Alex gets his revenge as his Dogs defeat friend Ellen’s Roos.
Junior Footy: Fitzroy Youth Girls v Ivanhoe
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For the Roy Girls the result in the last game of the season was not quite what they were after.
Almanac Music: “When An Old Cricketer Leaves the Crease”
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Neil Drysdale traces the sprawling music career of Roy Harper.
Almanac Golf: Golf Capital – Knox again in 2016 and an Olympiad return
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Hamish Neal with his expert opinion on matters Olympic golfing and more.
Confessions of a Maggot (Part 3)
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Rulebook addresses the challenge of Tom Martin, with this podium-finishing piece of name-dropping excellence. From a life of umpiring footy.
Almanac Olympics – Respect: through the eyes of girls
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David Wilson observes that placing sportswomen on a par with sportsmen can be powerful. The Olympic Games are to be celebrated for this.
The Superfish and Olympic Fairy Dust
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The Olympics fills Peter Baulderstone with cynicism and loathing for 206 weeks every 4 years. On Monday a chance encounter with the Superfish sprinkled him with Olympic fairy dust for the next 2 weeks.
Almanac Olympics – The Global Watering Hole
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Our Man in Rio DaveP, provides the inside word as to what is really happening there 2016. [You have us DaveP – JTH]
Almanac Olympics – Middle Australia Calls Time on the Olympics
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Middle Australia with some sensible proposals to ‘streamline’ the Olympics
Almanac Rugby League – Five Metre Gap: NRL Round 22, 2016
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Hamish Neal summaries NRL Round 22 and wonders about possible murky precedents set by the NRL drug-testing protocols, in allowing Jarryd Hayne to play.
WAFL: Peel make a big move
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Les Everett with the news that Peel Thunder saw off East Perth at Leederville Oval, shoring up a finals place. Get your WAFL words (and picture) here.
The reluctant coach
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As fill-in coach for his children’s junior soccer team, Jeff Dowsing is learning about emotion and decision-making – “Ange Postecoglou has nothing to fear.”
Round 20 – Sydney v Port Adelaide: A sorry swansong for Port at a ground it loathes
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In describing his Port Adelaide, this week Chris Michaels tries out the following terms: “insipid,” “woeful,” “lousy,” “shocking,” “unfit,” “lazy,” “over-adulated,” and “uninspiring crap.”
Round 20 – Fremantle v West Coast: Desolation derby
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Les Everett channels Bob Dylan’s “Desolation Row” in describing the once mighty Fremantle’s derby clash with West Coast [Wonderful – Ed].
Round 20 – Geelong v Essendon: The Turning Wheels of Boris
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Andrew Else with a tale of two ‘Boris’-es; remembering a game twenty years ago when his Bombers played Geelong. Times have changed; this 2016 Geelong stand as the “most arrogant opposition” he has seen this year.
VAFA Section B – Monash Blues v Fitzroy: The battle of midfield or mudfield in perspective
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With some beautifully crafted prose, incorporating sentences as long and intricate and grammatically sound as the great Gerald Murnane, King George! III tells the story of The Roys win against Monash Blues at Keith Frearson Oval. The Roys won by two points. But, I ask you this, is there a man alive more alert to the world than KGIII? [See you on Saturday for Roys v Beaumaris at Brunswick Street. – JTH]
Round 20 – Carlton v St. Kilda: Saints shine in MCG sun in shutting out the Blues
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Hope springs eternal for Braham and all Saints fans as they chase an unlikely finals berth.
Round 20 – Richmond v Collingwood: A tale of two clubs
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Gill ignored the external noise and headed to the MCG to watch Dusty in his 150th.
Round 20 – Richmond v Collingwood: Cam Hooke’s Collingwood Life
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Cam Hooke and the bitter disappointment that comes with losing to an old enemy.
Round 20 – Sydney v Port Adelaide: ‘Cuddles’ Heeney finds his place
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Delightful observational piece on Mathilde de Hauteclocque’s footy week – with references to The Marngrook Footy Show, the Sydney Swans Ladies’ Lunch, and a rock-solid win.
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