Cheers to all the women who look over the edge, and then step back and turn to encourage the rest of us to go a little more bravely into our day, or to face our demons, or to enjoy riding a bump or a wave, or to walk for days across a dangerous but beautiful landscape. Never mind the cuts and bruises.
AFLW 2018 Spoon Gongs: And the award goes to…
March 19, 2018 by 4 Comments
Dave Henricus gives his spoon gongs to the moments of AFLW2 that truly deserve them, most involving his Blue Bagger’s disappointing season but also some travelling highlights.
The Night Footballer
March 19, 2018 by 8 Comments
Whimsy from our Poet at the Desk, Damian Balassone.
AFLW Round 7 – GWS Giants v Brisbane Lions: And then it happened…
March 19, 2018 by 9 Comments
Danielle Spicer’s Lions roared their way into Grand Final contention Friday night and then the Footy Gods put the rest of the results into motion for them to book their place in the big one.
AFLW Round 7 – Melbourne v Western Bulldogs: Footy. What an emotional rollercoaster
March 19, 2018 by 3 Comments
It was heartbreak all over again for Alyce Collett whose Dees couldn’t quite get it done over the Doggies on Saturday night, missing the AFLWGF by a hair two years in a row.
AFLW Round 7 – Collingwood v Adelaide: Here to spoil the party
March 19, 2018 by 2 Comments
A win to Adelaide would mean a grand final berth. But the Pies were party-poopers
AFLW Round 7 – GWS v Brisbane Lions: What a weekend for those Lions – and Queensland!
March 19, 2018 by 2 Comments
Too much sport is never enough for Jan Courtin. And after a huge week, she watches as the cards all fall the right way for her Lions
AFLW Round 7 – GWS Giants v Brisbane: Hope and expectation
March 19, 2018 by 2 Comments
Georgina Hibberd allowed her hope for the Giants this season to turn into something more – expectation. So Friday night’s loss cut especially deep when the Lions ended any chance of GWS appearing in the 2018 Grand Final.
AFLW Round 7 – Melbourne v Western Bulldogs: So close, yet so far for the Dees
March 19, 2018 by 1 Comment
It was shattering for Dees fan Cat Jones to watch her team just miss out on a place in the AFLW grand final on Saturday night. She writes from the heart here in true Footy Almanac style.
AFLW Round 7 – GWS Giants v Brisbane Lions: The Queens of the Jungle
March 18, 2018 by 2 Comments
Yvette Wroby watches the first of the three critical game and season decider on Friday night. She did not see, nor hear, the Lions coming. She does now.
AFLW Round 6 – Carlton v Melbourne: Cultural learnings of Ikon Park for make benefit glorious nation of AFLW
March 18, 2018 by 2 Comments
Visiting Princes Park for the first time since the 80’s, Alan Stewart saw Melbourne easily defeat the Blues.
Commonwealth Games 2018 – Netball: Catching up with Lisa Alexander
March 18, 2018 by 2 Comments
Lisa Alexander is coach of the Diamonds. Martin Flanagan penned this profile piece (first published in The Age).
Ross Dillon: Dees and Redleg royalty
March 18, 2018 by 49 Comments
Rulebook reviews the career of one of Norwood’s finest. And Kyabram’s. And Melbourne’s.
AFLW Round 7 – Western Bulldogs v Melbourne: Pavlov’s Doggies
March 18, 2018 by 2 Comments
Ebony McKenna chewed her stomach lining and the skin off her lips at the Dogs-Dees game.
Re-recordings of team songs by the AFL
March 18, 2018 by 8 Comments
Re-recording club songs; Dalby gives us his view and invites your opinion.
Cynique, moi?
March 18, 2018 by 7 Comments
Earl pierces the AFL’s corporate veil to discuss the machinations behind AFLW.
AFLW Round 6 – Carlton v Melbourne: Daisy meets Olive
March 17, 2018 by 3 Comments
Young Olive turned 5 a few days ago, and she will be starting Auskick soon. Last Saturday she watched her first ever game of football when the Demons were too good for the Blues. And Olive met Daisy Pearce!
Women’s Footy – Bud Breakfasts and the Shifting Horizons of Girls
March 17, 2018 by 11 Comments
Saturday morning breakfast at the Wilson’s. In 2014 and 2018. The newspaper is a constant. The conversation, and the back page, have changed. E.regnans with a poignant piece on the growing stature of Women’s footy. Especially in the eyes of his two daughters.
AFLW Round 7 – Collingwood v Adelaide: Where’s Chelsea?
Dave Brown’s Crows went down in a devastating loss to the Pies at Olympic Park yesterday, missing a chance to defend their flag in another AFLW Grand Final. However, it was the loss of a key player in the second term and the commentary team’s oversight that really had him perturbed.