A big night for the Crows on Scott Thompson’s 300th game. Rulebook ponders whether Brodie Grundy might be wearing the fruit tingles if not for a minor Tippett issue.
Junior Almanac Round 16 – Geelong v Sydney: The trip has begun
July 15, 2016 by 4 Comments
Former Patrick Dangerfield devotee, Aidan Hammond (aged 10), begins a big weekend of Victorian footy with a visit to the Cattery
Junior Almanac Round 15 – Melbourne v Adelaide: Good teams don’t have off days, phew
July 6, 2016 by 2 Comments
Renewing an old football rivalry, City to Bay training, watching the Crows and giving a mate a ribbing on Skype. All in a Sunday’s work for 10 year old Aidan Hammond
It’s ok to question the umpiring: when 17-1 is not a date
May 13, 2016 by 24 Comments
Crows man, Dave Brown, almost manages a recrimination-free look at the ins and outs of an AFL club seeking clarification on an interesting night’s umpiring
Round 7 – Western Bulldogs v Adelaide: Bill Hunter and Your Mum’s Betamax
May 13, 2016 by 18 Comments
The umpires barely merit a mention as Mickey takes us on a footy trip to the Melbourne of Bill Hunter and Percy Jones
Round 6 – Adelaide v Fremantle: Sea Monkeys
May 1, 2016 by 17 Comments
“To watch a match involving the Dockers is to observe two sloths; one willing and one captive, wrestling under a sodden army blanket”. Thankfully Mickey Randall takes us to the west coast of SA as well
Round 5 – Hawthorn v Adelaide: and football and football
April 27, 2016 by 10 Comments
Dave Brown cements his place by getting in the first stobie pole reference of 2016 – one more stirring Friday night in Adelaide.
Round 5 – Hawthorn v Adelaide: Ballad of a Small Man
April 24, 2016 by 2 Comments
The shorter men of the Hawks and Crows and another with a guitar is all the inspiration Gareth Meyer needs
Round 4 – Adelaide v Sydney: the best game I have ever seen
April 20, 2016 by 3 Comments
In his 10 tender years, granted not all of them as an active viewer of Aussie Rules, Aidan Hammond has not seen a better game. Who can blame him?
Round 4 – Adelaide v Sydney: Crows bat deep and you can Count Me In
April 17, 2016 by 64 Comments
Rulebook’s wrap on the rapture inducing Crows win over the Swans and Friday night’s ‘Count Me In’ game at the Parade
Round 2 – Adelaide v Port Adelaide: Slowdown for Port, showdown for Crows
April 11, 2016 by 1 Comment
Aidan Hammond, aged 10, gleefully reports in on the Crows’ showdown victory. Even if, like the Power, he was a bit late to the game
Round 2 – Adelaide v Port Adelaide: the Neagles’ huge day!
April 3, 2016 by 57 Comments
Rulebook reports in on the Crows’ big win and a huge day for the Neagles in presenting the Showdown trophy
Round 1 – Tour Diary: Auckland Geelong Supporters Club
April 3, 2016 by 4 Comments
The boys come across The Ditch for the annual footy weekend and take in a lot of footy culminating in the Easter Monday spectacular at the MCG.
AFL Round One Performance Reviews – Part II
March 31, 2016 by Leave a Comment
Trevor Kannegiesser runs the ruler over the other half of the competition’s Round 1 performances
Finals Week 2 – Hawthorn v Adelaide: Grace
September 22, 2015 by 10 Comments
Dave Brown has grace on his mind and grace in his writing. Take a tour of a restaurant, of the ancient Greeks, of life in a ceramic barrel, of the Crows’ tumultuous season of 2015.
Round 20 – Essendon v Adelaide: A Bradman win at Etihad by the Crows
August 17, 2015 by 65 Comments
Blacks, Greys and the Bombers are blue. Rulebook covers the Crows’ biggest ever win in Melbourne and imparts a couple of blows to the AFL and everyone’s favourite coach while he’s at it.
Round 19 – Adelaide v Richmond: Tiger Taming
August 10, 2015 by 84 Comments
The Blacks, raffle tickets, a Crows win and a crack at Troy Chaplin – the essential ingredients for a ‘Rulebook’ write-up as the Crows tame the Tigers by 100 points off the scoreboard and 36 points on it
Round 17 – Adelaide v Gold Coast: A Pillar of (Chicken) Salt
July 26, 2015 by 13 Comments
A Mickey classic as he samples Adelaide Oval’s culinary delights and the Crows for the first time post repatriation. Would you like chicken salt with that?
Round 15 – West Coast v Adelaide: broken but unbowed
July 13, 2015 by 6 Comments
There was only ever going to be one outcome on Saturday night as the Crows sought catharthis
Round 13 – Brisbane Lions v Adelaide Crows: AFL footy is like school footy
July 3, 2015 by 3 Comments
Some Junior Almanac brightness on a genuinely dark day. Aidan Hammond’s match report of both Adelaide’s stirring win over the Lions at the ‘Gabba as well as East Adelaide’s thrilling come-from-behind win over St Joseph’s in school footy.
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