Sal Ciardulli presents his authoritative thoughts and tips for the Preliminary Finals, and also looks at Caulfield Cup Day and Everest Day.
Almanac (Local) History: Three Geelong Vignettes
October 16, 2020 by Leave a Comment
Kevin Densley continues his occasional series of history/memoir prose pieces about his home town, Geelong.
Finals Week 2 – Review: Finals Week 3 – Preview: Will the underdog Victorians shine through?
October 15, 2020 by 6 Comments
Our AFL analyst Sean Mortell explains how Geelong and Richmond progressed to the Qualifying Finals before assessing their chances this weekend against Brisbane and Port Adelaide respectively.
Finals Week 2 – Richmond v St Kilda: Ratts’ broken record, inaccurate goal-kicking, the cost of losing three players, but a good year for the Saints
October 15, 2020 by Leave a Comment
Yoshi wasn’t happy with several aspects of the Saints’ loss to the Tigers in the semi-final but he was pleased with his club’s improvement and overall performance in 2020.
Almanac Rugby League – NRL 2020 Qualifying Finals and NRLW Round 3 preview: More of the same, please!
October 15, 2020 by Leave a Comment
The NRL’s 2020 Qualifying Finals present two fascinating clashes while the NRLW’s Round 3 offers a Grand Final preview. Ian Hauser runs his eye over the form.
Almanac Rugby League: The 22nd Annual Tom Brock Lecture
October 15, 2020 by Leave a Comment
The 22nd Annual Tom Brock Lecture will be an online event in 2020. The guest lecturer will be award-winning author Tom Gorman. See details for registration here.
The Half-Back Flankers
October 15, 2020 by 3 Comments
‘The Half Back Flankers’ is a poem from Damian Balassone’s recent publication, ‘Strange Game in a Strange Land’.
Almanac Rugby League: On how to improve the greatest game of all
October 15, 2020 by 3 Comments
John Campbell has followed rugby league for a long time. Some of the modern aspects of the game, dressed up as ‘progress’, give him the Edgar Britts. He explains his concerns.
Finals Week 2 – Geelong v Collingwood: Space and time
October 14, 2020 by 6 Comments
John Harms looks back at the Geelong-Collingwood match.
Almanac Footy History – The Crapp Chronicles: Henry ‘Ivo’ Crapp
October 14, 2020 by 3 Comments
This is the first installment of ‘The Crapp Chronicles’ where writer and podcaster Tim Ghys uncovers the life and times of legendary footy umpire Henry ‘Ivo’ Crapp.
Almanac Rugby – Bledisloe 1: ‘Rennie-sance’
October 13, 2020 by 2 Comments
Brian the Ruminator presents his thoughts about the Wallabies sterling performance against the All-Blacks in their recent Bledisloe Cup Test match, the first with new coach Dave Rennie.
Finals Week 2 – Geelong v Collingwood: A disappointing chapter to an otherwise great read
October 13, 2020 by 6 Comments
The taught rivalry of Cats and Pies in finals is dead…long live the rivalry. Sean Mortell opines on a dirty day for his team putting a full stop to a year of promise.
Almanac Music: Dave Kimber and the Palamino Club
October 13, 2020 by 1 Comment
Dave Kimber remembers The Palomino Club, world famous cowboy suit maker Bill Nudie and his cars, and ‘Tiny’ the bouncer.
Almanac Poetry: Propinquity
October 13, 2020 by 6 Comments
One thousand, nine hundred and forty one years ago – almost to the day, according to some recent research – Mt Vesuvius’s most devastating eruption occurred. This week’s poem from Kevin Densley, ‘Propinquity’ deals with that catastrophe.
Finals Week 2 – Geelong v Collingwood: Outnumbered at home (Floreat Pica Society)
October 13, 2020 by 13 Comments
A history of Collingwood and Geelong rivalries led to last night’s semi final clash for Andrew Fithall. He was gifted a horrific performance, which he broke down to nightmarish details in his FPS report.
Finals Week 2 – Richmond v St Kilda: Oh my god, they killed Kenny!
October 13, 2020 by 9 Comments
Tiger-loving Paddy Grindlay is picking up the vibe that his boys are the new bastards. [Astute Paddy – JTH]
Almanac Poetry: ‘In Memoriam’ by Martin Johnston
October 13, 2020 by Leave a Comment
A new selection of poetry by Martin Johnston (1947 – 1990), ‘Beautiful Objects’ has been released on the thirtieth anniversary of his death.
Finals Week 2 – Richmond v St Kilda: Sad end to the Saints’ stellar season
October 13, 2020 by 1 Comment
Braham Dabscheck is disappointed to be bundled out of the finals but very happy with the Saints’ much-improved year. His boys had a red hot go all season.
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