Photos from the August Almanac lunch where the Richmond ladies entertained all. Photos: Yvette Wroby
Finals: Harms with some thoughts on the weekend’s footy
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Harms with a few thoughts on this cracking weekend of footy. Twitter: John Harms@ratherbeatlunch
The positive take on the Saints of 2012
September 6, 2012 by 3 Comments
Despite missing finals, St. Kilda’s last game of the season provided many highlights, which makes Saints supporters excited for the season of 2013.
Some thoughts on issues surrounding Indigenous players in the AFL
September 6, 2012 by 2 Comments
The news came to me at 4.00 on Monday afternoon that Liam Jurrah had left the Melbourne Demons. It seemed to be an inevitability since the beginning of the season when it was announced that he was “being held in police custody in an Alice Springs jail following his alleged involvement in a machete attack.” [Read more]
1980 A Personal Footy Almanac – Qualifying Final, Saturday 6 September, v Carlton, VFL Park
September 6, 2012 by 2 Comments
“…and may the best teams win tomorrow, as long as they’re Collingwood and Richmond…”.
I do a sharp double-take as I hear the throwaway line from Geoff Raymond, the principal newsreader on ABC TV at the time. From a man with an inscrutable “ABC” persona and no apparent interest in football whatever, Raymond’s sign-off remark from his evening bulletin on Friday 5 September is unexpected.
AFL Round 23 – Geelong v Sydney: In a strange land. Queens-land.
September 6, 2012 by 3 Comments
STATIC. Occasionally interrupted by foreign language radio and golden oldies. Finding an AFL clash on the radio in Brisbane is an acquired skill.
VAFA: History counts for little as Drysdale exposes ‘Hoers Tail
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With Melbourne Uni Blacks progressing steadily towards the grand final in both grades, the Black Hack gets misty at memories of previous close finishes.
Off Season Odyssey Part 8: A well-shared silence
September 6, 2012 by 15 Comments
Off Season Odyssey Pt.8. Concreting has been hard. Jack and I kick the ball. His real name is Steven, but his last name is Daniels. He is a stocky Otway Ressies Premiership player, by way of Geelong. Nowhere Geelong. From one of those non-descript houses, in one of those rolling suburbs in a sea [Read more]
AFL USA Combine – no thanks
September 5, 2012 by 13 Comments
Last week the AFL boarded the A380 and headed to Los Angeles for the AFL USA Combine, I’m pretty sure they could have got a better result if they jumped on a Crop Duster and flew to Horsham.
Changing Levels
September 5, 2012 by 1 Comment
We still go to AFL football; our family have always gone. The game at the top level is as fast and uncompromising as it has ever been. My family have been cat fans for generations and we’ve seen the game we grew up with go through many changes and permutations. One constant remains, the game [Read more]
AFL Round 23: Fearless – Drama, theatre and ultimate joy of September
September 5, 2012 by 2 Comments
That’s great – the face of the AFL’s This is Greatness ad campaign for the finals gets to ply his proper trade at the G on the big day. Hope it sounds ok for all to hear as do the Temper trap and Paul Kelly.
AFL Finals – Hawthorn v Collingwood: Will tactics get Pies over the line?
September 5, 2012 by 2 Comments
Steve Fahey looks at the selection conundrum facing Collingwood ahead of their first final against Hawthorn – but will it matter who they put on the park?
AFL Round 23 – Carlton v St.Kilda: Thus ends the year from hell
September 5, 2012 by 1 Comment
Sunday’s Carlton-St. Kilda match came at the conclusion of a testing week (in a trying year) for adherents of the Church of the Old Dark Navy Blue. The final ten minutes of the match brought a fitting conclusion to the Blues’ season from hell.
AFL Round 23: Winners and Losers
September 5, 2012 by 5 Comments
The Hawks beat the Eagles with relative ease and locked away the McClelland trophy for finishing the home and away season atop the ladder. Is the McClelland trophy the least desired trophy in existence? No one shows off the McClelland trophy. It’s like saying you were in first place halfway through the race.
Cricket: UAE tour review
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For those immersed in the footy news, our cricket aficionado, Luke Reynolds, provides results, analysis and player ratings from Australia’s one-day games against Afghanistan and Pakistan.
Playing NAB AFL U18 Championships
September 5, 2012 by 2 Comments
Jackson Clark represented the Northern Territory at last year’s AFL U18 Championships and provides a player’s insight into their win over the NSW/ACT.
Off-Season Odyssey Part 7: Alcohol und Footyball
September 5, 2012 by 1 Comment
This Odyssey is turning me into an alcoholic. Each stop, old teammates badger me: “We haven’t seen you in years! And you don’t want to have a drink with us?!” So we kick, then drink, as if a little run around has earned it. Each stop I pick up a few more good memories [Read more]
Temper Trap – An inoffensive selection
September 4, 2012 by 42 Comments
Almanac music aficionado, Andrew Fithall, finds himself in a tender trap with this year’s Grand Final entertainment.
The Middle Australia Report: Oscar and other curiosities
September 4, 2012 by 2 Comments
Does anyone else see the irony in Oscar Pistorius claim that the 200m race at the Paralympics was unfair because the bloke who beat him, Brazilian Alain Oliveira, had different prosthetics to him? What would have happened if Pistorius had won the 400m at the Olympics and an ablebodied athlete had complained? I dare say there would have been an outrage from the PC community.
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