Round 6 – Greater Western Sydney v Hawthorn: GWS step up, up and away

A sleeping Giant has awaken as the Hawks go flightless

Round 5 – St Kilda v Greater Western Sydney: Words from our coach

The postgame comments of Saints coach Alan Richardson about the team’s lacklustre play came back to Yvette Wroby as she recalled an anything-but-lacklustre day at the footy.

Round 5 – St. Kilda v Greater Western Sydney: For The Saints A Tragedy Of Shakespearean Proportions

Shall I compare thee to a Saints day? Braham draws analogies between Shakespeare’s tragedies and Saints effort against GWS.

Round 4 – GWS v Port Adelaide: A little slice of history

Steve Duffy drove down to a mild Canberra and watched the Giants man handle Port.

Finding Joy Outside of Richmond

The essence of sport is the stories that come and go, inspiring us as they do. Sarah Black gives us the five best of the 2015 season (happy birthday Sarah).

AFL Round 14 – Greater Western Sydney v Carlton: A dad and his daughter

Ian Latham shares a Giants victory with his daughter – we don’t get enough father-daughter pieces.

AFL Round 3 – GWS v Melbourne: I’ll Take Ugly

Being an Auskick half-time umpire means you miss plenty of the game. But in this case it didn’t matter much. It was an ugly match, but Steve Duffy will take ugly any day of the week if there is four points at the end of it.

AFL Round 1 – GWS v Sydney: Reid manual before shooting

Tom Bally endured the rain and the umpires’ treatment of Franklin only to see Fortune smile on The Enemy. Now he’s walking the beach expecting a plague of locusts: it is the end of days.

Word Association Football

Mark Schwerdt has set himself the task of associating each AFL club with both an Australian and overseas musical artist. There’s a couple of gaps that need your input.

A review of the 2013 Best and Fairest results (so far): an insight into game plans, what the coaches look for and backmen winning awards (?!)

It’s AFL Best and Fairest season, with all but the WA results now in. Sean Curtain gives his take on each of the clubs – what do you reckon? And who do you think will take out the remaining two?

AFL Round 23 – Gold Coast v GWS Giants: Mr Stewart Goes to Metricon

Kath Presdee isn’t expecting the greatest show on earth, and isn’t disappointed. What she does get to see is the future for her Giants, with the Suns showing what an extra year of development and another pre-season could bring.

AFL Finals Week 1 – Preview: Fire Up for Finals

It’s a busy weekend for sports nuts and Sal Ciardulli has cast a discerning eye over a few highlights in footy and racing. What to consider when backing your favourites? Plus, the season gone – how did the vanquished fare against predictions?

AFL Round 23 – Gold Coast v GWS Giants: Sheeds and the sunset: mission accomplished.

GWS are the embodiment of a love child for Sheeds, but like a love child, their ownership of his legacy will need to be fought for. Until now, there was not much they could do wrong, but today, it’s the end of the romance and the start of the judgement. Bill Ellis wonders if Sheedy (and his baggy shorts) can really declare ‘mission accomplished’.

AFL Round 18 – Review: Drugs, Borat and Homer Simpson

Stuart O’Grady gets it wrong; GWS meets Borat; and the Dogs take a scalp. It’s the week in review with Paul Thomson.

AFL Round 15: The View From Shepparton on Round 15 and Other Things

Was watching the rugby instead of Geelong-Hawthorn a good move? Not when you’re turning to Wikipedia to find out what’s going on. It was a varied weekend in sport for Peter Schumacher, but there’s still plenty to say about Round 15.

AFL Round 15 – The Wrap

Won’t someone think of Mr & Mrs Football and all the Little Footballs? And Chris Scott’s blood pressure? After round 15, The Wrap is on Maggot Watch.

AFL Round 15 – Pre-Wrap: Entering the home straight round

The Wrap is pondering significant questions, significant absences and smoke signals as he lights the way in a challenging round for punters.

AFL Round 14 – Review: Booing – why?

The Pharmacology College Cup, Magpies v Magpies and Sheedy goes basic: Paul Thomson suggests that the AFL face reality as he wraps up the week in football.

A modern-day (Tasmanian) parable

Easter Sunday dawned in Tassy and the natives awoke to three main news stories.   Firstly the Easter Bunny had arrived and I’d consumed the ears out of three chocolate rabbits before arising.   Secondly we met with a word unfamiliar to us in the southern outpost, Ominium. The nearest I’d heard of it was [Read more]