AFL Round 8 – St Kilda v Carlton: Surrounded by the Blues and Funny Stories

The verb “to Yvette” refers to the random and frequent engaging of strangers. Particularly on trains, or in cafes, or on the way to the footy. Yvette Wroby reveals her adventures on the way to Monday night’s game (her Saints lost but it barely matters).

AFL Round 8 – Fearless Review: Happy Mother’s Day to all the mums

Fearless reviews the Mother’s Day round.

AFL Round 8: The 2014 ‘Mopsy’ Fraser Cup

Earl O’Neill’s Round 8 saw two football worlds collide in a pall of orange flames and grey smoke in fast forward. The lightly toasted paps went down a treat. Plus Earl’s warm tribute to Tommy.

AFL Round 8: Confessions of a football addict

JTH tries to anticipate the way the AFL understand the world by contemplating their decision to develop Monday Night Football. (Our capital F)

AFL Round 8 – West Coast v Greater Western Sydney: Child’s Play

Peter Baulderstone finds himself enjoying the game more than he expected. Josh Kennedy gives him hope, and Blake awakens the inner 9yo in all of us.

AFL Round 8 – The Wrap: The Bump We Had to Have Round

Mr Wrap reckons that the Bloods and the Adelaide Longshoremen sent a message on the weekend. There is a spring in the Wrap step this week as the bye avoided further long suffering among TLSPRF.

Round 8 – Sydney v Hawthorn: No magical evening for the Good Wife

Paul Campbell is a Hawks supporter experiencing the usual diffidence of watching the ex-wife, the good-wife and the new-wife all on the same stage at the same time. Time for some ‘conscious uncoupling’?

AFL Round 8 – Sydney v Hawthorn: Worth The Wait

Joe Moore has been waiting for a lot of things this season. Will the expensive recruits fit in? Is the Bloods culture a living thing? He found what he was waiting for against the winged Hawks.

AFL Round 8: The Pre-Wrap

The Wrap delivers the final word on that bump before illuminating the path ahead.

AFL Round 8 Preview: The Sage Speaks

Sal sagely predicts the Round 8 results, the feature race results and the Friars’ position.