Boom Almanac recruit Sam Harvey has tracked down those who have kicked 200 goals in a season throughout Australia. It’s quite a club and quite some research. [Excellent portraits too – Ed]
AFLW Round 2 – GWS v Carlton: Don’t say this isn’t for real
February 13, 2018 by 7 Comments
John Butler: “The injury toll across this round serves to remind that the AFL’s women players are committing their bodies as unreservedly as their male counterparts, but for a fraction of the financial reward. In their efforts to build on the opportunity at hand, you won’t hear them complain…”
AFLW Round 2 – Melbourne v Adelaide: The answer was blowing in the wind
February 13, 2018 by 4 Comments
Anne Cahill Lambert on her Crows’ tussle with Melbourne. And with a fresh perspective on the tyranny of distance, shares an idea for those in charge of scheduling AFLW.
AFLW Round 2 – GWS v Carlton: Blues draw the battle lines
February 13, 2018 by 2 Comments
Peter Fuller considers the battle zone to sports field metaphor as he watched a valiant effort by some warriors in Friday night’s match between GWS and Carlton.
Almanac Book Review: The Rules of Backyard Cricket by Jock Serong
February 12, 2018 by 9 Comments
Read Swish’s review of Jock Serong’s 2016 Australian thriller, ‘The Rules of Backyard Cricket’.
AFLW Round 2 – Brisbane Lions v Western Bulldogs: Photo Gallery by Ingrid Baade
February 12, 2018 by 2 Comments
Photographer Ingrid Baade was at Sunday’s AFLW clash between the Brisbane Lions and Western Bulldogs and has taken these fantastic images.
AFLW Round 2 – Brisbane Lions v Western Bulldogs: Dogs have their day in the sun
February 12, 2018 by 1 Comment
The hot and humid conditions were not the home advantage the Brisbane Lions hoped for as they went down to the Dogs on Sunday. Danielle Spicer reports.
AFLW Round 2 – Melbourne v Adelaide: Crows on the Canvas
February 12, 2018 by 2 Comments
WA based Crow fan Ron Barton was at home with the kids and the iPad watching Adelaide take on the Dees rather than at Optus Stadium or on a footy pub crawl. But as he saw his beloved Crows go down to a dominant Demons outfit, he was probably wishing he’d found a babysitter…
AFLW Round 2 – GWS v Carlton: Everything explodes
February 12, 2018 by 7 Comments
Despite the deluge at Drummoyne, Georgina Hibberd weathered the storm (literally) to cheer on her Giants in a fierce contest against Carlton.
AFLW Round 2 – Brisbane vs Western Bulldogs: Pride of the West
February 12, 2018 by 1 Comment
Daughter of the west Danielle Croci watched on with pride as her Bulldogs defeated the Lions in tough heat conditions in Brisbane.
AFLW Round 2 – Brisbane Lions v Western Bulldogs : Fitting it all in
February 12, 2018 by 3 Comments
Yvette Wroby makes it a quaddy and watches all four games. Heartbroken at all the injuries, she is still amazed that these tough players give it a crack. Finding something positive in every game, she reports on the Western Bulldogs taking the win in 35 degree heat on Sunday afternoon. And being able to watch it live.
Tayla Harris by Aidan (9)
February 12, 2018 by 6 Comments
Last season it was footy cards. Now Smokie’s talented footy-mad nephew – 9 year-old Blues fan Aidan – has been drawing a portrait of Tayla Harris
AFLW Round 2 – Fremantle v Collingwood: a crowd, reborn.
February 12, 2018 by 4 Comments
With a record crowd of 41,975 in attendance at the new Perth Stadium, Danae Gibson tells us how it felt to actually be there.
AFLW Round 2 – Fremantle v Collingwood: The Perfect Housewarming
February 11, 2018 by 5 Comments
Kasey Symons can put rivalry behind her to offer support to ‘Team Women’s Football’. [Good to see the toys stayed in the cot Kasey – JTH]
AFLW Round 2 – Melbourne v Adelaide: It’s a Melbourne Thing
February 11, 2018 by 2 Comments
In a busy weekend for sport in Melbourne, Anna Pavlou found the AFLW clash between reigning premiers Adelaide and the premiership favourite Demons a great addition to the action in the sports capital.
Memo: Steven Hocking … A Directive to the Men’s Game
February 11, 2018 by 3 Comments
Dave H doesn’t like double standards and hopes a similar directive from Steven Hocking will also reach the 18 AFL clubs before this 2018 season. This is how he imagines it might read…
AFLW Round 2 – GWS v Carlton: The Drummoyne Experience
February 10, 2018 by 5 Comments
Torrential rain, thunder, lightning and the old Oxford Hotel not having Toohey’s Old on tap wasn’t enough to dampen Dave H’s night out at the footy in Drummoyne.
AFLW 2018 in names only – an unhelpful guide to all of the AFLW players of 2018
February 10, 2018 by 3 Comments
Contributor and mad Dees fan Ann Deux gives you her unhelpful guide to all the AFLW players of 2018. A thoroughly entertaining read. [Great suff Ann – KS]
Almanac (TV) Memoir: Three Little Bops
February 10, 2018 by 22 Comments
Beaut memories from Mickey Randall as he looks back at his boyhood TV and the binding power of Thee Little Bops. [Super piece. Thanks Mickey – JTH]
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