Almanac Life: Being 60. And loving it. (Especially when you’re in a pub and the Cats are firing)

Dips knows what he likes, and he likes pubs in Melbourne, old mates and Geelong winning away from home.

Almanac Teams: Arrivals and Departures (Adelaide)

Footy’s back for 2024 and so are Rodney Boyd’s footy-related teams. This time he is basing them around the theme of ‘Arrivals and Departures’; players who either came to the club after a stint elsewhere or flew the nest to find a new home. First up are the Adelaide Crows.

Cam Hooke’s Collingwood Life: Round 15 – Review / Round 16 – Preview

Cam Hooke has dissected the heartstopper over the Crows, the result of which saw the Pies stay high on the ladder. He also previews the upcoming clash with the Suns.

Almanac Book Review: Eddie Betts: The Boy From Boomerang Crescent

In his review of Eddie Betts’ autobiography The Boy From Boomerang Crescent , Braham Dabscheck explains that this is more than a ‘glory book’. [Thanks to Braham for permission to reproduce this review which first appeared in The Newtown Review of Books.]

Round 18 – Adelaide v Collingwood: They’ve won me over (Floreat Pica Society)

It’s eight-in-a-row for Collingwood, as Damian Balassone reports for the Floreat Pica Society. This team, led on Saturday by Nick Daicos and skipper Scott Pendlebury (‘glorious in his 350th’), has won him over.

Cam Hooke’s Collingwood Life – Round 17 Review, Round 18 Preview

Cam Hooke thinks the wild come-from-behind win for Collingwood says plenty about both his side and North Melbourne. He reviews the game and projects the coming clash with Adelaide as the Pies have one eye on September.

Round 10 – Adelaide v St. Kilda: A late swing in the polls delivers victory for the Saints

It may not have been a classic, but Braham Dabscheck’s Saints claimed a mandate (for another week at least) with their win over the Crows in Adelaide.

Round 8 – Carlton v Adelaide: Mothers’ Day Becomes Daughter’s Day At Docklands

Watching his Blues defeat the Crows with his daughter was a delightful way for Matty to spend Mothers’ Day

Round 3 – Adelaide v Port Adelaide: Dawson puts Power up Shit Creek

Adelaide came from nowhere to beat Port in a Showdown that will be remembered for Jordan Dawson’s (wobbly) after-the-siren goal.

Cam Hooke’s Collingwood Life: Round 2 Review, Round 3 Preview

Two from two, but Cam Hooke isn’t interested in talking about lids yet at Collingwood – he looks over the win against the Crows and upcoming game with Geelong.

Round 1 – Adelaide v Sydney: The touch of the unknown

Mathilde de Hauteclocque watches her Swans whilst striving to come to terms with a very different season. A year on, the Swans are contending for the flag once more – still, perhaps, in front of nowt but seagulls. (This piece was originally published in March 2020 – Eds.)

Round 17 – Essendon v Adelaide: Random Thoughts on Football

Old Dog is watching Essendon play the Crows and it gets him thinking about footy. He considers many things including a way of describing the ages of football.

Round 17 – Essendon v Adelaide: Growing Maturity

Caspar McLeod is pleased with the growing maturity of the Bombers, given their convincing win over the Crows, but goal-kicking practice is sorely needed.

Round 11 – Richmond v Adelaide: Anywhere they roam

John Green reviews the Richmond win over Adelaide.

The Unsung – Round 5: Atu Bosenavulagi and James Rowe

Deakin Uni student Chris Mangos’ fifth weekly column ‘The Unsung’, featuring young, up-and-coming footy stars Atu Bosenavulagi and James Rowe.

AFLW Grand Final – Adelaide v Brisbane: Inspirational stories everywhere you look

It was a landmark AFLW Grand Final win for Brisbane in many ways. Trawling through the aftermath of the Lions’ maiden AFLW flag, Caspar McLeod discusses all of the major stories of the decider.

AFLW Grand Final – Adelaide v Brisbane: We are Lions, hear us roar – a Premiership too big to ignore

Shane Reid reports on Brisbane’s victory over Adelaide to take out the 2021 AFLW Premiership, while also considering women’s footy in Australian culture.

The Unsung – Round 4: Lachie Jones and Lachlan Sholl

Deakin Uni student Chris Mangos’ fourth weekly column ‘The Unsung’, featuring young, up-and-coming footy stars Lachie Jones and Lachlan Sholl.

Round 1 – Adelaide v Geelong: An afternoon of fine theatre

John Harms went to the Adelaide Oval to see Geelong open its 2021 account, but the script went a different way.

Player Interview: One on one with Taylor Walker

In his role as Barrier Daily Truth correspondent, Peter Argent spoke with Adelaide Crow veteran (and Broken Hill export) Taylor Walker about the season ahead.