Round 8 – Hawthorn v Sydney: After 239 Days We’ve Shown That We Can Beat Those Predatory Hawks At The MCG.

Jan Courtin’s round 8 match report

Reliving fond memories from the 2014 AFL Grand Final

Hawks supporter Willow Wilson shares with us some fond memories of last years Grand Final between the Hawks and the Swans.

Round 8: The Wrap

The Wrap’s sage observations re this great game of ours, sorting out employment relations in public and the impact of the Friday night Bluebagger schedule on the bottom line of Video Easy. [He’s struck the same vein of form as The Tigers of Old – Ed]

Round 8 – Hawthorn v Sydney: Swans fight it out

Keiran Croker starts his footy day at his local club Fitzroy before heading in to the Grand Final re-match.

Round 8 – Fremantle v North Melbourne: All footy on the Freo Flyer

Les Everett’s unique footballing experience on Saturday night included watching a state game on his phone, travelling in excess of 4 hours on the Freo Flyer, and witnessing the Dockers belt the Roos.

Round 8 – Essendon v Brisbane: Bombers win after second half blitz

The Bombers’ 58 point win and Joe Daniher’s half-dozen meant it was a good Sunday afternoon for Essendon fan Nick Weidmann.

Round 8 – Geelong v Carlton: Dog Eat Dog

Matt Watson notes how AC/DC’s ‘Dog Eat Dog’ could well have been written with foresight to describe the predicament that Mick Malthouse and Carlton FC currently finds themselves in.

Round 8 – GWS v Adelaide: Out of the blocks

John Warhurst and his old mate Peter Crossing head up the Hume from Canberra to Sydney to see the Giants jump the Crows and control the match, pretty well, from there on.

VAFA – Fitzroy v St Bede’s: An unexpected good win to the Roys

Young Louis Hodder starts the day with Auskick at the Brunswick Street Oval and finishes it cheering home the Roy Boys for an unexpected win. [You should get a swag and pitch a tent at the BSO Louis – Ed]

Rugby – Super 15: The Tah’s are Blooming.

Waratahs win in a tough fought contest against the Crusaders in front of a small crowd at Stadium Australia (ANZ stadium) to go top of the Australian Conference in this years Super 15 Rugby season.

VAFA – Fitzroy v St Bede’s: derrinalphil comes home

A classic match deserves a classicists’ report. Here is the report of I, derrinalphil, just back from Rome, where, from what he reports, he conquered Europe. He brought such hope to Brunswick Street Oval where, feeling at home, he watched the mighty Roys’ victory over the vanquished St Bede’s. [Very entertaining – as the match was – Ed]

The Gas, the `62 flag and ‘Marbuck’

Many stories came out of the Mick Nolan Memorial Day clash between the Mayne Tigers and Maroochydore Roos but none bigger than the 1962 Premiership flag returning to the Tigers after a 50+ year absence.

Round 8 Gold Coast v Collingwood: Pies put to bed theory “No Jackson Ramsay, no Collingwood.

As Pies supporter Paul Harkin explains his Magpies have finally put to bed the theory ‘no Jackson Ramsay, no Collingwood’ with a big win against the Suns away from home.

Round 8 – St. Kilda v West Coast Eagles: Saints clobbered by high flying Eagles

As Saints supporter Baraham Dabscheck disccuses, the Saints showed improvement even though they went down to the Eagles by 53 points.

Round 8 – Hawthorn v Sydney: About my Hawks

Barometric pressure is an intrinsic part of life. It takes one atmosphere to sustain it, but there are so many aspects to life itself, whose chambers represent countless more atmospheres of pressure, those who choose to enter them must endure. Some more authentically than others. So at 4-4 after 8 weeks of their second successive [Read more]

Big Bash 2014-15 – Stars v Renegades: Who will rule Melbourne?

Ben Myatt writes about last summer’s BBL Melbourne derby which was decided on the last ball of the night.

Round 8 – Geelong v Carlton: Winter is Coming

Tony Reed is moved to an allegorical tale – or is it a spoof? Whatever, he concludes that the Blues are in long-term strife. Next report from Tony may will be a standard recount of an episode of Game of Thrones.

Round 8: H Block Staffroom Tips

The boys in H Block staffroom offer some Round 8 tips. With a surprise in there for Saturday afternoon.

The Pre Wrap – Round VIII

Mr Wrap shares his Mortgage Busting; Investment Opportunity; Western Wonder and Wrap Roughy tips for Round VIII. Caveat emptor punters.

Adelaide v GWS: Who is closer to a flag?

Fooz Pietersen thinks the Crows have improved, but is it enough to catch the runaway train of young talent at Greater Western Sydney?