Sal Ciardulli with his R.Williams-flavoured preview of Round 21, the Friars and the budding racing season.
Mathematicus Petticus
August 15, 2014 by 10 Comments
John KIngsmill straightens out a critic, he thinks. [Mathematicians please sort this out. We want x,y and pi involved on the page – Ed]
Soccer: Castlemaine Goldfields Football Club is 40 years old
August 14, 2014 by 4 Comments
Roy Hay spent the weekend helping Castlemaine Goldfields Football Club celebrate its 40th anniversary.
SANFL Round 16 – Nostalgia be damned
August 14, 2014 by 11 Comments
Dave Brown takes us through Round 16 of the SANFL, via a non-nostalgic look at SA footy in 1990.
Yallourn FC Seconds c1963
August 14, 2014 by 1 Comment
Rod Oaten takes his place in the pantheon of Yallourn seconds sides.
And the big men fly in Dubai, Dalian and Delhi: the international dimensions of Aussie Rules Football
August 14, 2014 by 11 Comments
Economist (and footy fan) Tim Harcourt outlines the reasons behind Aussie Rules going global.
Dave Warner’s State of Origin method
August 14, 2014 by 16 Comments
Dave Warner picks a side from each of the states, and calls for an opportunity for them to line up on each other. ANZAC Day perhaps?
Cam Hooke’s Collingwood life: Round 21 preview
August 14, 2014 by Leave a Comment
I thought the Canberra Cats had a fine spiritual leader and newsletter, but Cam Hooke is the Woodsmen’s equivalent. If this Canberra Pie mob and the Floreat Pica Society ever got together they’d take over the world. Go Pies.
[This is a must-read for all Pies – Ed]
The Mirror Has Two Faces … But the coin the wilfully blind are flipping tells a different tale.
August 13, 2014 by 10 Comments
James Hird v the AFL. Selfishness by Hird? Thuggish application of standover tactics by the AFL? Gregor Lewis gives his view of the court proceedings currently taking place.
For Justice John Middleton’s Consideration: AFL On-Field Injustices – Real and Perceived
August 13, 2014 by 7 Comments
Conspiracies? Andrew Else re-considers some pivotal moments, and calls for justice. (John Middleton, please get involved)
Crio’s Racing: Bubbles Bursting or Popping?
August 13, 2014 by 13 Comments
Crio suggests caution with the early spring booms. Is that the sound of bubbles bursting or bubbles popping? Oges, Cowshedend and the rest of the tipping team have been in red hot form. Opinions welcomed. Good oil treasured.
Life after Lenny
August 13, 2014 by 3 Comments
Saints fan Megan Sloley pays tribute to Lenny Hayes and pens possibly the best line of prose you might read today: “I cry when your eyes are bruised like violets on the football field”.
Women’s Rugby World Cup: semi-finals (lo! Ireland)
August 13, 2014 by 11 Comments
A brother-in-law’s glimpse of a women’s rugby team in Paris leads David Wilson to an expanded understanding of the 2014 Womens’ Rugby World Cup. Bergman and Bogart kick off proceedings.
AFL Round 20 – Review: From the cold of Canberra
August 13, 2014 by 1 Comment
JTH observes Round 20 from the nation’s capital.
AFL Round 20 – GWS v North Melbourne: making the most of Manuka
August 13, 2014 by 7 Comments
Josh Barnstable crosses Manuka Oval off his ‘footy venues bucket list’. And looks forward to returning to Canberra – especially if his Roos are going to win by 12 goals.
FIDA Seagulls take minor flag
August 13, 2014 by Leave a Comment
The FIDA finals kick-off on Sunday 24 August: Division 1 in Wyndham, Division 2 in Alphinton, Division 3 in Springvale. Pop along if you wish.
AFL Round 20 – St Kilda v Western Bulldogs: Graduating with Honours
August 12, 2014 by 7 Comments
Shane Warne, Dannii Minogue – neither of them could hold a candle to St Lenny says Neil Anderson.
Footy: a soundtrack to our lives
August 12, 2014 by 3 Comments
For Joe Moore a world without music would be the equivalent of a world without football. Joe joins some dots, via Tex Walker, Bon Jovi, Dermie, Twisted Sister, Bob Murphy, Al Green, The Temper Trap and more.
Crio’s Q? Art and sport?
August 12, 2014 by 12 Comments
What was your home gallery growing up?
Could you easily list fav sculptures, photos, paintings and books that are sports related? (What are they?)
And what is on the walls of your dream shed?
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