Junior Footy – Fitzroy Under 9S v Brunswick: Great start for the Roys

The Fitzroy Under 9S side played extremely well on a beaut day at home. Read Seb Donellan’s report.

Round 4 – Hawthorn v St Kilda: The Spirit of Tasmania

St Kilda and Hawthorn have a shared history with Tasmania, the battle for 41 degrees south and Gareth Meyer’s Hawks take the points in an unconvincing manner.

Round 4 – Hawthorn v St Kilda: Great Efforts and Nearly Win

Yoshi endured the coverage of the Saints loss to Hawthorn while dealing with work and technical difficulties from Japan.

Round 4 – Essendon v Geelong: A Taste of the ‘Country’

Essendon showed spirit but the classy cats proved to be too good in the end according to Sam.

Round 4 – Adelaide v Sydney: Crows bat deep and you can Count Me In

Rulebook’s wrap on the rapture inducing Crows win over the Swans and Friday night’s ‘Count Me In’ game at the Parade

Round 4 – Brisbane v Gold Coast: Steven May – Enjoy your holiday

A win to the Brisbane Lions is marred by a brutal bump. Andrew Weiss thinks Steven May is in for a long vacation.

Round 4 – Carlton v Western Bulldogs: The alternative match report: Blues v Bulldogs v Fondue Fun-do

Blues or Dogs; the battle for one’s allegiance can be hard fought. Yvette explains her decision.

Round 4 – West Coast v Richmond: Oh for a weekend away!

The Tiges are supposed to go alright at Subiaco. But, after this thrashing, John Green is contemplating a weekend break. New Zealand anyone?

Round 4 – West Coast v Richmond: Dead Tiggers Bounced

Peter Baulderstone saw his Eagles demolish an insipid bunch of Tiggers last night. Rulebook’s analysis flattered them last week.

Record store pilgrim

Stereo Stories celebrates Record Store Day (today, 16 April ) with a 2011 story about lunchtime temptations, a 1960s photo from Sydney, and a 1981 song by Ian Hunter, Old Records Never Die. Cheers. Visit Stereo Stories.

This Comment Deserves its Own Post – An Ode to the Swans

Birds of a feather are sticking together. The Swans in verse

VAFA B Section – St Bede’s v Fitzroy: Show your real clobber and take your chances

Take your chances boys! King George III offers encouragement to the battered Roys.

A-League 1,000: The History Edition

Hamish Neal’s perspective on the first week of the A-League finals. Plenty of intrigue to be had in both games. Should Berisha be playing?

Junior Footy – Fitzroy Under 9S: We have our jumpers!

Check out the story of the Fitzroy Under 9S jumper presentation and practice match v Ivanhoe last Sunday.

Almanac Cycling: Humble Australian Sporting Heroes

On sitting down to watch the Paris-Roubaix, Willow Wilson wasn’t expecting to discover a humble Aussie sporting champion. But that’s exactly what crossed the finish line first at the Roubaix velodrome

1986 – A Year With The Blacks Round 1: Off To A Flyer

Gordon Agars reports on Round 1 of the Blacks 1986 season. This week’s standouts were Sandy, Sniffer and Gazza.

A-League Finals: Up for grabs

Tom Riordan’s preview of the first week of the A-League finals. He also has a fair idea who’ll win the whole shebang

Almanac Racing – no fashions on the fields, but good fields

The hoopla’s gone but there’s still terrific racing this weekend with The All Aged Stakes headlining at Randwick and mega-VOBIS bonuses the lure at The Heath. Rather than revisit last Saturday’s gorging, which revisionists are tentatively declaring a success, I’m happy to look at the upcoming Sydney offerings as an example of an “old-fashioned” feature [Read more]

Round 3 – St Kilda v Collingwood: Forty-nine years

A rough start to the week melted away into a glorious, emotional celebration not only of a Premiership, but of all things that make Saints supporters special, writes Yvette Wroby.

Round 3 – North Melbourne v Melbourne: Seven-goal breeze at Blundstone Arena

Fair dinkum, it blew down there in Tassie last Sunday. But that didn’t stop the boys playing a cracking game of footy at Blundstone Arena.