Stone Cold Steve Baker is sick of hearing the words “program” and “team culture” in post-game sport-speak (across a raft of codes). But when it comes to the impact of Rolando McClain on the Dallas Cowboys defense, there are no two words that sum up the difference between playing football in January or thinking about the draft and pre-season training between Christmas and New Year’s.
A Royboy’s Lament
January 3, 2015 by 39 Comments
Fitzroy Pete Carter tells the story of a lifetime spent following the tragedies and occasional triumphs of the Royboys.
Lou: The Talent Pool
January 2, 2015 by 4 Comments
Lou with some thoughts on the depth of the Australian talent pool. [Includes a rare admission from Lou that he got something wrong – Ed]
Definition of Football
January 2, 2015 by 8 Comments
Yoshi Imagawa spends Christmas Dinner watching the EPL and ponders which code lays the best claim to being called “football”.
2014 Year in Review
January 2, 2015 by 1 Comment
Vaughan Menlove reviews the year in Football in Australia, and crosses his fingers for success at the Asian Cup and continued growth of the world game locally.
African dreams of AFL glory
January 2, 2015 by Leave a Comment
Wesley Hull reports from Far North Queensland on the growing interest in Australian footy from the younger generation of African migrants.
Corowa heats up (and blows away)
January 1, 2015 by 3 Comments
Glen Davis took off to Corowa for his final racing odyssey of 2014.
MCG Test, Australia v India – Day 5: Geoff Marsh – A Father’s Pain
January 1, 2015 by 18 Comments
At the MCG on Day 5, Andrew Starkie sympathises with another father’s pain
Lou: A veteran’s perspective?
January 1, 2015 by 5 Comments
Lou, as we know, likes a chat. He has spent years with his customers. He knows them well. Some have been talking to him about keeping things in perspective.
Cyclone Tracy Exhibition in Darwin
January 1, 2015 by 3 Comments
News of a photographic exhibition has reached us thanks to one of our Darwin correspondents, Joc Ledwidge.
Triumph Over Adversity – The Spirit Of Our Game
January 1, 2015 by Leave a Comment
Wesley Hull’s account of how difficult it has been to fly the Australian Rules flag in a South African village called Bodibe.
Crio’s Racing
December 31, 2014 by 19 Comments
It is, as Bruce would have it, a delicious irony that we have the most meetings of the year at the time our readership is at its lowest….though that could be interpreted in various ways, I deduce that the holiday season is the common cause. New Year’s Day races are a long standing tradition, and [Read more]
Crio’s Question?
December 31, 2014 by 1 Comment
“Wonderful memories of happy times often accompany loss” – Crio asks for readers’ thoughts on both from the previous twelve months.
MCG Test, Australia v India – Day Five: Denouement
December 31, 2014 by 9 Comments
The final day of the MCG Test was a stop-start affair that fizzled out. John Harms talks pizza, golf and the Australian attempt to take ten wickets.
MCG Test, Australia v India – Day Five: Bob Church, the Cherry Flicker and the Scarlet Pimpernel
December 31, 2014 by 3 Comments
‘Citrus Bob’ Utber describes the denouement of the third Test; a final day that promised so much, but delivered little by the time stumps were called.
Lou: What are they saying about the last day of the MCG Test in the shop?
December 31, 2014 by 6 Comments
Lou is back from counting his Christmas dollars, and tells us what the cricket chat is in the shop this morning. Conclusion: Steve Smith and advisors have forgotten I.M. Chappell.
Kevin Sheedy – A (brief) World View
December 31, 2014 by 2 Comments
Kevin Sheedy – Lateral, International – Wesley Hull extracted full value from his ten minutes with the Eddie De Bono of Australian, nay World, Football
Laws of Life and Football
Tony Robb takes Bob Ellis’ latest tome ‘The Ellis Laws’ and applies the veteran playwright and racounteur’s ten laws of life to modern football. Do Ellis’ laws stand up to scrutiny?