Crows fan Rajesh Singh had to catch an early flight back from his recent Melbourne weekend. No problem,it just meant leaving the North-Adelaide match 20 minutes into the last quarter. What could go wrong?
Mitch Morton and the worriers
June 2, 2013 by 13 Comments
Craig Dodson may well have instigated a rich outpouring of personal angst here in this interesting discussion of sport and anxiety.
Almanac Rugby League – Homecoming
June 1, 2013 by Leave a Comment
After 15 years away, a weary traveller returns excitedly to Cronulla for the Sharks match against Souths. And it proves to be a good night to come home.
DA Puzzle of the Round (10)
May 31, 2013 by Leave a Comment
Another mind-melter from the best in the business, David Astle.
How to Watch Footy (part 11): Seconds, guests and postcodes
May 31, 2013 by 3 Comments
The new Bendigo Gold club, replacing the Bendigo Bombers, is struggling, as is Vin Maskell, charged with the responsibility of manning an electronic scoreboard with a life of its own.
A grey backdrop to the colour picture
May 31, 2013 by 4 Comments
Jeff Dowsing asks whether the images of Winmar lifting his jumper has made lasting headway into the headspace of the average Australian. Have we learnt anything in the 20 years since?
AFL Round 10 Preview: Wilburrrrr
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Sal Ciardulli took a look this week at which clubs (not including the new teams) are playing the most kids with 50 games or less. After Melbourne and the Dogs comes…Hawthorn. Worryingly for Richmond fans, they are fielding less new players than all but Sydney.
Hypocritical racism
May 31, 2013 by 4 Comments
Matt Watson recalls his first introduction to racism when, as an 11-year-old kid, he watched North fans abuse Rioli and Richmond fans abuse the Krakouer brothers. It made no sense to him. It still doesn’t.
Gigs Ladder Comp Round 9 – Theo gets the heave ho
May 31, 2013 by 4 Comments
The mighty have fallen. How? Well it’s probably a bit to do with West Coast, who jumped from 11th to 6th with their win over GWS. That ladder shuffle has led to a ladder ladder shuffle, with Theo slipping from top to 10th and Michael Ba the new outright leader, on 40 points.
AFL Round 7 – Port Adelaide v Richmond:Family, footy and a rule
May 30, 2013 by 2 Comments
MikeD, pressured by his seven year old daughter, picks the wrong game.
AFL Round 9 – Collingwood v Sydney: Madam, I’m Adam
May 30, 2013 by 11 Comments
Adam Goodes rose above this one-sided romp like a colossus not once, but twice, on a night in which he unintentionally wrested the AFL reconciliation baton from another great indigenous player, Nicky Winmar, 20 years after he lifted his jumper to the Collingwood Social Club.
AFL Round 9 – North Melbourne v Adelaide: Brad Scott and the God of the Old Testament
May 30, 2013 by 8 Comments
What has Brad Scott done to have such wrath visited upon him?
Crio’s Racing: Australian Steeplechase and Hurdle
May 30, 2013 by 15 Comments
Crio is heading to Sandown to the Australian Steeplechase and Hurdle meeting.
AFL Round 9 – Collingwood v Sydney (Haiku Bob): start of nothing
May 30, 2013 by 3 Comments
Haiku Bob on Round 9.
AFL Round 9 – Richmond v Essendon: Is there no place for Daniel Connors in Richmond’s best?
May 30, 2013 by 6 Comments
The Tigers were over-coached and under-led against Essendon, writes Paul Daffey. Surely there’s a place for Daniel Connors, who carved it up for Aberfeldie earlier in the day.
AFL Round 9: The 2013 ‘Mopsy’ Fraser Cup
May 30, 2013 by 10 Comments
Earl O’Neill asks which one is the real Ed? Does the real Ed even exist?
AFL Round 9: Winners and Losers
May 30, 2013 by 7 Comments
Is Winners and Losers this week just a thinly veiled way for an Adelaide fan to talk about Adelaide? Perhaps… (North fans probably shouldn’t read this.)
Tigers and Saints: Bottom of the pile
May 30, 2013 by 4 Comments
Sympathy will always be something I detest. I dread revealing I’m a St.Kilda supporter to new company for that very reason. It has nothing to do with shame and everything to do with the look of pity.
AFL Round 9 – North Melbourne v Adelaide: The Heartbreaker – games lost by less than a goal
May 30, 2013 by 1 Comment
Cobba Stevens shows that North’s run of close defeats rivals Fitzroy in 1978 and their own record in 1926.
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