I love the Hawks. I love the way that someone came up with the brown and gold, the worst colour combination in the (current) AFL (I’m talking to you Giants), and yet they have resisted the urge to stuff it up in the name of marketing. I love how they don’t mind recruiting fat, washed [Read more]
Talkin’ Hawks Blitzin Blues Blues
August 21, 2011 by 7 Comments
“Somebody said they saw me Swinging the world by the tail Bouncing over a white cloud. Killing the Blues” John Prine The night, the game is still a blur to me, such was the anticipation leading up to the first bounce. By the time the game got under way I was all over the shop. [Read more]
Thank You Hawthorn
July 21, 2011 by 7 Comments
I was not a fan of the AFL rule change prohibiting the deliberate rushed behind. Not a fan at all. If I was in the front bar of Cramers in Preston I’d go so far as to exclaim to no-one in particular that it’s akin to social engineering as far as I’m concerned. It’s a [Read more]
Else lifts; Spud flops.
July 2, 2011 by Leave a Comment
Friday night games don’t thrill me the way they should. It’s a rush to get there, if your team loses then your weekend is doomed, the game is delayed on the box, and, as a park footballer in my twilight years, attending a match is probably not the ideal preparation. Especially a match like this [Read more]
Good Guys and Heroes
June 21, 2011 by 8 Comments
By Sasha Lennon Saturday the 18th of June 2011 was a special day. It was a day for good guys and heroes. It was about players past and present, and what happened on the field was just a side-story. My eight year-old daughter Molly and I were in Hawthorn’s second home of Launceston, to watch [Read more]
Cats v Hawks, Another Thriller, What did we expect?
June 16, 2011 by Leave a Comment
Hawthorn v Geelong Rd 12 MCG 7.10pm Wow! What a game! We all know the recent history of the Cats and the Hawks but can we keep expecting them to deliver every time they meet? Every time they play it’s built up and anticipated as a huge clash of FIERCE RIVALS, and unlike other “Big [Read more]
The right decision
June 15, 2011 by 30 Comments
by Nick Sculley On Friday afternoon I was faced with a decision; leave a pile of well overdue study for yet another day and head to Etihad Stadium to watch my beloved Saints, or get it out of the way on Friday and visit the Mecca on Saturday night for what surely would be [Read more]
Heartaches by the Number
June 14, 2011 by 29 Comments
by Rick Kane On Saturday night I caught a train home from the MCG feeling lost and despondent. I knew what the Hawks could have done better. I know that the Hawks can take it right up to the Cats. I know a free kick when I see one. And boy, I know [Read more]
The Hawks looking for oxygen
June 12, 2011 by 10 Comments
I recently obtained a new oxygen machine which includes a backpack and two batteries that last for about five hours each*. This machine has brought a new independence to my life, so I decided I would be brave and attempt an evening at the footy to see my team play the Cats. It was Round [Read more]
Oh Cyril
June 6, 2011 by 13 Comments
As a Hawthorn supporter who owns and still listens to every Australian Crawl album, I love it every time Cyril Rioli kicks a goal and the Hawks supporters break into song with “Oh Cyril, I would do anything just to be like him”. It’s a tongue-in-cheek take on the classic song Errol from 1981’s Sirocco, [Read more]
Bateman’s chance
May 23, 2011 by 1 Comment
I really liked the Richmond Indigenous Round specially-themed footy jumper. The design on the yellow sash was by local Indigenous artist Jirra Lulla Harvey, a Yorta Yorta/Wiradjuri woman. In an interview on Richmond’s website, Harvey said her design encapsulates iconic Victorian landmarks, mixed with Indigenous football themes. “The river is representative of the Murray, which [Read more]
Hope…
May 15, 2011 by 8 Comments
Last week I finished reading the novel by Siri Hustvedt : What I loved. She is writing about the wayward friend of a son, who is a lost soul. The narrator, his close family friend and someone there from birth, writes: “…I knew that his last words gave me hope. People imagine that hope has [Read more]
The Uncontrollable Smile
May 6, 2011 by 9 Comments
By Vincent Tan I like Melbourne. I like that “Before the Game” is actually shown before the game. I like that I can sit at a pub and have absolutely no compulsion to zip up my jacket to hide my navy blue and white hoops for fear of ridicule and the inevitable drunken comment about [Read more]
Well I guess Chappy’s happy…but Hawks should not despair
April 29, 2011 by 4 Comments
By Sasha Lennon Last week I berated one Paul Chapman for boldly claiming that “never again” will the Cats lose to the Hawks in a Grand Final. Actually, he meant never again, full stop. And sure enough Chappy was true to his word. I still reckon the Cats are doing it the hard way (did [Read more]
Round 5 Hawthorn v Geelong April 26 2011
April 28, 2011 by 1 Comment
Round 5 Hawthorn v Geelong April 26 2011 It started out as a day of no-shows. First, Sport Boy’s mate Dylan piked it on the morning of the game. (That family membership I bought with the extra kid’s ticket has been a waste of money so far.) We caught the early train so we could [Read more]
Chappy’s pact remains intact
April 27, 2011 by 27 Comments
The two arch-rivals prepare to do it all again. Mooney is a late scratching. Menzel the Magician (leading the goal kicking at Geelong) is named as substitute. The match begins under glorious hazy sunshine. I’m standing among a bunch of triumphal Hawthorn fans. Where is Charles Darwin when we need him? The message emanating from [Read more]
Another one for the history books
April 27, 2011 by 2 Comments
by Josh Barnstable Hawthorn v Geelong It looked as if everything had gone back in time. September 27, 2008, a sunny day at the MCG, with the stands packed to the rafters. Grand Final day, the Hawks and the Cats. But no, this was April 26, 2011. Replace the names of Dew, Crawford and Williams [Read more]
Don’t worry Chappy, there’s no chance of that!
April 19, 2011 by 40 Comments
By Sasha Lennon I read this morning that Geelong star Paul Chapman says he’s still hurting from the 2008 Grand Final loss to Hawthorn, so much so that he has vowed “never again” will the Cats lose to the Hawks on that biggest of days. Well let me be the first one to offer you [Read more]
YOU’LL FEEL BETTER ON SWISS
April 11, 2011 by Leave a Comment
The omens look good for Richmond. Cyril Rioli is missing from the Hawthorn line-up after his best afield performance against Melbourne for an indiscretion that cost him a week on the sidelines. Buddy Franklin was restricted to some kick-to-kick in runners at training on Thursday night with rumours rife of an ankle injury. Luke Hodge [Read more]
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