The carnival is over. And as the Olympics ends, Tony Robb gives his review of the Rio games.
Almanac Country Footy – Mullewa v Northampton: Last minute
August 23, 2016 by 2 Comments
Mullewa hadn’t won a game in the Great Northern Football League all year but overcame Northampton side in the final fixture. Peter Sweeney reports.
Miss You, Dane Swan
August 23, 2016 by 28 Comments
On the occasion of Dane Swan’s retirement from AFL football, David Wilson writes him a short note, and invites us all to ‘watch’ Swanny.
Almanac League – Five Metre Gap: NRL Round 24, 2016
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Hamish Neal on the jockeying of positions in NRL as the finals approach. What has happened to Cronulla?
Round 22 – Carlton v Melbourne: Dreaming of September
August 23, 2016 by 2 Comments
For Joseph Ryan and his Melbourne Football Club, Sunday’s game failed to follow the dream script.
Almanac Music (and Ice Hockey): The Hip
August 23, 2016 by 4 Comments
The Tragically Hip played their last show last night. Rob Chanter is moved to paint us this wonderful picture of Canada, ice-hockey, people and place.
‘Democratised’ Olympics? The International Workers’ Olympiads
August 23, 2016 by 7 Comments
Demonymic offers this timely perspective on the early Olympic movement, contrasting it with the ideals of Spartakiad – an ongoing, international multi-sports event sponsored by the USSR Communist Party between the wars.
Missed opportunity with disjointed AFL-VFL fixtures
August 23, 2016 by 9 Comments
Jeff Dowsing sees an opening for the AFL, for the VFL, for clubs, for players and for fans. Bring on the change.
The 2016 Anterior Cruciate Ligament Cup – Round Twenty Two
August 23, 2016 by 9 Comments
Now is a fine time to sit back with Earl O’Neill and ponder your lot. To get you started, here is some physiology, a mugging, a brush with death, Eddie Betts and Dr Martin Luther King Jr [“Breathtaking” – Peter_B].
Bye Bye Brownlow, Some News For Rory Sloane
August 23, 2016 by 2 Comments
Cub reporter Aidan Hammond brings us AFL tribunal news of Adelaide’s Rory Sloane.
Round 22 – Brisbane v Geelong: On a Menegola-rolla
August 23, 2016 by 4 Comments
As a Geelong fan in Brisbane, you get one game per year. Hamish Townsend takes his daughter; who would she pick as her favourite player..?
Round 22 – Port Adelaide v Adelaide: Tarps are back in town
August 23, 2016 by 88 Comments
Rulebook enjoyed Adelaide’s win in Showdown while taking aim at Port supporters feral behaviour. [Best wishes to your mum – Ed]
Round 22 – Richmond v St Kilda: Junior football at the MCG
August 22, 2016 by 1 Comment
With the season drawing to a close, Gill sees the Auskickers turning in a serviceable result in place of Richmond and St Kilda.
FIDA Grand Finals this Sunday
August 22, 2016 by Leave a Comment
The FIDA footy season comes to a finale this Sunday 28 August, with four Grand Finals, all at Central Reserve, Glen Waverley.
Round 22 – West Coast v Hawthorn: All the Tired Horses – a look at the Hawks 2016
August 22, 2016 by 5 Comments
Trucker Slim diagnoses Hawthorn’s season and provides a prognosis for the Finals after the loss to West Coast.
Round 22 – Port Adelaide v Adelaide: Time to walk down the road less travelled
August 22, 2016 by 8 Comments
Chrism76 presents a perspective on the recent incident and the social media aftermath from Saturday night’s Showdown.
Round 22 – North Melbourne v Sydney: A 10-day Road Trip and two Wins! I’m happy!
August 22, 2016 by 5 Comments
A road trip for Jan Courtin, Melbourne and Hobart, two Swans’ wins and a happy Jan, only after a slight ticket tussle.
Almanac Olympics: Saudade
August 22, 2016 by 20 Comments
John Harms caught some of the closing ceremony from Rio this morning and was pleasantly surprised to see the reference to saudade.
Almanac Rugby League – Archie Correctly Calls the Provan-Summons Trophy Lifter Six Weeks Before the Big Day Out in September
August 22, 2016 by Leave a Comment
It’s Official! Archie has made the call, JT and Cowboys will storm into the NRL final four and take the Anchor north again.
Round 22 – North Melbourne v Sydney: The Festival of The Bloods
August 22, 2016 by 4 Comments
For the first time Joe Moore sings with his son to toast the Swans’ win over a fighting Nth Melbourne, a special moment for Dad and his Cygnet.
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