Rob Heath on the team of Mr Universes who visited Ireland as The Galahs in 1967. [Cracking historical tale – Ed]
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Footy Grounds of Tassie: a Driving Tour
October 24, 2013 by 6 Comments
Richard Jones visits some of Tassie’s finest footy grounds.
Test cricket preparation: Ashes encounter on the doorstep (or wherefore art thou, everybody?)
October 21, 2013 by 9 Comments
What has Cricket Australia been thinking? It’s been difficult to understand which hemisphere everybody is in, let alone how form is shaping up. David Wilson takes a look at the preparation of the national Test squad and finds only a forget-a-thon of tiddly-winks.
Radio Days
October 14, 2013 by 12 Comments
Two hanky alert for men over 40. Vin Maskell exquisitely paints the word pictures of our lives, shaped by the brush strokes of ABC radio commentary. Does Alan McGilvray have a twitter feed?
Ryobi Cup Week 1
October 9, 2013 by 15 Comments
Luke Reynolds summarises the first week’s games in the Ryobi Cup. More in sorrow than in anger, Luke faithfully reports the progress of our once great summer game.
AFL Grand Final: Mighty Fighting
October 2, 2013 by 1 Comment
A couple of Tasmanians get right into the Grand Final.
AFL Grand Final Day: Chook or Chop?
October 1, 2013 by 6 Comments
It’s chook that connects us…and footy, and a drink or two. (Mighty fine profile of a Grand Final day wherever it may be. People from everywhere somehow bringing something of themselves, their heritage, their place, to a new location – Ed)
Second Chance for Thorp
September 30, 2013 by 1 Comment
Former Hawk Mitch Thorp – taken between Boak and Selwood in the 2006 draft – could make an immediate impact next year if he finds a new home in this year’s draft, writes Jackson Clark.
The Story of Peter Reville – The Champion of the Brown Coal Mine
September 18, 2013 by 7 Comments
The story of former Brown Coal Mine and South Melbourne premiership player Peter Reville, who was suspended for 20 weeks after snapping in the 1934 Grand Final.
Flirting with form
September 6, 2013 by 8 Comments
Flirting with form, particularly so close to finals, is fraught with danger. Ross Lyon should know this more than most, he did it in 2009 with St.Kilda too.
AFL Round 22 – Preview: The blink and you lose Round
August 23, 2013 by 2 Comments
The riddle doing the rounds of the playground is; if Handy Andy, Shoeless Jim, the AFL & the EFC were in a plummeting plane and there was only one parachute, who would be saved?
Best junior footy players on show in Darwin
August 21, 2013 by Leave a Comment
The country’s most talented young footballers were on display with the School Sport Australia Combined Australian Football Championships at TIO Stadium in Darwin last week.
AFL Round 21 – Review: Port has reserves under its nose
August 20, 2013 by 1 Comment
Didn’t Port get an AFL licence off the back of Port Adelaide Magpies winning 35 SANFL Premierships. Why do they not use them?
AFL Round 20 – Geelong v Port Adelaide: The meanderings of an accidental cat
August 20, 2013 by 1 Comment
The apex ambush predator of Australian football is very much poised to pounce, again.
Coburg: An oval for old men
August 16, 2013 by 5 Comments
Matt Watson joins Coburg for their final game of the season. A familiar story to all that have played (and wish they still were).
Wanted: Grand Final scoreboard photos
August 15, 2013 by 2 Comments
Scoreboard Pressure, the Les Everett-Vin Maskell website all about scoreboards, is planning its third annual Grand Finals feature. They are calling for photos of scoreboards at local Grand Finals over the next fortnight.
AFL Round 20 – Gold Coast v Melbourne: The future’s so bright (for some)
August 11, 2013 by 3 Comments
Gil Corcoran travels north to watch his Demons, who had their chances but just couldn’t take them.
Cricket: A semblance of order
August 8, 2013 by 9 Comments
Bernard Whimpress offers his thoughts on the Third Test and and selection curiosities.
A Big Day Out
July 29, 2013 by 3 Comments
Devils and Wallabies, live from the corporate box, Cats and Saints through scratchy reception from 774. It doesn’t get much better for Phantom from his remote Tassie outpost.
AFL Round 17 – Hawthorn v Western Bulldogs: Shades Of Grey
July 21, 2013 by 2 Comments
The footy landscape has irrevocably changed – be it the AFL, VFL or VFA – but some constants remain, writes Armin Richter from Box Hill City Oval.
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