Rugby World Cup 2011 Semi-Finals Review – Finals Preview by JJ Leahy The Semi Finals France 9 d Wales 8 Rugby is the number one sport in Wales and their team carries the hopes and the weight of a nation in the same way as the All Blacks do for New Zealand. In the late [Read more]
About votes and best players
October 18, 2011 by 29 Comments
by Les Everett OK. Bring it in. Everyone. Jog it in. Now. Sorry to interrupt training but there’s something I’ve gotta say. As you might know at this time every year I sit down in my black tie and count the votes for the Malarkey Medal. Come on. Bit of shush. Listen up. Every [Read more]
Redbacks on top
October 18, 2011 by 1 Comment
Check out Lawrie Colliver’s report from Day 1 of the Shield match between South Australia and NSW at the link below. Feel free to pop back here and have your say about that game or the domestic competition in general. http://wickettowicket.com.au/2011/10/17/sheffield-shield-sa-v-nsw-day-one-redbacks-on-top/
A Lovely Bullet Part II
October 18, 2011 by 2 Comments
Tribes and Family. The function was a ripper. My fiancé and I were drunk and in love. Despite it all. I remember dancing with her. How good it felt. She was all happy and shy about it. A tiny woman, or, maybe, in hindsight, girl, surrounded by all us apes. Big donks [Read more]
If this grandstand could talk……………
October 18, 2011 by 11 Comments
by Chris Bracher The guardian of the Western end of Albert Park Lake, she stands statuesque; the Lady of the Lake. A book-end mirrored at the lake’s Eastern end by the Blackie-Ironmonger stand at the Junction.. These bookends also marked “tribal” lines in a less sophisticated sporting era, when the “Battle of [Read more]
Tuesday night at the book group… readings in black and white *
October 17, 2011 by Leave a Comment
By Paul Masters It might have just been a normal, quiet first day in October when the book group met in an inner suburban house in Thornbury. They were, as always, more or less ready to catch up, eat, and to debrief on the human condition – work, partners, life and the whole damn thing [Read more]
Match Fixing Policy
October 17, 2011 by 6 Comments
There is currently discussion relating to Federal Sport Minister, Mark Arbib’s commitment to a National Match Fixing Policy. Of course this is not a matter of concern to the movers and shakers in AFL, as there is definitely no match fixing issue in relation to football, and by the way match fixing is spelt [Read more]
Trade Week Discussion 2011
October 17, 2011 by 11 Comments
Where there’s smoke, there doesn’t necessarily have to be fire. AFL Trade week is living proof of this. After all the huffing and puffing, it seems the two most notable trades are Clark to Melbourne and Ebert back home to SA (Port). Otherwise, there was a shuffling of juniors, journeymen and draft picks. Does anyone think their [Read more]
Kim Hughes Interview
October 17, 2011 by 1 Comment
A frank interview with Kim Hughes on Australian cricket in his time, his relationship with Dennis Lillee and others, and an interesting take on Australian masculinity. http://soundcloud.com/off-the-ball/kim-hughes-and-the-bad-old
Crio’s Q: Over-hyped events
October 17, 2011 by 20 Comments
Sporting events which I could not possibly have cared less about…actively avoided… Cathy Freeman’s gold NZ World Cup Union tournament Your thoughts?
West Coast Season Review
October 17, 2011 by 3 Comments
Please note this is coming from a North Melbourne supporter, so I don’t generally know what happens in the WAFL leagues. #1 Mitch Brown A year to forget for the Brown twins, both Mitch and Nathan at Collingwood missing most of the season with injury. The West Coast Eagle Brown played the first four games [Read more]
Scott Watters as the new messiah and dreams of old messiahs.
October 17, 2011 by 6 Comments
There’s a new boy in St.Kilda town (sans Moorabbin, sansSeaford) and his name is Scott Watters. For the last two years he has ably assisted Mick Malthouse (and beaten St.Kilda) so at least he has some experience of us. Albeit from the other side. Readingthe online ABC news, Watters is 42 (a babe as is the [Read more]
SANFL Grand Final 2011
October 16, 2011 by Leave a Comment
Woodville West Torrens 12.9.81 def Central Districts 11.12.78 Photos by Peter Argent
Lacrosse Under 15 Nationals
October 16, 2011 by 6 Comments
The women’s under 19 lacrosse world championships were held earlier this year in Hannover Germany. Of the twelve competing nations , the eighth placed was Haudenosaunee. This “nation” comprises players from the six nations of the Iroquois confederacy, and thereby represents the Native American origins of the sport. In the championship final, at half time, [Read more]
Tortured Tales of a Collingwood Tragic by James Gilchrist:
October 16, 2011 by Leave a Comment
James Gilchrist will be speaking at the ECCC Sportsnight on the 25th October. Details here. Tortured Tales of a Collingwood Tragic is the story of one boy’s struggle to become a man despite the pain of drawn grand-finals, boundary-line incidents, the schoolyard taunts of Carlton-loving scumbags and even the awkwardness of coming to terms [Read more]
GIGSTUFF 57
October 14, 2011 by 2 Comments
by Andrew Gigacz CAULFIELD CUP BY THE NUMBERS – AND LETTERS Every punter has their own method of picking winners during the Spring Racing Carnival. Some look at factors such as the weather, form and the horses’ weights. Others look at barriers, distance and which jockeys are on board. There are many factors that come [Read more]
Rugby World Cup: Review/Preview
October 14, 2011 by Leave a Comment
Rugby World Cup 2011 Quarter Final Review – Semi Final Preview There Were Eight – Now There Are Four JJ Leahy The Quarter Finals The makeup of the final eight teams were as most would have expected, but not some of the results on the way through were not.
Caulfield Cup Day Almanacker Selections
October 14, 2011 by 11 Comments
During the Cups Carnival, The Footy Almanac will provide an unparalleled tipping service. These keen form analysts have seen and done it all on a racetrack. They’ve backed winners from Dederang to Broome. They’ve scooped massive trifectas, quadrellas and cups doubles. Some have purchased dining room tables with the winnings. Some have had the misfortune [Read more]
Crio’s Racing: Caulfield Cup 2011
October 14, 2011 by 11 Comments
Caulfield Cup Day is an institution, primarily in Melbourne’s south-eastern burbs but, more broadly, it has a recognition factor beyond race fans and it traditionally coincides with a spate of iconic meetings around the country. In fact, if I weren’t swinging the bag on course I’d be more likely to be found in the more [Read more]
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