Greetings Tipsters Working long hours at strange times of the day does not make for an environment conducive to watching three hours of football four times a weekend. This could also make it difficult to write a football column, but being clueless has never stopped me from doing anything before.
Uni reigns as Foz and Biz drill them home
May 30, 2012 by 2 Comments
BLACKS SEASON FLICKERS AS GUTTERS STAYS STRONG IN THE WET As I hunch over my antique desk, illuminated only by a flickering candle and the fading light of autumn through my velvet curtains, an intriguing contest is unfolding on the television behind me. In the brilliant West Australian sunshine, two teams with finals aspirations have [Read more]
You’d take magic over grind
May 29, 2012 by 4 Comments
I love a deft tap on the footy field, as much as I love a good footy brain. You can’t have one without the other. Tom Hawkins, he loves the deft tap. Whenever he flicks his wrist to guide the footy to a teammate in the clear, I press rewind on the foxtel control. Look [Read more]
A love affair rekindled
May 29, 2012 by 29 Comments
By Scott Rankin At times it had seemed to be the headiest of love affairs. Grand final appearances, a ‘minor premiership’ (what psychopath coined that phrase?) and 18-zip starts to seasons can do that to a man. As can Ross Lyon’s endearing, laconic style. He rang me one day. It was mid week in the [Read more]
Fearless, Round 9: Melbourne has copped enough! Focus elsewhere please…seriously it’s like shooting fish in a barrel
May 29, 2012 by Leave a Comment
Having set a dubious precedent (players with sleeve tatts don’t squib, do they?), Josh Hunt and his Cats took on the Dogs in the Little River Hoon Cup. Weather jibes aside, a reasonably tight game saw Stevie J put on a clinic to assist the Cats get home by 20pts. The Cats’ cream rose but [Read more]
The View from Shepparton
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Went to the footy on Satdy, first time in yonks. Went to see the Guns v the Powerless. Don’t go to live footy very often, which is a bummer because I don’t recognise a lot of the players and certainly didn’t recognise most of the Guns or for that matter most of the Port players.
After the Siren (a sonnet)
May 29, 2012 by 6 Comments
It was a different era he was sure, when harder men went one-on-one all day, and some still claim the way they played more pure; You always knew the price you’d have to pay. He’d paid his price for just one shot at glory in ’78; they were unbackable. His shot from twenty would have [Read more]
Round 9 Winners and Losers
May 29, 2012 by 7 Comments
Richmond beat Hawthorn by 62 points. Is that four horsemen I hear? Winners Richmond In a typical office block, passionate Tigers fan David approaches his manager’s office. “Frank, can I have a word with you” “Sure thing David, have a seat” “Cheers. Look, I know September is the make or break month for the business, [Read more]
Cats On Holiday
May 28, 2012 by 1 Comment
Darl and I we’re in Auckland after spending 11 nights on the South Pacific island of Fiji where even there we were able to catch AFL games on the Australian TV Network. I tried to time our flights and destinations to make sure we could find a TV that was showing the game. So far [Read more]
Asher Keddie and I were there for each other
May 28, 2012 by 14 Comments
Warning: may contain traces of ‘Pie-nut. A paediatrician told me recently the key to navigating toddler tantrums is to lower your expectations of their behaviour by 50%. It made sense because I’d successfully applied the same theory to maintain my sanity amid the delights and disappointments of Collingwood fandom.
Muz returns to see the Lions less mighty
May 28, 2012 by 8 Comments
It is 25 years since my last journey to a Melbourne stadium to watch a Brisbane team in a home and away game. A late Saturday night text invite from a mate in Bris Vegas had me rearranging my Sunday to go to the footy. Brad is originally from Townsville, a Kangaroos sponsor, and he [Read more]
NT Thunder Records Massive Upset Win Over Victoria Metro
May 28, 2012 by 15 Comments
BY – JACKSON CLARK The Northern Territory has scored an astonishing upset win over a highly fancied Victoria Metro outfit in the first game of the NAB AFL U18 Championships at TIO Stadium on Saturday night. The undersized Thunder side led all day to eventually win 15.10 (100) to 11.16 (82). Victoria had a wasteful [Read more]
A Heart Full of Lenny and Heart Beats for Farren
May 28, 2012 by Leave a Comment
1. A week is a long time in footy What a weird few weeks of football we’ve had. The favourites haven’t been winning. Teams like Richmond upset Premiership hopefuls Hawthorn, Collingwood find some form against an unbelievably improved Adelaide, who were kept scoreless in the final quarter in a tight game. Bulldogs took it right [Read more]
John Kingsmill’s Footy Diary
May 28, 2012 by 1 Comment
ROUND NINE Fireworks at AAMI Stadium They’d sold out; it was raining. They thought the big crowd needed something. As their players entered the field, the AFC let off some fireworks. Not many; just a couple of thousand of dollars
Job opportunities with AFL NT
May 28, 2012 by Leave a Comment
Tavis Perry of the AFL NT says there are some terrific opporunities available in the organisation, including his former job as a Regional Development Manager based at Elcho Island; a remote location based 500km east of Darwin where one of the biggest Indigenous communities in Australia, Galiwinku, is situated (read an account of it here). [Read more]
Almanac Rugby League – Redemption Rugby League
May 28, 2012 by 2 Comments
The last time Penrith played Manly they lost 30-0 and I wrote what may have been the shortest match report in Footy Almanac history. Fast forward a few weeks and things aren’t looking much better for the Panthers. Only the eels are keeping them out of the wooden spoon position and it seems as if [Read more]
Oh Frabjous Day
May 28, 2012 by 13 Comments
WEST COAST EAGLES V FREMANTLE DOCKERS Subiaco Oval,Sunday 27 May 2012,2.40pmWST First Half Match Report “Beware the Rosserwock, my son! The jaws that bite, the claws that catch! Beware the Bally bird, and shun The frumious Sandersnatch!” Woosha took his vorpal sword in hand: Long time the manxome foe he sought — So rested he [Read more]
A Dove Among Pigeons
May 27, 2012 by 2 Comments
By Jake ‘Cobba’ Stevens Not that long ago I was on a train in India. True Story. (More on my adventures in India later…) Aside from my Parents and my sister I was the only non-Indian on the train. It was packed, and I estimate I was the only person with white hair within a [Read more]
Bob Hawke at the cricket
May 27, 2012 by 1 Comment
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o5mBShX9fdU&feature=fvwrel Things that help us understand the Australian culture. Check the bloke in the suit in the background who’s in shot for about a second. There is an element of truth in this. Discuss.
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