by Ben Lannen. Richmond vs Bulldogs Round 20 2012 It’s not often I commend an AFL decision, but a 3:15pm start allowed me to attend the footy after an horrendous weekend shift, to see my beloved ‘Yellow and Black’ cubs take on our somewhat ‘rivals’; the ever significant football club, Footscray… sorry, Western Bulldogs. At [Read more]
Are Saints fans still happy?
August 15, 2012 by 8 Comments
I’ve been thinking about Scott Rankin of late. Scott penned this classic piece for the site in May after the Saints had posted wins over Carlton and Sydney with some electrifying football. He described the win over Sydney as “exquisite chaos”. “It was EXHILIRATING football. We played with flair, speed, guile and fervour.” You would [Read more]
DA Puzzle of the Round (21)
August 15, 2012 by Leave a Comment
Discover the world of David Astle here. But first, can you solve this week’s puzzle? This week suits master manipulatora. Changing the right letter per word, can you join the new combo to spell a current AFL player? DAM + INHALE, say, can be DAV + IDHALE = Hawthorn’s DAVID HALE. Along with David, these [Read more]
The 2012 ‘Mopsy’ Fraser Cup – Round Twenty
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Greetings Tipsters Hunkered down on the couch to watch the rematch of the Schoolies and the Barbecues, we were informed that it came from some place known as Metricon Stadium and I said “What the hell is a Metricon?” It came to me all at once, with great thuds of earth shaking import, 400 feet [Read more]
I just knew it
August 15, 2012 by 3 Comments
Hawthorn vs Geelong Round 19 2012. I don’t get along to see the Hawks as often as I should, but a Hawks fan these days should never miss a Hawks Geelong game, and as a result, I think 6 of the last 10 games I’ve been to have been a Hawks loss to Geelong (stretching [Read more]
Rd20 2012 FEARLESS: Adios Olympics! After much ado, see you in Rio 2016!
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It’s fair to say that MADNESS played well at the start of the Olympics closing ceremony. The ska/reggae/pop champions of the 80s haven’t been live on TV since an episode of The Young Ones when they played at the pub frequented rarely by the unruly 4 students. In keeping with the MADNESS theme…when a bloke [Read more]
Outsiders fly home in a strange WAFL round
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WAFL round 21 TOP team Claremont was the only favourite to win in an unusual round in the WAFL where the losers lost great opportunities to better themselves. The round featured three away-from-home outsiders coming from well behind to win.
Let them tank
August 15, 2012 by 25 Comments
We’ve heard of tanking over recent years and started to hear a lot more of it lately as it’s started to be raised again as a big problem and everyone’s been saying their bit trying to come up with a solution. The AFL has come out trying to be all flair and nostrils by ‘launching [Read more]
The importance of being Ablett
August 15, 2012 by 11 Comments
I had my first Metricon Stadium experience last Saturday night, as the Gold Coast played host to Queensland’s inaugural Expansion Derby. With a community atmosphere unlike any major stadium I have ever been to, the Suns’ home ground brings a touch of the grassroots to the elite football environment, much like the side itself. It [Read more]
View from Shepparton
August 14, 2012 by Leave a Comment
I don’t know when it happened but during the last fortnight my long standing antipathy to all things English gradually dissipated and as they had success after success in that second week of the Olympic Games I found myself thinking, “Well good luck to you, you deserve all that you have achieved and more”. In [Read more]
2012 Reclink Grand Finals
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The alternate Reclink Australia AFL Grand Final Day Reclink Australia football was born on the streets of St Kilda in 1989 when Reclink founder Peter Cullen A.M started inviting people to kick to kick who were in St Kilda at the time including street kids and street people, male and female arriving in St Kilda [Read more]
Just for kicks
August 14, 2012 by 1 Comment
The weekend before last, in Round 17 of the Northern Tasmanian Football League, a player was reported and red carded for kicking a player to the head while he was on the ground. The two umpires who separately reported the player informally described the incident as a ten out of ten for gravity – the [Read more]
Boomer rises to the occasion – again
August 14, 2012 by 7 Comments
By Glenn Sullivan The usually friendly stadium is hostile tonight. They have given us a tiny section for the cheer squad behind the goals but otherwise there are only smatterings of the royal blue in amongst the sea of red and black all around the stadium.
Dummy spitters
August 14, 2012 by 6 Comments
By Anson Cameron To gamble your life on a millimeter and a moment is foolhardy brave. But, being an Olympic hurdler, that’s what you’re called to do. You train ten thousand hours to shed a second and gain a hair’s-breadth so when the gun goes you can shape space and time marginally better than the [Read more]
Olympic objectivity, deliberate or otherwise
August 14, 2012 by 7 Comments
The Olympics can draw out many emotions, but to me this year, I actually found them to be… ‘strangely refreshing’. I took a bit longer than normal to get warmed up for the games this time. Perhaps it was because I went to Sydney and to the Vancouver Winter games, whereas this was always just [Read more]
Birchip-Watchem Bulls charge home to beat St.Arnaud: Round 17 North Central Football League
August 14, 2012 by 12 Comments
By Shane Goss (www.licoricegallery.com) The St.Arnaud Saints have failed to grab a spot in the top four of the North Central Football League despite a spirited effort against finals rival Birchip-Watchem at Lord Nelson Park in St.Arnaud. With just four points separating the teams heading into the round, a win was a must for [Read more]
Floreat Pica: Sydney v Collingwood
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By Bangkok correspondent Paul McKay The train trip from central Sydney out to ANZ stadium was one of those entertaining footy crowd train journeys. Lots of cheery footy fans bubbling away at the anticipation of a big game, with first playing second on the ladder. Of particular note were two tall Sydney fans in bright [Read more]
crio’s Q?
August 14, 2012 by 21 Comments
Earnest Ernest again looked home for all money in the last at Warwick Farm until Heartbreak Hotel “jumped out of the ground”. “Ernie” finds ways. He is talented but has become a “muncher”. He is cruelly misnamed. Those who bet on omens or names are often quick to skite. But traps exist. After his failed [Read more]
Invisible Cloke
August 13, 2012 by 12 Comments
TRAVIS CLOKE’S FORM AND FUTURE IS NOW IN HIS OWN HANDS By Jessica Landy The public is sick and tired of hearing about Travis Cloke. Questions concerning his poor form and his future in the AFL are making the public restless. It is known by most of the AFL community that the power forward’s contract [Read more]
The Wrap Round XX
August 13, 2012 by 7 Comments
THE WRAP – ROUND XX – WHERE LIFE IMITATES FOOTBALL And what a round it’s been in Footy Eddie. On Friday night The Weagles did a Hawthorn on The Cats; the difference being that they regained the lead to beat a Gallant but undermanned Geelong side. The Olympics settled down for you after the swimmers [Read more]
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