Everything comes to those who wait. Living in NSW for nearly 25 years has caused much angst where football is concerned. Telecasts at unreasonable hours despite having a so called national game has been frustrating. But with the introduction of GWS now I have an AFL team to follow in this state. I haven’t followed [Read more]
Sandhurst All-Stars
March 25, 2012 by 16 Comments
As relayed by Richard Jones. As authored by Darren Lewis.
Riverland Superdogs v Broken Hill Shinglebacks
March 25, 2012 by Leave a Comment
SOUTH AUSTRALIAN AFL MASTERS – ROUND ONE SATURDAY 24TH OF MARCH 2012, LYRUP OVAL By Nick Kossatch The Riverland Superdogs broke their winless drought against the Broken Hill Shinglebacks, coming back from five goals down at quarter time to defeat the visitors by 11 points in round one of SA AFL Masters at Lyrup Oval [Read more]
Scenes from the Manning Clark Cricket Dinner and Lecture 2012
March 25, 2012 by 6 Comments
Photos by Yvette Wroby
Almanac Rugby League – Panthers Ace Eels
March 25, 2012 by 2 Comments
On the night before Penrith’s clash with Parramatta, I played my weekly tennis match with my friend Michael, a fellow Footy Almanac scribe and devoted Parramatta fan. At the time, I wondered if our match would foreshadow the result of the Parramatta v Penrith clash. The first set was won comfortably by me, which I [Read more]
“From Little Things, Big Things Grow”
March 25, 2012 by 19 Comments
For the second straight season, the AFL welcomed in a new club built in the heart of the traditionally non – Aussie Rules wilderness. In 2011, it was the Gold Coast. Spared public scrutiny by being granted a bye in Round 1, they were blooded on a balmy Saturday evening in Round 2, smashed to [Read more]
Preview of the NT Thunder side for the upcoming NEAFL season
March 25, 2012 by 5 Comments
BY – JACKSON CLARK The Northern Territory Football League season is done and dusted but the NT Thunder side is back in action with its first game of the season on the weekend. Thunder faces Morningside at TIO Stadium on Saturday in round one of the NEAFL season to kick of its premiership defence. It [Read more]
Sydney Reclink Community Cup
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Death Tracks; Beyond Motordrome
March 23, 2012 by 13 Comments
The spectre of danger, even death, has done little harm to motorsport’s mass appeal. But the attrition rates of the ‘motordromes’, which predated the Great Depression, were something else. As a world champion racer of penny farthings, it’s quaintly absurd that engineer Jack Prince’s second stab at fame would be to kick start the most [Read more]
A Win Win Weekend
March 23, 2012 by 10 Comments
By Anne Fedorowytsch Walking into my boyfriend’s house for the very first time I wasn’t entirely sure what to expect. One of the last things I was anticipating to greet me inside his family’s garage was a life size poster of Nick Riewoldt. This was going to take some getting used to. I was spending [Read more]
racing…baton change
March 23, 2012 by 5 Comments
It’s the “Interstate Interchange”. Moonee Valley farewells Friday Nights with this week’s cracker William Reid Stakes meeting and then Rosehill picks up the baton on Saturday as Sydney’s Carnival formally begins with a challenging Coolmore Classic card. As is so often the case, weather will impact strongly on crowds and formlines. Valley Nights work with [Read more]
Premier Cricket – Semi Final Preview
March 23, 2012 by 4 Comments
Four teams remain in the hunt for the 2011/12 Premier Cricket Pennant. The semi finals will be decided over both days this weekend (Saturday 24th & Sunday 25th March). Here’s my preview. Prahran v Dandenong @ Toorak Park Last 5 starts: P’ran WLWLW D’nong LWLLW Last time they met: Round 4 2011/12 Saturday 22 [Read more]
WHY MELBOURNE WILL WIN THE PREMIERSHIP
March 22, 2012 by 2 Comments
THE OPTIMISTS’ GUIDE TO SEASON 2012. PART ELEVEN. By Alex Wadelton WHY MELBOURNE WILL WIN THE PREMIERSHIP The Curse of Norm Smith continues unabated at the Melbourne Football Club. Its string of ineptness now stretches to 47 years of non-premiership glory. Since their last flag in 1964 the following events in history have occurred- the [Read more]
Relatively Gutted
March 22, 2012 by 15 Comments
By Phil Dimitriadis The gut holds our emotions, our food, our poisons, our hopes and our fears. We get inspired by those who show guts, but do we get gutted too easily when things don’t go our way? Jimmy’s dead. Wounds are raw and words are plenty. He reached out and people are reaching [Read more]
Is it time to cut time?
March 22, 2012 by 3 Comments
How long is a piece of string? It’s a question we’ve heard a thousand times, and as we know there’s no one answer. A piece of string has no set length. The same question could be asked in reference to a game of football, and I’m not just talking about footy, I’m asking you to [Read more]
Officiating Tiwi Style
March 22, 2012 by Leave a Comment
Photo by Peter Argent. Things are a little more relaxed up north.
Be the Future
March 22, 2012 by 5 Comments
Walking to the library this evening had me wondering about “The Future”, what is ahead of me tonight in a quiet household, what is ahead tomorrow, next week, in a few years when all my kids have moved out of the house and I am not bound by the regularity of family routine. What is [Read more]
The View From Shepparton Returns
March 22, 2012 by 1 Comment
So here we are, “The View” awaits the new season feeling invigorated and ready to go. The first thing I want to say though is that like everyone else I was saddened by the death of Jim Stynes. I can’t say anything new about the bloke so will content myself with the thought that [Read more]
Collingwood TV – An Idea For The Ages
March 22, 2012 by 62 Comments
So they’re seriously considering a dedicated Collingwood channel. I don’t doubt this idea is manna from heaven for many. People will suddenly realise what’s been missing from their lives all these years. Myself? My reaction is rather more like Alex in his maximum security ward in A Clockwork Orange: strapped to a gurney, eyes [Read more]
Comparing Chris Judd with Gary Ablett
March 22, 2012 by 19 Comments
BOTH have controversially changed clubs while at the peak of their powers, both are undoubtedly in the top handful of players in the modern era and both are ‘follically challenged’. Of course, I am talking about Chris Judd and Gary Ablett. There is often debate over who is the better player, but for me it is [Read more]
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