Yvette Wroby shares her thoughts on Round 1 of the AFLW 2019 season, and gives her predictions/tips for the next Round. Join her on the Almanac wing to the right of the coaches box (facing the oval) for the Bulldogs v Cats game. Let the fun begin again tomorrow night!
AFLW Round 1 – Things that I learned and predictions/tips for Round 2
February 8, 2019 by Leave a Comment
The 2018 No Zones Cup – Finals, Week Two & Three
September 26, 2018 by 2 Comments
The Monaros’ loss had Earl O’Neill feeling a bit down. Never fear, he’s back in gear, with a recap of the last two weekends, plus an early tip for the Grand Final.
Second Semi-Final – Collingwood v GWS: Knitted in Black & White
September 19, 2018 by 11 Comments
Son Josh’s Fathers’ Day gift has achieved lucky charm status in the Luke Reynolds household. There was a lot for Luke to like about Collingwood’s first finals win since 2012.
Cam Hooke’s Collingwood Life: 2018 AFL Finals – The Year of the Magpie
September 17, 2018 by 3 Comments
Cam provides us with all the usual stats and links before looking ahead to this weekend’s 80s-revisited blockbuster with the Tigers. Remember, you read it here first!
Second Semi Final – Collingwood v GWS: When Jeremy Howe defies physicists and mystics
September 17, 2018 by 19 Comments
David Wilson and the buds are at the MCG to see what he describes as an “open savanna of a match” and “a 1500 metre race of a match”. But it’s Jeremy Howe’s moment that is the focus of his poetic prose. What a moment! What a mark!
Collingwood v GWS – Preview: A footy love triangle
September 13, 2018 by 7 Comments
Nick Johnston grew up barracking for Collingwood and then went to work as media manager for the Giants. He loves both clubs. The dreaded day is upon him: they play each other in a final. What to do? [Terrific piece which shows the depth of feeling people working in professional sport retain – JTH]
Round 20 – Carlton v GWS: Welcome to Globetrotters’ AFL
August 9, 2018 by 10 Comments
As he watched the Giants pulverise the Blues, John Butler was left contemplating the wider football universe. Let’s just say, he has his reservations.
Round 19 – GWS v St Kilda: Like Changing Weather
July 29, 2018 by 4 Comments
Food, drink, pubs, poor service, and love all cause frustration for Yoshi as his Saints go down to the Giants.
Round 17 – GWS v Richmond: But what is the goal? Or even a goal? How a visit to Spotless inspired a post-modern observation of Australian Football.
July 19, 2018 by 15 Comments
I think Ben Fenton-Smith has unleashed a new Almanac genre: the spoof academic essay. But is it spoofed? [If you’ve had anything to do with the life of the mind since the rise of post-modernism and Cultural Studies this will be much more than a match report. The challenge to the primacy of the goal is brilliant – JTH]
Round 17 – GWS v Richmond: My mother bats better than you
July 17, 2018 by 13 Comments
Joe De Petro planned the perfect family trip up to Sydney to see friends, play some golf and fit in a little work too – but most importantly, see Richmond take on the Giants. If only the Tiges could have added a win to Joe’s weekend away…
AFLW Winter Series – Footy’s Back!
June 28, 2018 by 2 Comments
Amid the cool of winter, Deb Waterhouse-Watson reconnected with her faves from the GWS Giants in the AFLW’s Winter Series.
The Father of the Giants
June 9, 2018 by 2 Comments
Former Comms manager at the Giants, Nick Johnston got to see what a great people person Kevin Sheedy is. On the occasion of Sheeds’ elevation to Legend status, Nick remembers those early days at the Giants.
Round 5 – St Kilda v GWS Giants: Saints nearly go marching in with upset
April 24, 2018 by Leave a Comment
The first draw of the season marked a rebound from several weeks of poor form for the Saints, of which Yoshi is grateful.
Jess Dal Pos goes to India
April 23, 2018 by 3 Comments
From Blacktown to Mumbai, Jess Dal Pos’ deep passion for footy has her kicking goals.
Round 3 – Sydney v GWS: When a skyline of cranes is no match for tenderness, beauty and (another) Buddy moment
April 13, 2018 by 7 Comments
Is Mathilde de Hauteclocque over Sydney? Not the Swans, just the city? Jump inside her mind as she thinks her way through her night at the footy and is lifted by an Ukrainian educator and O’Reilly James’s view of that Buddy goal. [Yep! – JTH]
Haiku Bob – Round 2: moon stranded
April 5, 2018 by 7 Comments
Haiku Bob on Collingwood’s Easter Saturday loss.
Round 2 – Collingwood v GWS: Giants run away from small pies (Floreat Pica Society)
April 3, 2018 by Leave a Comment
Paul O’Connell for the Floreat Pica Society writes of a much better effort from the ‘Pies (B Grundy 3 Horsburgh Medal votes). Do A Treloar and T Adams read the Herald Sun?
Women in Sport Summit – Jarrod Landells’ interview with Amanda Farrugia
As a lead in to an upcoming summit, Jarrod Landells talked all things women in sport with GWS star Amanda Farrugia.