red leaves the Bombers hold on but soon fall away opening skirmishes sun ripples across the ‘G Anzac Day – the shadows of the players brush the crowd in my new country watching Collingwood feels new bright afternoon the extra edge in our play autumn colours goals of various shades the moon about to appear a [Read more]
The View From Shepparton- Rd 5
April 28, 2011 by Leave a Comment
Depending on where you are coming from, it is easy to be gloomy about Round 5, but I reckon that this round was exhilarating. Besides, I spoke to the great man, Gary Ablett, that’s more than most of you, dear readers, have achieved. The events organiser and I were in Adelaide over the long weekend, [Read more]
Dons Improving
April 28, 2011 by Leave a Comment
What a fantastic day at the “G”. A huge crowd of almost 90,000, a brilliant cloudless blue sky and the surface looked like a manicured billiard table. And sitting in the crowd were two who have been regulars for this clash for many many years. It’s the annual father/son bonding day, son a Collingwood fanatic [Read more]
Anzac Day clash and a failed bouquet marking attempt
April 27, 2011 by 4 Comments
Where do I begin? Lebanese weddings, it’s fair to say, they go for a good two weeks. Two weeks of celebrating, food, drinking, dancing, dressing up, sleeping late, waking up early and ringing in your ears from the LOUD music and traditional Lebanese drummers. To say that it’s a crazy experience is an understatement and [Read more]
Footscray and Collingwood: now that takes me back
April 27, 2011 by 19 Comments
On Sunday the reigning premier Collingwood take on the artist formerly known as Footscray, the “twilight” game bringing down the curtain on the Sixth Round of AFL for Season 2011. For me clashes between these two teams have always been special. My father, Thomas William Kevin Rees, split his childhood years between the one time [Read more]
GigStuff 53
April 27, 2011 by 7 Comments
GIGSTUFF 53 by Andrew Gigacz I’d like to start with a question this week. A week ago, commentators everywhere were worryingly asking if the Gold Coast’s disastrous start to its life in the AFL was going to put off all those players who are going to be wooed by GWS. Now that the Suns have [Read more]
THE WRAP – ROUND V
April 27, 2011 by 6 Comments
WHERE LIFE IMITATES FOOTBALL by John Mosig What a round it’s been in Footy Eddie. Firstly The Saints fell in up in Brissy against The Lions. Then it was The Sunbeams’ historic 1st win against The Enigmatic Tealers and The Bluebaggers avoided the 4th draw in five rounds with a one straight kick win over [Read more]
What a weekend of footy!
April 27, 2011 by Leave a Comment
By Domenic Favata Nowadays, the football world is intrigued by many negative aspects and stories of footballers or football managers. What is really forgotten are the things that make our game so great and unique. I’d like to focus on a positive aspect of footy and that is the quality of football displayed over round [Read more]
ANZAC Day2011
April 27, 2011 by Leave a Comment
ANZAC XVII by Mark O’Connell I sent a brief email to the Herald sun about 2 weeks ago suggesting they promote this year’s game as ANZAC XVII. I received no reply but this year there have been repeated references to this being the 17th clash of the 2 sides on this day. In no previous [Read more]
The Sounds of Silence
April 27, 2011 by 2 Comments
by Steve Fahey I like this Easter Monday/Anzac Day confluence. I am not sure when it will happen again, nor whether I will still be breathing when it does, but this year it assisted my enormous privilege to experience two of the great sporting silences on consecutive days. Monday I was of course at [Read more]
Chappy’s pact remains intact
April 27, 2011 by 27 Comments
The two arch-rivals prepare to do it all again. Mooney is a late scratching. Menzel the Magician (leading the goal kicking at Geelong) is named as substitute. The match begins under glorious hazy sunshine. I’m standing among a bunch of triumphal Hawthorn fans. Where is Charles Darwin when we need him? The message emanating from [Read more]
Another one for the history books
April 27, 2011 by 2 Comments
by Josh Barnstable Hawthorn v Geelong It looked as if everything had gone back in time. September 27, 2008, a sunny day at the MCG, with the stands packed to the rafters. Grand Final day, the Hawks and the Cats. But no, this was April 26, 2011. Replace the names of Dew, Crawford and Williams [Read more]
Under Wimmera Skies
April 27, 2011 by 8 Comments
by Robert Allen The Wimmera Football League (WFL) is a nine team competition based on a string of towns along and adjacent to the Great Western Highway. For many years, the Minyip Double Blues and the Murtoa Kookaburras were bitter rivals in the League, and in its various antecedents dating back to the early 1900s.
pig skin redemption
April 26, 2011 by 1 Comment
pig skin redemption god came to our footy club on a tuesday night. he wore jeans with work boots and a flannel top. he looked solid, like a farmer, when he stripped down and ran out. he did a few parlour tricks, or, what for him would have been parlour tricks, just to prove who [Read more]
Crio’s Question: how do you like your sports?
April 26, 2011 by 8 Comments
It was always a given that “there’s nothing like being there” and, whilst that’s true, it doesn’t necessarily make it better. The push for all “live” AFL matches brings the choice even more in to focus. Whilst I love going to the MCG for a day match – bar blockbusters – there are viable alternatives. [Read more]
Ronnie’s 147
April 26, 2011 by 11 Comments
April 21, 1997. I’m playing pool with Previous Ann in a smoky Galway boozer. Previous again demonstrates her prowess on the baize by nailing the black. I’m left to ponder how I’ve been rolled again. She can play this girl. Sadly, I can’t. Discussion quickly turns to the prospect of devouring chips and curry sauce [Read more]
The human element
April 26, 2011 by 13 Comments
Have you even noticed how most racists start their rant with: “I’m not racist, but…” Just as most commontators start with: “Now I don’t want to take all the colour out of the game, but…” This piece is for them… Goal Umpires and Video Calls Some time this year, as sure as Brisbane aren’t much [Read more]
Worth the trip: Tiges too good in a thriller
April 26, 2011 by 6 Comments
In my mind there is nothing better than making the 2 and a half to 3 hour trip down to Melbourne just to go watch the footy, and it’s made better that Dad and I are going down in the Torana which is mine when I get my license so I just recently spent $1500 [Read more]
Saints Season of False Dawns So Far
April 25, 2011 by Leave a Comment
By Nick Sculley It has been a season of false dawns for St.Kilda with each of the opening four matches following a familiar script. In round one against the now undefeated Cats the Saints led all day and should never have lost. In round two, and again on Thursday night, the men from Morabbin blew [Read more]
Friday
April 24, 2011 by 4 Comments
The chainsaw packed up well before dusk, but I was already up the other side of Mt Sloak, so locked in the hubs and pushed the ute through the regrowth of an old, steep loggers’ track, looking for Sunday’s jag, thinking too much, until, before I knew it, the sun had fucked off. I had [Read more]
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