Sal’s been going very well on the tipping with numerous winners on Guineas Day. He takes a comprehensive look at the Caulfield Cup.
Grand Final 2015 – West Coast v Hawthorn: ‘Hotter than Hell’… but ‘I want to Rock and Rioli all night and party every day’.
October 15, 2015 by 2 Comments
Paul Campbell has spent the last ten days on a Hawthorn and Kiss high. Here is his report.
Magnet (Galleries) – a community which welcomes you
October 15, 2015 by Leave a Comment
Magnet (Galleries) is a collective of photographers (and other artists) not unlike the Almanac. Check them out here. Michael Silver and Col Abbott will make you welcome.
Year of This Tiger
October 15, 2015 by 1 Comment
Tiger Damian Gibson has had a shocker of a year. Life and footy can be like that.
Almanac Bowls: ‘Hawthorn, manufactured to win’
October 14, 2015 by 1 Comment
The Almanac welcomes Lachlan Tighe who is going to write about his beloved sport, lawn bowls, from time to time. Lachlan is a bowler, a successful bowls coach and a bowls columnist. Here he talks about the importance of teamwork, team culture and positive support in bowls. [Great to have you with us Lachlan – JTH]
Rugby World Cup: Quarter Finalists Decided
October 14, 2015 by 3 Comments
Hamish Neal gives a comprehensive wrap of the Rugby World Cup group stage and looks at how the qualifying quarter finalists line up.
Almanac Old Buggers’ Indoor Cricket: The Boos of The Fishermen
October 14, 2015 by 7 Comments
Huge controversy, among team-mates.
When ‘The Fishermen’ don’t quite agree: Gigs ‘Garfish’ Gigacz gives an account of a dropped catch in a crucial indoor cricket fixture which denied Damian ‘Plankton’ Callinan a hat-trick while Plankton offers an alternative account.
[Please let us know about your incident of internal strife. And also, we’d love to hear stories of hat-tricks denied.]
Geelong’s Best Side in 2016: Discuss
October 13, 2015 by 26 Comments
With the recent signings of Dangerfield and Selwood, Cats supporter Dips O’Donnell names his best 22 for the Cats next year, thoughts Cats fans?
A certain captain: is Tex what the Crows need?
October 13, 2015 by 8 Comments
From January 2015 [interesting given the year Tex and the Crows had – Ed]: Dave Brown recalls a young Tex Walker and his journey to self-belief and captaincy of the Crows
Rugby World Cup 2015: How do you understand this game?
October 13, 2015 by 12 Comments
How do you understand this game, Rugby? [Great series of videos – Ed].
A New Season
October 13, 2015 by 3 Comments
In the week before Round 1, we published this: “Braham Dabschek reflects on the start of another season; autumnal optimism and the comforting familiarity of the footy world cranking back into gear.” What are your thoughts in the wash up? Expectations met? Surprises?
AFL, fair competition and thought: the Bondi Effect
October 13, 2015 by 8 Comments
Explaining something to another can be the best way of finding holes in you understanding. Imagine trying to explain the AFL competition to an international visitor. [Have you done it? How did you go?].
Crio’s Q? – nearly newsworthy; comfortably cringeworthy
October 13, 2015 by 2 Comments
After the reporting of Jarryd Hayne’s ‘almost-touchdown’ Crio asks: what’s an appropriate level of coverage that informs without the cringe?
Footy history: Hawthorn (and Footscray) – Bobbin’ up and down like this
October 12, 2015 by 8 Comments
John Harms stumbled across the old Hawthorn song (which will be of interest to Scrays fans as well).
1961 – Before it all started
October 12, 2015 by 4 Comments
Bruce Kennedy [any relation to John?] goes back to 1961 and the start of The Hawthorn Era. [Which has gone on for too long – Ed]
Come in, Spinner: Lindsay Kline (1934-2015)
October 12, 2015 by 15 Comments
Lindsay Kline has died at the age of 81. Bernard Whimpress’s first day at a Test match was in Adelaide in January 1961 when Linday Kline shone in the most unlikely way.
Dinner (Oct 14) with Gideon Haigh – all welcome
October 12, 2015 by 5 Comments
An evening of conversation with Gideon Haigh. Hear how he selects his T-shirts for TV appearances, how he finally won a grand final at he Yarras, and what Certain Admissions is all about. All welcome on Oct 14. [Looking forward to the chat Gideon – JTH]
Parades and Brightly Coloured Men – The 2015 AFL Grand Final Haiku Kukai
October 11, 2015 by 2 Comments
Haiku Bob convened the fourth annual Grand Final haiku kukai which brought contributions from around the world. Here are some of the 200 poems that were written.
Grand Final Entertainment
October 11, 2015 by 46 Comments
John Harms elaborates on his suggestion (on ABCTV’s Offsiders) to include Paul Kelly and Mick Thomas in the Grand Final pre-match – every year. [Who else would you include? Ed]
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