Round 12 – Port Adelaide v Western Bulldogs: It’s a Fine Line Between Pleasure and Pain

The scores were close at the end of the Divinyl quarter. Chris Michaels and 40,000 others witnessed an entertaining battle.

Round 12 – Geelong v North Melbourne: Kick Up The Pants

Andrew Starkie likens the Kangas’ loss to a foot in the posterior.

The 2016 88A Cup – Round Twelve

Earl O’Neill delivers footy insight on the “twenty-fourth Anniversary of the party at 88A Fitzroy St” weekend. [Superb – Ed].

Free to air your grievances

Matty Q’s superb view of footy over “Her Royal Richness’ ” weekend [includes best new verb for Dustin Martin’s style of play – Ed].

Round 12 – Greater Western Sydney v Sydney: A time to celebrate

steve duffy is celebrating game number 100 for Greater Western Sydney Football Club, with a story of many fine moments for club people – both on and off the playing field. [Especially well done to Paula and Steven Strother, Sam Reid and Paul Waterhouse – Ed].

Round 12 – Melbourne v Collingwood: MCC list cloggers

P Dimitriadis’ satire finds the MCC overrun as “Olivia, Reginald, Pru, Darcy, Octavia, Nathaniel, Genevieve, Oscar, Virginia, Gareth and Amelia along with their guests, have decided to have a day out to honour the MCC memberships bestowed on them by their forefathers Edward, Charles, Rupert, Cecil, Sebastian and Felix.” And it only gets worse.

Round 12 – Brisbane v Fremantle: Absolute despair

Andrew Weiss felt his psyche slipping back to that of the “bad news Bears” days as “fellow cellar-dweller Fremantle made the Lions look like glorified traffic cones.”

Round 12 – Greater Western Sydney v Sydney: Giant Swan Dicks

Old Dog is in a Melbourne pub with his girlfriend. He’s impressed with the Giants but less impressed with how self-absorbed footy fans are in the city. [Interesting life and footy observations – Ed]

WAFL whacks Tassie – and a word for Andy Collins

Les Everett files from an interstate representative footy weekend in Western Australia, with a timely reminder for VFL coach Andy Collins.

Almanac Rugby League – Five Metre Gap: NRL Round 14, 2016

Hamish Neal sums up weekend NRL action, in which “Melbourne Storm registered their third shut-out for the season” in beating the Roosters 46-0.

Round 12 – Port Adelaide v Western Bulldogs: Not The Best 48 Hours

Alex Docherty has felt the full forces of life and death in the past week. [Our condolences – Ed].

Round 12 – Greater Western Sydney v Sydney: Raising the bat

Kath Presdee brings her grand story of GWS game #100. “It’s our 100th game and we are here to stay. We can play. We can win.” [Is there a better husband & wife reporting team in sport than steve duffy and Kath Presdee? – Ed]

The Wrap Report – June Edition

Mr Wrap has given up his search for Murray Cod and headed across Bass Strait in search of trout. His decades (eons? – Ed) of experience give him unique understanding of how the 2016 season will unfold.

Round 12 – Richmond v Gold Coast: You can’t argue with Dusty

In a season short of expectations for Richmond fan John Green, wins against Suns then Lions is enough but can Richmond deliver?

Round 12 – Greater Western Sydney v Sydney: Boos and Cheers either side of a $100,000 kick win the battle

Jan Courtin has been reminded in the Swans loss to GWS that any team can beat any other team on any given day.

Round 12 – Richmond v Gold Coast: We want to believe

For Gill, sometimes fulfilling a promise to an eight year old niece to sing the Richmond song after a game can be fraught but surely not against the Suns?

Round 12 – Greater Western Sydney v Sydney: Coming of Age

Ian Latham considers Spotless Stadium one of the best venues to watch footy and not just because of the pepper steak pie.

Round 12 – St. Kilda v Carlton: On A Sunny Sunday Winter’s Day The Saints Overcome Their Travelling Blues

Braham Dabscheck watched the Saints game against Carlton flow from a Comedy of Errors to Great Expectations.

Round 11 – Carlton v Brisbane: Unsung Heroes

Better late than never, Peter Fuller’s match report of Carlton’s win against Brisbane in Rd 11, a treat for Carlton fans not wanting to read about the loss to St Kilda.

Round 12 – St Kilda v Carlton: Everything worked as it should

Encountering Etihad’s ticketing procedures, John Butler experienced the “everything is working normally” process, and the problem is all of his own doing.