Philip Hodgins on the glorious drop kick.
Finals Week 1 – Port Adelaide v Geelong: Yesterday and tomorrow
October 2, 2020 by 10 Comments
The first 2020 final was a brutal clash. Old Dog saw the old and the new. He observes the differing playing styles and how they stood up under finals pressure.
Almanac Poetry Reflection: A Poem with Personal Significance (Discuss)
October 2, 2020 by 5 Comments
Kevin Densley invites Almanackers to share poems which have had an abiding presence in their lives, just as one by Gerard Manley Hopkins has stayed with him over the decades.
Finals Week 1 – Scores and Reports
October 1, 2020 by Leave a Comment
Finals Week 1 Scores and Reports
Finals Week 1 – Sal’s Preview: Taking it up a notch
October 1, 2020 by 1 Comment
It’s a big weekend on the footy field and at the racetrack. Sal has been busy working out the odds for you and presents his selections.
Week 1 Finals preview: A long weekend of exciting clashes
October 1, 2020 by Leave a Comment
Our regular AFL analyst, Sean Mortell, weighs up the chances of each team as we enter Week 1 of the 2020 Finals series.
Almanac (Footy) Memoir: Hanging up the boots after 34 years
October 1, 2020 by 6 Comments
Roger Collins-Woolcock has hung up the boots after 34 wonderful seasons. This is his tribute to footy. [Well played Roger – JTH]
Almanac Pub Review: In which our heroes discover that the Victoria Hotel is victorious and the Terminus Hotel is terminal
October 1, 2020 by 9 Comments
Claire and Mickey Randall took in a couple of pubs in Strathalbyn and encountered contrasting experiences. It seems like the names of the pubs matched their prospects!
Almanac (Cricket) Obituary: Keep Smiling, Dean Jones by Jarrod Kimber
October 1, 2020 by 2 Comments
Jarrod Kimber reflects on the influence of Dean Jones on his life. It’s a love story as well as a warts and all homily to the cricketing genius who provoked such strong responses over several decades. (Raw, gutsy and achingly beautiful – Ed.)
Almanac Music: The greatest guitar solo never in a movie
October 1, 2020 by 4 Comments
Alex Darling contends that ‘across modern cinema – and in particular the nineties – guitar solo soundtracks have made film scenes iconic’. He sets out, with considerable success, to demonstrate his point.
Almanac Rugby League – NRL 2020 Finals Week 1 + NRLW Round 1 preview: A great weekend in prospect
October 1, 2020 by 2 Comments
NRL finals time at last! A top flight opener, two elimination finals and the return of the NRLW – what a weekend for fans of ‘the greatest game of all’! Ian Hauser offers his thoughts on all the clashes.
Almanac Rugby League: Redfern All Blacks – keeping the ball in motion
October 1, 2020 by 1 Comment
Patrick Skene provides an in-depth essay on the Redfern All Blacks, the long-established home for Indigenous rugby league footballers in Sydney.
Almanac Discourse and Horseracing: The Fuhrer furore – a thoroughbred race war?
October 1, 2020 by Leave a Comment
Noel Brown, while doing some casual punting, spots a racehorse called Fuhrer, which prompts him to consider contemporary understandings of language. [Interesting piece – Ed.]
Almanac Footy: Can a peculiar footy year stop Cat history repeating?
October 1, 2020 by Leave a Comment
Paul Spinks wonders whether Chris Scott’s Cats are caught in a loop. And whether things will be different in this finals campaign.
” ‘Hawk Express’ brings 1960 Cup back home…….” by KB Hill
October 1, 2020 by 1 Comment
KB Hill recounts the long and distinguished career of Roley Marklew, first as a player for the Wangaratta Rovers and, later, as a ‘Man in White’.
FEARLESS 2020 Round 18: Bell rings, the finish line approaches
September 30, 2020 by Leave a Comment
Fearless is back to review the final round of the 2020 home and away season with his usual flair.
Season and player review: Richmond (Part 2)
September 30, 2020 by Leave a Comment
Jill and Sophie Fitzsimons continue their consideration of the 2020 Richmond home and (mostly) away season and player review from number 1 to 50, this time from David Astbury through Toby Nankervis.
Almanac Music: The Hip Replacements
September 29, 2020 by 3 Comments
Not only an operation, The Hip Replacements are also a fab band to get those hips moving and grooving!
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