Almanac Teams: Round 1 debuts since 1980 (Part 2 – 1990 to 2000)

March 14, 2023 by Leave a Comment

In the second of four parts, Rodney Boyd looks back at the players who made their debut in Round 1 of the VFL/AFL season from 1980 up to 2022. This section features 1990-2000.

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Ode to Simon Prestigiacomo

February 28, 2019 by 8 Comments

Damian Balassone measures his metre perfectly with this ode to one of the Black and Whites’ too often unheralded, underrated and unassuming servants, ‘Presti’.

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SA football royalty – the James family (Part 2)

September 21, 2018 by 28 Comments

Rulebook covers the mighty achievements of SA’s footballing James family. Here’s the second installment, he looks at the impressive career of Roger James.

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