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Both the NRL and the NRLW looked like footy’s version of The Fast and the Furious last weekend. Our rugby league writer Ian Hauser is struggling to keep pace with it all!
Rick Darling is our guest at dinner at The Clubhouse in Tanunda tonight, Thursday July 27. We’ll enjoy dinner with Rick and then adjourn to the bar for a feast of TV sport – in particular the first day of the Fifth Test and The Matildas second match.
In the engaging style which KB Hill has perfected, share the remarkable story of the dual premiership era of the Corowa-Rutherglen Kangaroos under the coaching of Peter Tossol.
An exciting four-day writers festival is being organised in Dunkeld, Victoria. Friends of The Footy Almanac Bernard Whimpress and Gideon Haigh will be in attendance as Panellists and Chair for various sessions discussing media in sport, testing your cricket knowledge and also joining other thought-provoking and engaging speakers in a variety of topics. Tours, catering and drinks are all on offer, visit here for more information on how to book.
Check out who, where, and when your team plays in Round 20 this week.
Another nail baiting win for Collingwood is recounted by haiku bob in verse.
At Old Trafford for the Fourth Test match, Smokie was confounded by the length of the queues
Congratulations to the Old Dog who plays his 700th game of footy on Saturday 5 August.
The Murray League is the focus of Episode 15 of Peter Clark’s series ‘Up the Mighty Murray’ and features the Indigenous Australian Football heritage of the Cummeragunja and Rumbalara Football Clubs.
In his aviators, Smokin’ Joe from West Altona is the epitome of cool implies Pards in his verse.
Jane Greenwood’s third poem here at the Almanac is ‘The Pearl’, which she wrote for her teaching colleague and friend, Miriam Dunn.
Smokie Dawson has been in Manchester at Old Trafford watching the 4th Ashes test. In between drinks, and the rain, Smokie spent his time devising a glossary for the spectacle that is Bazball.
Why is it that the music you’re forced to listen to while ‘on hold’ on the telephone is so invariably awful? But there’s an exception to every rule, as Ian Hauser discovered recently.
Michael Randall’s latest mystery pub visit is to one where everyone is apparently known as ‘Darl’!
Cam Hooke’s Collingwood Life analyses the Pies’ win over the Power, and previews their upcoming Round 20 match against old foes Carlton.
South Sydney leaked another 30+ points against the Brisbane Broncos, much to the consternation of Rabbitoh tragic Russel Hansen.
How did they get away with that? Braham Dabscheck’s Saints won a heartstopper against a Kangaroos side who looked to be on the hop amid a round full of nailbiters.
John Nugent recently told the story of meeting (and selling newspapers to) John Coleman. He follows up with a piece about a childhood influence.
Family ties are a regular feature in Rodney Boyd’s sides and today’s effort is no exception. Get around the team whose nearest and dearest also made an impact in sporting and other facets of public life.
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