By Paul Daffey Fergus Watts, the Collegians forward who recently put aside a debilitating foot injury to come out of retirement, yesterday cursed his foot when he missed an opportunity to bring his team level with A-section rival De La Salle late in their match at Elsternwick Park.
AFL Round 17: A Melbourne Derby
July 27, 2009 by 1 Comment
The Rose Hotel in Fitzroy is a long way from Subiaco, but it was full of WA expatriates, mostly rowdy young Freo supporters. Geelong were playing Hawthorn in a thriller in the other bar but nobody in my room cared much about that game. Keen as those supporters were though, it is easy to be [Read more]
AFL Round 17 (FPS): “I hate Carlton!”
July 26, 2009 by 2 Comments
by Michael Atta REPUGNANT :- Carlton Supporters There is no better feeling than waking up on a Saturday morning knowing that your beloved Collingwood has thumped the old foe in Carlton and you have the remainder of the weekend to savior the Victory. It also means that we can watch all the TV [Read more]
Local Footy: Renmark flog Barmera-Monash
July 26, 2009 by Leave a Comment
By Nick Kossatch Renmark made a mockery of Barmera-Monash being a premiership contender by giving them a 74-point thrashing at Renmark Oval on Saturday. The win places the Rovers in second position on percentage but equal on points with the Roos and Loxton. It was the host’s most impressive win of [Read more]
AFL Round 17: Ugly win to the Pies
July 26, 2009 by 22 Comments
by Damian Watson By Damian Watson To say it has been a busy week for me is certainly an understatement. I kicked off the working week, or in my case the learning week, at school reporting on the school production while on camera. Now let me tell you reporting on theatre (of which I am not [Read more]
Crio’s question: should the Browlow remain in its current form?
July 25, 2009 by 5 Comments
I’ve decided to buy in early to the annual blowhard about the relative merit and process regarding the venerable Brownlow Medal. I can even make it vaguely pertinent on the grounds that this weekend is the first round in which NRL’s Dally M votes go “in camera”. Now voted by journos and with a rocky [Read more]
Irish news: Australian footy comp growing in Ireland
July 25, 2009 by 4 Comments
by Peter Lenaghan Wednesday 8 July 2009 As increasing numbers of young Irishmen move across the world to try to make their fortune in the AFL, Peter Lenaghan looks at the Australian game’s continuing struggle to establish itself on the Emerald Isle. It is quarter time in the Australian Rules Football League of Ireland [Read more]
AFL Round 17 preview: John Mosig’s pre-Wrap XVII
July 24, 2009 by Leave a Comment
John Mosig THE LADDER ST KILDA 16 0 169.80 64 GEELONG 14 2 138.96 56 FOOTSCRAY 11 5 128.72 44 COLLYWOBBLES 10 6 112.21 40 BRISBANE 10 6 108.96 40 ADELAIDE 10 6 107.16 40 CARLTON 9 7 112.53 36 THE BOMBERS 8 8 101.33 32 ——————————————————————- THE POWER 8 8 [Read more]
General Footy Writing: The game that never happened
July 23, 2009 by 13 Comments
by Ian Syson It’s a long-standing problem for soccer in Australia that many of its elite juniors end up playing other codes of football at the senior level. AFL players like Adam Goodes and Brad Green were standout junior soccer players. Rugby League’s Andrew Johns starred with the round ball as a junior in Newcastle. [Read more]
Memoir: My best match
July 23, 2009 by 9 Comments
by Josh Barnstable I’m happy to know that every AFL game I go to, I savour it. And I’ve been one of the lucky ones, with every match I’ve gone too; it’s been either a special occasion or a really good game. Due to living in country Victoria, I only get to go to about [Read more]
AFL Round 16: Bucks even more confused now
July 23, 2009 by 3 Comments
Richmond versus North Melbourne 2.10pm, Sunday, July 19 Melbourne Cricket Ground by Andrew Starkie I couldn’t help think of Bucks as nephew Lukey and I, and a group of friends took our seats in the Ponsford Stand, city end. Apparently, both clubs playing today are chasing the media commentator and junior coach for next season. [Read more]
In the Sheds: Noble Park surprise by sacking Ezard as coach
July 23, 2009 by 4 Comments
By Paul Daffey ESSENDON premiership rover Alan Ezard had no idea of what was about to happen when he took a call from Kevin Wright, the president of Eastern Football League club Noble Park, at 9 o’clock last Thursday morning.
Gigs being Gigs: Bad puns are a way of life
July 22, 2009 by 17 Comments
Andrew Gigacz In the latest edition of “The Monthly Knacker” we pull no punches and ask the hard questions about footy: What makes Darren Jolly? Crumbling bones. Is there Dust in Fletcher? Why doesn’t someone mark McVeigh? Will Thurs field? Is it true that Eddie Betts? Was Luke Beveridge’s middle name really Warm? [Read more]
Irish news: Ricky Nixon kicks tyres in the Emerald Isle
July 22, 2009 by Leave a Comment
by Peter Lenaghan For the past three weeks, Australian Rules football has been prime-time television viewing on the emerald isle. The focus? Not St Kilda’s outstanding form, or Jimmy Stynes’s cancer battle, nor the many suitors trying to woo Nathan Buckley. Instead, a documentary team has told the story of the young jewels [Read more]
AFL Round 16: Idiot umpires
July 22, 2009 by 27 Comments
by Danielle Eid I woke up at my usual 12:30 in the afternoon, might I add that I was forced to wake up and would have slept in but whatever! After putting out a load of laundry outside (mum’s orders) I settle down to watch the Richmond vs. North match for two reasons. 1. To [Read more]
Harms: On (the wonderful) Geelong fan
July 22, 2009 by 8 Comments
by John Harms I know it is awkward to talk about your own, but sometimes it has to be done. And it has to be done honestly. So I’m going to say it up front: the Geelong supporter is the embodiment of all that is good and true. The world has never seen, in any [Read more]
AFL Round 15: Wild weather at York Park
July 22, 2009 by Leave a Comment
As a North supporter, I’ve frequently travelled interstate, but it’s generally been on the cheersquad bus. A trip to Tasmania doesn’t allow such luxury, and I was happy to fly to Tassie, knowing that North could probably come up with an upset win against the reigning Premiers, as they had been thumped by the Bulldogs [Read more]
Local footy: Amazing Country comeback on a windy day
July 22, 2009 by 53 Comments
By Paul Daffey Wind is a variant that’s going out of AFL games in Victoria. The Docklands Stadium is like a bowling alley with turf. The MCG’s stands are so high that the wind dare not breach its walls. Only Kardinia Park is exposed to the elements.
AFL Round 16 – Haiku Bob – from somewhere a cloud
July 22, 2009 by 1 Comment
stars appearing our game plan in a million pieces gazing at the centre half forward no longer there sharp wind Hodge’s torpedo pierces the night swirling breeze whichever way we want to go we can’t cloudless night from somewhere a cloud of hawks in the clear Toovey kicks it [Read more]
Round 16: Richmond vs North Melbourne – a draw is just as bad as a win
July 21, 2009 by Leave a Comment
by Michael Allan We’ve reached the home stretch. Only six more games before eight teams are knocked out and the finals begin. It’s around this time when Richmond (and several others) are put under the microscope, as the tanking debate re-emerges. I’m always torn with this: on one hand, it will better suit the club long [Read more]
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