Cam Hooke gives the Collingwood Life perspective on the victory over North Melbourne, then he looks to the Pies’ prospects against Sydney.
Round 9 – AFL fixture 2021: Details for matches this round
Round 9 match details of who, where, and when your favourite team is playing.
Round 8 – GWS v Essendon: Besotted with Baby Bombers
Sam Laffy is besotted with the current batch of ‘Baby Bombers’. Although the results may not be on the board the future looks bright for the Bombers as he reports.
Round 8 – Richmond v Geelong: Poleaxed
Dips O’Donnell’s Covid-19 vaccination spoiled his pizza and shiraz, and bed was a welcome relief. There, in his post-vaccination haze, watching the Cats great victory over the Tigers eased his pain. Get vaccinated says Dips, it’s better than the real thing!
The Unsung – Round 8: Isaac Cumming and Trent Rivers
Deakin Uni student Chris Mangos’ eighth weekly column ‘The Unsung’, featuring young, up-and-coming footy stars Isaac Cumming and Trent River.
Round 8 – North Melbourne v Collingwood – Floreat Pica Society report by Jim Kesselschmidt
A better result for the Collingwood faithful as Jim Kesselschmidt reports on behalf of the Floreat Pica Society.
The Beeaanly Bugle: The Run Home
The Beeaans’ final three games of the season, as told by Deakin Uni student Connor Hoetzel in his weekly column about his local basketball team.
Round 6 to Round 8 – Catching up with Saints footy: Horrible Loss to Getting the Saints brand back to Only Playing Last Quarter
Things have been difficult for Yoshi in Japan. With the effects of Covid on the country, and working three part-time jobs for a living does not leave Yoshi much time for catching up with his favourite footy team. Here are his reports of St Kilda’s past three games.
Almanac Poetry: ‘Eddie Betts’s Shorts’ – Steve Rogers
Steve Rogers expresses his love of footy with memories of icons of the game, especially Eddie Betts’s shorts.
Almanac Poetry: ‘Fake Bacon’ – Tommy Mallet
The bush workers are famished, the cupboard is bare, the drink is talking as frustrations take over, and a dusty moth is oblivious to it all. Check out Tommy Mallet’s poem, ‘Fake Bacon’. [Warning: adult themes – Ed.]
Almanac Poetry: In the Good Old Days
This Tuesday’s poem from Kevin Densley concerns the typical profile of a serial killer back in ‘the good old days’.
Almanac Rugby – Super Rugby Finals
The two Super Rugby competitions have ended with the completion of both finals with victories to the Crusaders in NZ, and the Reds in Australia reports Brian The Ruminator.
Round 8 – Hawthorn v West Coast: Mothers’ Day
John Gordon hasn’t been to the MCG much in recent years (as has been the case for most of us), but his latest visit was on Mothers’ Day, a special occasion to celebrate the many mothers who have given everything for their children; not least of which was the late Ateca Naitanui; Nic’s mum. [Great read: Ed.]
Ice Hockey 1.01: Unique customs (Part 1)
In the first part of a mini-series, Deakin’s James Wright continues his ‘Hockey 1.01’ journey with a delve into some of the quirks and oddities you can see in the premier ice hockey competition, the NHL.
Almanac Teams: The Elevens Hour (1980- )
Back into the swing of things this week, Rodney Boyd provides his more interesting Number 11s side of the past forty years; this one contains a slow Brownlow winner and a benched premiership captain.
Round 8 – Gold Coast v St Kilda: Saints prevail over Suns in dour contest
Braham Dabscheck suggests this dour Round 8 clash between Gold Coast and St Kilda could be termed a ‘bad win’ for the Saints if there is such a thing.
Round 8 – North Melbourne v Collingwood
Phil Hill loves going to watch sporting events. However, he has a pet hate, the assault and insult of the extraneous noise associated with the game as he explains. Phil also reports on the football game he watched, the North and Collingwood Round 8 match which the Pies won by three goals.
Round 8 – Port Adelaide v Adelaide: A double showdown day
Nick Kossatch had two showdowns in one day – a local grudge match and the Port Adelaide v Adelaide clash. In an exciting and long day, he saw plenty of entertaining footy.
Round 8 – Melbourne v Sydney (and lots of other observations): Barry Gibb plays for Sydney
Pure genius from Old Dog. Who players look like. [So glad you stayed up through the night to write this Old Dog – JTH]











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