It’s another miserable looking Friday weather-wise and I am preparing myself for another fairly mediocre performance from my Blues against the pacy, skilful and courageous Geelong side. On a lighter note I am fortunate enough to have the day off school with Curriculum Day and I take full advantage of a somewhat rare, relaxing day. [Read more]
Fourth Test, Day 2: Aussies take winning position while I have a wonderful day in the West Stand. Cheers!
August 9, 2009 by 2 Comments
Off to the cricket it was for our second day of Test cricket this season. Beautiful train ride from Edinburgh down to Leeds if you overlook the 6am start. The vibes of Headingley were so obvious as we got close: loads of good spirit, which would have been difficult for those English folk after yesterday; [Read more]
AFL Round 18: I win kick-to-kick in Melbourne and Saints win in Tassie
August 9, 2009 by 39 Comments
I woke up on in the morning at 11, and was ready for yet another footy-filled day. It looked like a great day for footy here in Melbourne, but what about Tasmania? Would the Hawks beat the undermanned St Kilda to earn a chance in the finals? I went to the park with my younger [Read more]
Fourth Test, Day 1: Australia dominates as Marto has eyes for only victory
August 8, 2009 by 12 Comments
By Andrew Gigacz With Australia 1-0 down, and two Tests to play, in preparation for Day 1 at Headingley I asked myself what are the important issues confronting us? I came up with four. Will it rain? Will Freddy Flintoff be fit enough to play? Will the Aussie selectors finally see the light and give [Read more]
AFL Round 19: Ben Jensen’s (Cats) day can’t get much worse
August 8, 2009 by 2 Comments
Ben Jensen’s day went from bad to worse; first called into a crisis meeting; soon after dropping his 3G phone into his coffee and belatedly finding out the Cats lost to the Blues. I WAS TORN on whether to wait until I got home or to listen to this one from work. After a hasty [Read more]
Fourth Test: Australians dominate as ‘Marto’ has eyes only for victory
August 8, 2009 by Leave a Comment
By Andrew Gigacz With Australia one-nil down, and two Tests to play, in preparation for day one at Headingley I asked myself what are the important issues confronting us? I came up with four. Will it rain? Will Freddy Flintoff be fit enough to play? Will the Aussie selectors finally see the [Read more]
Last rites: What a day. And tomorrow I’m getting married!
August 8, 2009 by 2 Comments
Ben Santamaria What a 24 hours! More ups and downs than a pogo-stick convention. A snapshot of my day: 2pm Thursday: A single-man living in a shared house in Fulham, London. 5pm Thursday: Collected the keys to my new house and hung the first painting on the wall. 8pm Thursday: Caught in a torrential downpour [Read more]
The Pre-Wrap: Backhanders still fly after all these years
August 7, 2009 by Leave a Comment
What a week it’s been in Footy Eddie. And let’s nail this tanking issue once and for all. We’ve had the archival staff going through the Rules & Amendments as far back as 1857 and can find nothing that says you’re not allowed to cheat. Get caught and you’re in trouble. Ask them around at [Read more]
AFL Round 18: Port look good for finals tilt
August 6, 2009 by 17 Comments
By Josh Barnstable This game has a bit of a finals feeling. The winner might end up in the top 8 while the loser will slip further away from the leading 8. On a beautiful sunny day at the best ground in the AFL in my opinion, the Power are underdogs to defeat Hawthorn on [Read more]
Local Footy: The day that Welcome Advice saved Bushpig coach’s honeymoon
August 6, 2009 by 27 Comments
The Rivcoll Bushpigs, the club from the old Riverina College of Advanced Education (now Charles Sturt Uni) in Wagga, enjoy such a reputation as a social club that their opposition in this Saturday’s Farrer League fixture, the Northern Jets, is holding a get-together at the Bushpigs’ annual Old Bores Day.
General Footy Writing: Life is confusing when you’re a Cat at the Cattery and you’re barracking for the Crows
August 6, 2009 by 4 Comments
By Bob Utber I need to speak to Mr John Harms. I think that with his understanding of life he is the only one who can sort me out. I went to the president’s lunch at the Cattery last Saturday as a guest of the former mayor of Geelong, Bruce Harwood. Nothing odd in that, [Read more]
AFL Round 18: Sadly, Roos fail to send Simmo out with a win
August 6, 2009 by 3 Comments
by Roseann Testagrossa Early last week, former North Melbourne captain and dual premiership player, Adam Simpson, announced his retirement, effective after the round 18 game against Carlton. When I first heard I was disappointed, because I thought he still had plenty to contribute as a player. The consensus among North supporters seemed to be that [Read more]
Ireland Correspondent: Clouds gather over future of Ireland-Australia hybrid series
August 5, 2009 by 2 Comments
By Peter Lenaghan Ireland’s weather bureau has confirmed that last month was the wettest July on record for the Dublin area. Day after day, and often several times a day, clouds rolled in across the country from the Atlantic Ocean and rain tumbled down in short, sharp bursts. About 150 millimetres of precipitation sent those [Read more]
Local Footy: Oh, we do like to stomp beside the seaside
August 5, 2009 by 22 Comments
By Paul Daffey A few years ago I contributed two chapters to Black and Blue, the history of the Melbourne University Football Club. The uni footy club consists of University Blacks and University Blues, who play in the Victorian amateur competition. One of the striking aspects about my era, which was 1975 to 2005, was [Read more]
View From Shepparton: I’m glad Voss emphasised Lions’ first half rather than second
August 5, 2009 by Leave a Comment
I couldn’t bring myself to put my mind to this stuff earlier as I was so distressed, horrified, mortified, by our second-term fade-out against Collingwood. I was so happy at half-time. The birds were singing, well they would have been had it been day time, Brisbane were looking great, Brown was on fire although he [Read more]
Cricket: It’s Headingley 1981 and I want to be sedated
August 5, 2009 by 8 Comments
By Tony Roberts The gloomiest roommate I ever endured was Bernard Disken. At the time we met in September 1983, Bernard was only 23, but he’d already mastered the full Eeyore to an extent that must have made his fellow disciples of the defunct House of York grey with envy.
In the Sheds: Shepparton Swans hope to emerge from turmoil with three Yze brothers
August 5, 2009 by Leave a Comment
By Paul Daffey Goulburn Valley league club Shepparton Swans (once known as Lemnos) have had a tumultuous year. They lost four dozen players before the season, told senior players they would have to take a pay cut mid-season, sacked their senior coach the next day and recently forfeited a reserves game because they had only [Read more]
Haiku Bob – AFL Round 18 – the big sticks
August 5, 2009 by 1 Comment
murky stars the air heavy with Presti’s absence deep winter the mating season for misdirected kicks moon glint a daisy among the weeds of our forward line night mist Leon turns expressionist another behind – a seagull sails between the big sticks slow moving [Read more]
Local footy: Footy at Lake Cargelligo
August 5, 2009 by 1 Comment
by David Ogilvy While travelling from South Australia to the north coast of NSW recently, my wife and I found ourselves in Lake Cargelligo in NSW’s Northern Riverina on a cool windy Saturday.
Gigs’ Stats: Tigers, you can still make the eight; Seven, you can jump in the lake
August 5, 2009 by 68 Comments
Andrew Gigacz’s Round 18 Stat. Declaration STATITORIAL – SEVEN PLUS TEN EQUALS A PRIME TIME NUMBER How do I hate thee, Channel Seven? Let me count the ways. Too many ways to count probably, but 10 seems like a good starting number. Presented with their second opportunity of the season to show a game live [Read more]
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