By Nick Kossatch Renmark’s “yo-yo” season continued after they recorded a 79-point win against bottom-placed Loxton North at Renmark Oval. The hosts held a two-goal lead at half-time but Ben Wagnitz provided them with much-needed spark when he booted five second-half goals in the Rovers’ 14-goals to three blitz in that period. The oval was [Read more]
Local Footy: Rochester should be the Demons for a day
July 14, 2009 by 9 Comments
By Rod Gillett The local derby is in my view the essence of Australian football. This is much more pronounced at the grassroots level than at the AFL level, whether it be in the country, the amateurs, the suburbs, and even between schools. It’s particularly poignant in the bush. Training intensifies, supporters start talking about [Read more]
Victoria v All Stars: Strauchanie gets best on ground and rightly so
July 14, 2009 by 13 Comments
By Josh Barnstable This is the biggest date on the football calendar. It could shape the competition. Or is just that most of the players are out of shape? Victoria, coached by unsuccessful Fremantle ex-coach Chris Connolly, runs out on the ground with stars Bryan Strauchan, Andy Lee and Captain Glenn Archer. In the other [Read more]
Crio’s Question: What should be the criteria for Goal of the Year?
July 14, 2009 by 9 Comments
It may not seem important, but don’t you get annoyed at some of the hyperbole surrounding selection for Goal of the Year? It’s been reignited by this week’s Fev-freak and some commentators’ retrospective criticism of Lloydy’s cute back-tap a couple of seasons ago. Should it be the run-and-carry, the flukey snap, the critical or long [Read more]
VAFA: Ivanhoe try to round up old premiership players
July 14, 2009 by Leave a Comment
By Don Blackwood Forty years have fluttered by since an Ivanhoe Amateurs senior team has won a flag; the last was in 1969 over De La Salle at Victoria Park by 15 points. The celebration and reunion of that momentous occasion will take place at Ivanhoe Park on Sat 25 July at 12 noon as [Read more]
AFL Round 15: Hard time in old North Melbourne
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By Reverend Shinboner First, brunch with Lady Shinboner (Grigons & Orr – good choice). Then, footy at the Limerick Castle Hotel. The Limerick is vintage North Melbourne. Just a few minutes walk from the gentrified island of Errol Street, it takes me to an era before my time. A bustling TAB dominates the atmosphere of [Read more]
AFL Round 15: North should not have lost this one
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Hawthorn versus North Melbourne 1.10pm, Sunday, 12 July Aurora Stadium, Launceston Andrew Starkie My mate Dom and I are at the Walk for Harmony at the Carlton Gardens, an event organised in response to recent attacks against Indians in Melbourne. Its goals are to recognise Victoria’s cultural diversity and promote racial harmony. We are immersed [Read more]
Footy Prediction: 1997 revisited?
July 13, 2009 by 1 Comment
by Sam Steele It was all set to be the year when one of the AFL’s Cinderellas finally went to the ball. That was until the heartless, tradition-less Adelaide Crows crashed the party, three times in three weeks. Is history about to repeat? In the extraordinary 1997 season, St Kilda, Geelong [Read more]
AFL Round 15: View From Shepparton
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By Peter Schumacher I suppose that I should feel elated over Brisbane’s win over Geelong and I guess that I do. In fact I found watching the telecast really gripping as I waited for the inevitable Geelong fightback, but wait … it was not happening. Yet I could not get around the fact that this [Read more]
AFL Round 15: The Wrap
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By John Mosig What a week it’s been in Footy Eddie. Who needs Michael Jackson when you have The Maggies and The Doggies to treat you to a Thriller? Both these sides are up there with the Big 1½, however, on this occasion it was The Woodsmen who took home the bacon. THE TIGERS made [Read more]
AFL Round 15: Pie fans with long memories breathe easier after fighting win
July 13, 2009 by 1 Comment
By Mick Ramsdale It was meant to be a dark and stormy night. It didn’t happen, and the lid was on anyway. For the second time in five days a Blockbuster at the Dome. History has taught some of us to dread playing certain teams, especially in big games. The Doggies are not one of [Read more]
AFL Round 15: McLeod and Dangerfield are Crows’ wonderful bookends
July 13, 2009 by 1 Comment
By Michael Sexton Fremantle have gifted Adelaide two geniuses – Andrew McLeod and Bon Scott. When Scott came to Adelaide he grew a beard, wore a kaftan and played the recorder in a hippy band called Fraternity. Later he met the Young brothers and morphed into the dark joker of rock. On the bus to [Read more]
General Footy Writing: Get some gusto, Cats
July 13, 2009 by 10 Comments
By Helen Dunne I grew up in Geelong with parents who moved to Victoria from interstate in the 1960s. Naturally, I supported my home-town team, the Cats. Having parents with no allegiance to a VFL team also meant that football was not eaten and breathed in our house. However, living only 200 metres from Kardinia [Read more]
AFL Round 15: Blues convince Nana
July 13, 2009 by 5 Comments
Carlton vs. Richmond I remember the date: March 26. It was the day of my first game for the Waaia Under 17s. It was also the date of the start of the much-anticipated AFL season. Also the date of the game between Richmond and Carlton, a game that had the biggest build-up in recent times. [Read more]
AFL Round 15: Ahh, the dreaded family lunch when all you want to do is watch your Dees play Port Adelaide.
July 12, 2009 by 9 Comments
By Steve Healy It would be different today. I wouldn’t be going to the game, to see the Dees play. I had been crook yesterday, but I still managed to be shipped over to Grandma’s house in South Morang for the afternoon, so reporting on this game would be a difficult task. It would be [Read more]
AFL Round 15: Blues invent Fevolutionary goals on a windy day at the MCG
July 12, 2009 by 6 Comments
By Damian Watson Don’t you just love Saturday afternoons! It is a day where the weekend dawns and the smell of footy is in the air all around Victoria with the prospect of local footy,VFL and AFL matches to look forward too. As a teenager I will treasure these moments for a long time to come. Not [Read more]
Round 15: Carlton v Richmond – a day to forget
July 12, 2009 by Leave a Comment
Mum and I have been tested a lot this year. Losing to the reigning wooden spooners, losing in the last minute against Port, travelling to the Gold Coast to witness a poor performance and worst of all, being thrashed by rivals Carlton, Essendon and St Kilda (Can’t wait till we play Collingwood). Today may be [Read more]
AFL Round 15: Dogs just miss
July 12, 2009 by 1 Comment
Western Bulldogs vs. Collingwood The blockbuster games just keep on coming. St Kilda and Geelong, Collingwood and Essendon, Western Bulldogs and Hawthorn, now to Round 15 and we see the Western Bulldogs, white hot after obliterating Hawthorn by 88 points last week, taking on a Collingwood outfit that has won six games in a row. [Read more]
From the couch: A look in all directions – more surnames in sport by Tom Riordan
July 12, 2009 by 30 Comments
by Tom Riordan Tom Riordan: Gee, Marcus North is playing out of his skin. Chris Riordan: Sure is… You know, Marcus North isn’t the only directional surname that there is in sports. TR: What do you mean by directional surnames? CR: Well, say former Aussie ashes one-gamer Ken Eastwood, actually, he was a Footscray [Read more]
AFL Round 15: Fevola Betts on teamwork
July 12, 2009 by Leave a Comment
by Jill Scanlon Shower, make rolls, grab drinks and jump in the car. Want to make that midday train. It’s been quite a few weeks since we’ve been able to get to a match and today’s is a favourite clash. My teenagers and I arrive at Ringwood station, oooh – a car space close to [Read more]
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