty special cricket matches and other soccer games at the Temple Down The Road, but nothing – absolutely nothing compares to the chills up my spine that the singing of You’ll Never Walk Alone generated
Scarlett calls Maxwell “overrated”
July 25, 2013 by 36 Comments
Matthew Scarlett (in his upcoming autobiography) calls Nick Maxwell “overrated” and says he is not respected by the Geelong team. I’ll open this up to discussion.
AFL Round 17 – Gold Coast v Collingwood (Haiku Bob): half in the clouds
July 25, 2013 by 4 Comments
Haiku Bob on Round 17.
AFL Round 17 – GWS Giants v Essendon: British Invasion
July 25, 2013 by Leave a Comment
Manchester United fans helped push the Skoda Stadium attendance past 10,000 for only the second time. Neil Jackson is sure they would have liked what they saw.
T20 eroding Test skills
July 25, 2013 by 1 Comment
There’s been a gnawing feeling amongst cricket fans that the prevalence of T20 cricket has eroded our team’s skills at the longer form of the game though we’ve not really ever quantified it. Brutas Mudcake delves deeper and believes the man on the street is right.
Gigs Ladder Comp Round 18 update – Way to go, bro!
July 25, 2013 by 4 Comments
Back in the good old days – round 9 to be exact – things were much simpler. Richmond was where they should be, just outside the eight, Adelaide and West Coast were top eight teams and Hawthorn and Geelong were equal top of the ladder.How things have changed!
AFL Round 17 – Hawthorn v Western Bulldogs: Bring on September
July 24, 2013 by 1 Comment
The Hawks should have won at least one more flag since 2008, writes Tim Adam. Based on the weekend’s performance, this should be their year.
AFL Round 17 – North Melbourne v Carlton: Too many demons
July 24, 2013 by 5 Comments
North’s 2013 fade-outs have usually come late in games. They didn’t wait that long this time. When Carlton challenged halfway through the first term, North sighed and meekly retreated, carrying the look of a team with too many demons.
AFL Round 17 – Richmond v Fremantle: The Importance of Being Dawson
July 24, 2013 by Leave a Comment
Zac Dawson is a footballing enigma – ‘….Like a mule with a spinning wheel. Nobody knows how he got it and danged if he knows how to use it!’ Point being, there is no way of accurately defining why Dawson is effective, its easier to just admit that he somehow is.
AFL Round 17 – Hawthorn v Western Bulldogs: Little wins
July 24, 2013 by 11 Comments
Once you accept that your team is crap, you need to look at its games in a different way in order to sustain yourself and your sanity through the long, winless periods. Dogs fans need to find little wins within losses, even within big losses.
Money
July 24, 2013 by 12 Comments
There are things money can’t buy, writes Rick Kane, but will Buddy realise this before it’s too late?
AFL Round 17 – Adelaide v Geelong: Jibbed again
July 24, 2013 by 8 Comments
Games against Adelaide give me the creeps. It’s not the win/loss record that creeps me out; Geelong holds a 2 game edge after all this time. It’s more to do with the sordid Crows past, which has left a sour taste in my mouth. (Warning: contains references to Leigh Colbert’s mark in 1997 final.)
AFL Round 17 – Melbourne v Brisbane: Oh, to be in Darwin
July 24, 2013 by 1 Comment
A strain of Cat flu has left Edwin Cowlishaw unable to make the trip north to see his Demons but a spirited team performance and another ripping game by Jack Fitzpatrick left him feeling a little better.
AFL Round 17 – Gold Coast v Collingwood: Saturday Matineé
July 24, 2013 by Leave a Comment
What has happened to the Pies, asks David Enticott. Two years ago they were a quarter away from back-to-back flags, now they look like they would struggle against a bunch of 40-year-old veterans.
Cricket: What is our priority?
July 24, 2013 by 15 Comments
The T20 tail is wagging the cricketing dog, but what shape is the 20-over format in, asks Luke Reynolds.
AFL Round 17 – Gold Coast v Collingwood: Getting it done, Gary style
July 23, 2013 by Leave a Comment
Tipping against the Suns used to guarantee a winner. Not any more, writes Beth Newman, who has fallen further behind in her local competition as a result.
AFL Round 17 – Adelaide v Geelong: I want to have Matthew Wright’s baby
July 23, 2013 by 3 Comments
Crows fan Adam Ritchie loses control as Football Park reaches fever pitch in the final quarter against the Cats.
Canberra Gaelic Football
July 23, 2013 by Leave a Comment
The Canberra Gaelic Football Club will hold a meeting at the Irish club, 6 Parkinson St, Weston on Thursday, August 1 to discuss a potential summer competition. The meeting will start at 7pm and new players are welcome.
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