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]
AFL Round 16 – Gigs’ Stats: the stuff of dreams
July 21, 2009 by 13 Comments
by Andrew Gigacz The last two weeks have had it all with several important pieces of the statistical jigsaw falling nicely into place. Last week it was the first one-point game of the year and the first 100+ point result and this week we had every stat-head’s dream: the draw! TIGERS AND NORTH [Read more]
Local Footy: The Maffra story – it’s all about beating Sale
July 21, 2009 by 3 Comments
by Rocket Gillett In preparing my recent posting on the Rochester/Echuca rivalry I had planned to compare it to a very similar rivalry – and the most comparable is the Sale/Maffra rivalry – the parallels are striking similarly in terms of longevity, small town v big town, changing competitions, etc However, I got carried [Read more]
Second Test – Day 5: Freddy
July 21, 2009 by 1 Comment
By Ben Santamaria, with Tim Santamaria. July 20 was always going to be a famous day; however, who in the crowd at Lord’s in 1934 would have thought then that man would walk on the moon in less than half the time it would take their nation’s cricketers to next beat Australia at the home [Read more]
AFL Round 16: I love watching Roos and Tigers game, but I wish it were live
July 20, 2009 by 20 Comments
By Steve Healy I was bored. No one was home. I planned to watch the Richmond v North Melbourne delayed telecast on Channel Seven at three o’clock. Port Adelaide v West Coast was on the radio, and when they mentioned the score I blocked my ears. Why can’t they always show live games? I wish [Read more]
AFL Round 16: Pies flounder under Hawthorn pressure — again
July 20, 2009 by Leave a Comment
By Paul Harkin As was the case twice last year, the Pies were unable to think their way through the dreaded Clarkson Cluster. Collingwood never really looked comfortable all night, despite a rally near the end of the second quarter. The early signs were not good as Buddy looked switched on from the opening bounce. [Read more]
AFL Round 16: Now I hate Hawthorn as well
July 20, 2009 by 5 Comments
By Andrew Fithall Helen hates Hawthorn. As a Geelong supporter, she has endured too much pain. The dull ache of 1989 endures. The pain of 2008 is more recent, more acute, and much less likely to ease. Our daughter Ursula is also a Cat, but at 12, doesn’t yet really understand that you never regain [Read more]
View From Shepparton: Dominant Saints prompt disappointing Crows to revert to type
July 20, 2009 by 3 Comments
By Peter Schumacher St Kilda are definitely the team to beat now, no doubt about that. Adelaide will quite possibly slide out of the eight. That they reverted to their instincts of trying to close down the game when the going got tough in the second quarter was very disappointing. I guess that as an [Read more]
Cricket writing: a winter international at Valleys
July 20, 2009 by 2 Comments
by Justin Kruger We’re talking cricket…July…Albion, Brisbane. ‘Perfidious’, you might think, is the missing word here; maybe a few tales of procrastinating physiotherapists, batting glove changes and other dastardly deeds. But no, it’s mid-July in Brisbane, and I’m off to the cricket. A one day game at the Allan Border Field, Australia A v [Read more]
The Wrap: The cream rises to the top
July 20, 2009 by Leave a Comment
What a round it’s been in Footy Eddie. The Doggies chewed up the Bombers in the Pipe Opener in an entertaining match under cover to consolidate their September Credentials. Carlton stormed home to crush The Valiant Lakers. Geelong, playing with the wind piping off Corio Bay, played its part in keeping The Dees to under [Read more]
Crio’s Question: Help us build a team of players who should play for another club
July 20, 2009 by 19 Comments
By Chris Riordan When Richmond’s Jarrod Silvester grabbed the ball in the match against North Melbourne on Sunday, I said to Tom, “He should be a Cat!” Perhaps Silvester and Tweety-Bird was a bit obscure, but it led to a conversation on players whose names or nicknames would best have had them playing elsewhere. We’ll [Read more]
AFL Round 16: Pies need wake up call
July 20, 2009 by 12 Comments
By Danielle Eid OK, OK, let me get this straight. Collingwood lost by 45 points and Nathan Brown has an ankle injury? Does anything else want to go wrong? Truth be told, I did not watch a minute of this game; I was out at Crown Casino Cinemas to watch Harry Potter. I did think [Read more]
AFL Round 15: Magpies add to the Tower of Wins
July 20, 2009 by 1 Comment
By Carolyn Straford It’s Friday night, I’m in Ivanhoe, in front of a large old-fashioned television. It isn’t a plasma nor an LCD screen but it’s big and it will do. The heater is on and The Beverley Hillbillies are the curtain-raiser. Odd, yes I know, but what is to follow may be even stranger, [Read more]
AFL Round 16: Tiger-Roo draw is not surprising considering neither side knows how to win
July 20, 2009 by Leave a Comment
By Chris Riordan There’s a gruesome joy in going to a draw when you barrack for neither side. And, I hasten to add, today’s result made no difference to the prospects of my team, the Doggies, for this year and beyond. I’d hoped to have a look at Cousins and Cotchin to gauge for myself [Read more]
AFL Round 16: Shaggy Cats blow away Dees in first quarter
July 20, 2009 by 12 Comments
By Josh Barnstable Geelong v Melbourne Geelong 2nd, Melbourne 15th Geelong with a two-game losing streak Melbourne with a two-game winning streak The above is something no one in the footy world would have thought possible. But will Melbourne extend both teams’ streaks to three? Celebrating Geelong’s 150th birthday, the Cats wear a slightly altered [Read more]
Second Test – Day 4: Australians still in it
July 20, 2009 by 8 Comments
Second Test – Day 4 Test cricket is just brilliant. The elements are mixed so perfectly. The English brains trust was probably thinking of batting for a few more overs on the fourth morning just to grind the Australians into the Lord’s dirt, but the clouds gathered, the trust was re-convened and Andrew Strauss declared. [Read more]
AFL Round 16: Cats too good but Walpiri Wizard delights Dees fans
July 20, 2009 by 9 Comments
By Steve Healy It was just another day at the footy, but I had to travel much further to see the Demons play today. I woke up very early, which was quite unusual for me. I hopped on the V-Line train at Southern Cross Station, ready for a big game between Geelong and Melbourne. Geelong [Read more]
Local Footy: Kossy brain fade costs Superdogs victory
July 19, 2009 by Leave a Comment
By Nick Kossatch A costly last-quarter 25-metre penalty by Superdogs All-Australian ruckman Nick Kossatch proved the difference as his side went down by two points in a thrilling match against Blackwood at Berri. ‘Kossy’ was devastated post-match but will seek Barry Hall Anger Management Counselling very soon. He did dominate, however, with plenty of possessions [Read more]
Local Footy: Berri’s finals chances go up in smoke in fiery clash
July 19, 2009 by Leave a Comment
By Nick Kossatch Berri’s chances of playing in the Riverland Football League finals have all but ended after going down by two goals in a fiery round 11 match against Waikerie. The Berri Oval clash was at times riddled by errors and was marred by a spiteful brawl midway through the third quarter. The Magpies [Read more]
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