By Richard Jones AS my original list of the Top Ten best Bendigo Football League players was so well received, here’s another list of country footy stars to consider. This second list contains more players from recent times than the original squad. A number of players in this group were teammates in Bendigo’s stunning 1989 [Read more]
Jones Files: More players to add to my list of the best in the Bendigo league
June 26, 2009 by 1 Comment
Crio’s Question: Why do we have the split round?
June 26, 2009 by 10 Comments
I can’t remember. But I do know that it disturbs the momentum of my season. I’ll probably forget to put in my footy tips! I acknowledge that going to the game is no longer the rotating Saturdays of black and white shorts and that the main audience, TV, is not troubled with their fixture unaffected. [Read more]
AFL Round 12: Essendon v Melbourne: Bombers fail to convince
June 25, 2009 by 2 Comments
By Josh Barnstable It’s the last day of the term and next week we start semester two. How does that work out? Why is it like that? It’s because of the Government, with the idea that we cannot finish school for the entire semester and go on holidays today, the 19th of June. So next [Read more]
Middle East Correspondent: What’s in a name for footy clubs? Plenty
June 25, 2009 by 1 Comment
By Rod Gillett When the Ardlethan and Ariah Park-Mirrool football clubs in southern NSW agreed to amalgamate for the 2004 season they could have combined their names in the fashion of another (quite famous) Riverina club, Ganmain-Grong Grong-Matong. Instead they came up with the moniker Northern Power, as they had decided to adopt a Port [Read more]
Yarra Man: Watts is a worry; Dees should have taken Rich
June 25, 2009 by 5 Comments
By Tavis Perry There’s been a plethora of recent media reports on Jack Watts, and why wouldn’t there be given the No.1 draft pick always creates more headlines than other drafted players? This is especially so because the No.1 pick is generally a shining light in an otherwise dim period for his club. Being a [Read more]
AFL Round 12: Essendon v Melbourne: It was worth it to see Jurrah make debut
June 25, 2009 by 2 Comments
By Steve Healy There aren’t many good things about the second week of the split round. No Saturday afternoon footy is the main worry. But it wasn’t worrying me when I came home from school on Friday. I was confident that Melbourne could give the Bombers a shake and Jurrah would star on debut. If [Read more]
Local Footy: Colourful nicknames make footy world go round
June 24, 2009 by 25 Comments
By Daryl Pitman “Go Pies!,” shout Collingwood fans. “Up the Crows,” some even more misguided individuals have been heard to utter. But what about the more original nicknames that have evolved in local football? If you haven’t heard of the Cavemen, the Redeyes, the Yabbies or the Gorillas, then read on . . . One [Read more]
View From Shepparton: Round 12: Geelong win reminds me of barracking for the Croweaters
June 24, 2009 by Leave a Comment
By Peter Schumacher It seems eons ago when Dean Laidley resigned as coach of the Shinboners. Indeed I can scarcely remember the name of his replacement. Barry Crocker wasn’t it? No that’s right it’s Darren Crocker. Anyway it’s hard to believe that the guy has yet to coach his first North Melbourne game. Such is [Read more]
Irish Correspondent: Dublin cricket looks bright amid the mizzle
June 24, 2009 by 1 Comment
By Peter Lenaghan It is summer in Dublin and a light mizzle is falling on the city. A thick blanket of cloud hangs above, trapping warm and muggy air. It is a minor miracle that cricket is played here at all. The players emerge from the rooms, each one wearing a cream, sleeveless sweater. “I’ve [Read more]
Haiku Bob: Round 12: The floodlights hum
June 24, 2009 by 2 Comments
low crowd Didak and the floodlights hum trails in the dew two wayward brothers cross paths leaf veins the burly spearhead lays bare his frailties rain weary sky Cox gets caught gets caught again longest night the Swans catch us late in the third from the [Read more]
In the Sheds: PM rewards multi-talented Mifsud
June 24, 2009 by Leave a Comment
By Paul Daffey JASON Mifsud is a footballer who’s well known at all levels of the game, having achieved success as a playing-coach at Koroit in the Hampden Football League before becoming an assistant coach at St Kilda under Grant Thomas and the Western Bulldogs under Rodney Eade. In recent years Mifsud has worked with [Read more]
General Footy Writing: A life of a Pie
June 24, 2009 by 2 Comments
By Danielle Eid I was recently asked by Paul Daffey why I barrack for Collingwood. So I was inspired to write up a piece on why I am one of those Collingwood supporters you love to hate. When my Dad came to Australia he lived with his uncle (my Godfather) and together they started the [Read more]
Middle East Correspondent: Koroit pair almost steal premiership cup from Dubai Heat’s grasp
June 23, 2009 by 5 Comments
By Rod Gillett It was more than a truly international clash on football’s latest frontier; it was a classic Bush Boys versus City Slickers encounter. The inaugural Middle East AFL grand final pitted the unbeaten Dubai Heat, who are based in the United Arab Emirates, against the Muscat Magpies from neighbouring Oman. Dubai is an [Read more]
Gigs’ Stats: Round-12 Stat. Declaration
June 23, 2009 by 3 Comments
By Andrew Gigacz STATITORIAL — DEMETRIOU’S VERSION OF EVEN-HANDEDNESS In his role as AFL CEO, Andrew Demetriou often has to perform delicate balancing acts in order to keep all parties happy. But he has taken that concept to a new level over the past couple of weeks. With the decision not to move the Round-14 [Read more]
Haiku Bob: Community Cup — shifty winds
June 23, 2009 by Leave a Comment
pre-match the dressing room fills with smoke Community Cup – decked out in team colours the family dog in the clinches beer guts hold right of way burly rover streams forward way up ahead his former self rain comes the crowd on the hill unmoved [Read more]
State-level Footy: Clarence player flashes into Tassie footy folklore
June 23, 2009 by Leave a Comment
By Bill Walker With the current Ute Gate affair taking national headlines away from Tasmania, where a Labor minister recently fell on her sword simply for employing her mother and two sisters without considering due process, a southern Tasmanian footballer has taken the initiative to steal the headlines back where they belong — and flash [Read more]
Local Footy: University of New England footballers spread the word
June 22, 2009 by 5 Comments
By Rod Gillett Most uni footy clubs are renowned for getting up to some hi-jinx. The Bushpigs based at Charles Sturt University’s Wagga campus claim to be “Australia’s most socially innovative football club” while the University of Queensland’s Red Lions took the their nickname from the Glencoe pub – an historic hotel on the New [Read more]
General Footy Writing: The ultimate Cats man has an inexplicable flaw
June 22, 2009 by 2 Comments
By Damian O’Donnell I’ve got a mate who barracks for Geelong. I hadn’t seen him for a few months, but bumped into him at a house-warming function on Saturday afternoon. Describing Bunter as a barracker is completely inadequate. Words like “supporter” or “member” or even “Cats man” also fall a long way short. These describe [Read more]
AFL Round 12: The Wrap
June 22, 2009 by Leave a Comment
By John Mosig What a round it’s been in Footy Eddie. A short one, true, but full of drama. Firstly The Bombers risk a fine for bringing THE GAME into disrepute with a thorough spanking of The Wretched Redlegs. The Pies run hot for Coach Brewery’s 600th and put a bit off pressure on the [Read more]
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