By Rick Kane Don’t tell me that Saturday night’s match between Hawthorn and Richmond was essentially irrelevant. I know, I get it. For starters, who gives two hoots about the NAB Cup? February is more about adjusting back into work schedules, rueing festivals missed and admonishing kids to finish their dinner, all of it. Footy [Read more]
NAB Cup, Round 1: Premiership stars lead Hawks to big win
February 14, 2010 by 205 Comments
After a fairly boring day to say the least, which started with tennis in the morning, I eagerly awaited 4.40pm. It finally came, and I opened up Realplayer on my laptop and started listening to the coverage of Adelaide v Port Adelaide by SEN radio. The Power ran away with the match in the second [Read more]
Barney’s 2010 AFL Crystal Ball Part 4: Geelong and Hawthorn
January 5, 2010 by 111 Comments
by Josh Barnstable Geelong Cats: The premiers, in decline maybe? You wouldn’t think so, as the only major loss from the premiership side of 2009 is captain Tom Harley, but form in the second half of the season pointed towards a change of form in the next couple of seasons. The forward line lacks a [Read more]
AFL Club Awards: A year to forget for the Hawks
October 29, 2009 by 70 Comments
Hawthorn’s Best and Fairest By Steve Healy Well, well, well. What can I say about this mob? Their season started with a shocking loss to Geelong, although only by eight points it was 23 to 34 scoring shots, and the Hawks trailed by 37 at three quarter time. The Hawks fell the height of Taipei [Read more]
AFL Round 22: Bombers charge down home straight towards the finals
August 31, 2009 by 2 Comments
So it all comes down to this. We must beat last year’s premiers to make the eight. Them or us. Desperation is the name of today’s game. The Bombers have made hard work of trying to make the finals. Winning thrillers against top teams but failing to consolidate against lower placed teams has placed us [Read more]
Round 21: Richmond v Hawthorn — the game that divides a family
August 25, 2009 by 5 Comments
When marriage occurs in Victoria , negotiation is necessary on football teams. Some are fortunate enough to have met someone who supports the same team as they do, but the majority of couples have a dilemma. There are two paths that the couple can go down: 1. The less passionate footy follower agrees to give [Read more]
Round 21: Tigers are still doing time
August 25, 2009 by Leave a Comment
By John Green I have a cousin who spent most of his adult life in gaol. Try as he might, he simply couldn’t escape the culture. It all started when he was 17 and things pretty much went downhill from there. He was unable to make a fist of things outside the prison walls, invariably [Read more]
AFL Round 21: Hawks beat Tigers in another game that vindicates my childhood choice
August 24, 2009 by Leave a Comment
When I was five years old it was 1977 and I was in my first year of primary school. It was the year I discovered footy. Duffle coats decorated with footy badges and football heroes’ numbers on the back were the fashion, and footy cards were exchanged like local currency. That year, more than most [Read more]
AFL Round 21: Hawks keep finals hopes alive with win over Tigers
August 24, 2009 by Leave a Comment
It’s Saturday night. The game’s only on Ten. There are no changes to either team. Graham Polak runs out for the Tigers in the protective head gear. Max Bailey runs out, for the first time in three years and two knee reconstructions. Riley Milne is debuting for the Hawks. There were plenty of stories in [Read more]
AFL Round 20: Hawks’ performance in battle of birds deems them unworthy of finals
August 20, 2009 by 41 Comments
By Josh Barnstable After completing yet another week of school, I was looking forward to getting home and enjoying the footy and resting up for a big week ahead of me. I pick Adelaide confidently on the radio, but I have a feeling the Hawks can win if they are serious about finals, which up [Read more]
AFL Round 20: McLeod BOG as Crows see off Hawks
August 16, 2009 by 28 Comments
Fridays are great, especially if you have the day off school. I spent the most of my day off with my friends at Chadstone shopping centre. I came home, awaiting the game of footy. I turned on the TV at 8.30pm, after deciding not to listen to the game on the radio. There were no [Read more]
AFL Round 18: I win kick-to-kick in Melbourne and Saints win in Tassie
August 9, 2009 by 39 Comments
I woke up on in the morning at 11, and was ready for yet another footy-filled day. It looked like a great day for footy here in Melbourne, but what about Tasmania? Would the Hawks beat the undermanned St Kilda to earn a chance in the finals? I went to the park with my younger [Read more]
AFL Round 18: Port look good for finals tilt
August 6, 2009 by 17 Comments
By Josh Barnstable This game has a bit of a finals feeling. The winner might end up in the top 8 while the loser will slip further away from the leading 8. On a beautiful sunny day at the best ground in the AFL in my opinion, the Power are underdogs to defeat Hawthorn on [Read more]
General Footy Writing: Hawks and Eagles match highlights jumper absurdities
July 31, 2009 by 1 Comment
By Sam Steele This was going to be another match report in response to Messrs Harms’ and Daffey’s hint that I play myself into form in order to be considered for “the book”. Sadly, my attention on a scrappy but nonetheless crucial West Coast v Hawthorn game was insufficient to complete the task, but my [Read more]
AFL Round 17: Gusto got its mojo back
July 29, 2009 by 1 Comment
By Helen Dunne My piece a few weeks ago on the Lack of Gusto in Geelong supporters appeared to fall upon deaf ears. As I looked out the window of my salon late in the afternoon of the Geelong v Melbourne encounter, it was sad to see the cars heading home with not [Read more]
AFL Round 17: Cats’ win heals at least some of the wounds of 2008
July 29, 2009 by Leave a Comment
By Anthony Jensen On Saturday afternoon I had the privilege of squeezing onto an atmospheric V-Line train, surrounded by the Geelong faithful, and joined them to watch the team I love host the reigning premiers on a clear winter’s day at the home of footy, the MCG, and get home by the barest margin that [Read more]
General Footy Writing: Silence is golden where MCG irritations are concerned
July 27, 2009 by 15 Comments
By Andrew Fithall Footy at the MCG is fantastic. Membership provides the privilege of choosing your perspective. The kids love down low as close to the fence as possible. Helen enjoys the additional benefit of the recently-benched (should that now read “rotated”) players doing their warm-down as they walk up and down the boundary. You [Read more]
AFL Round 15: Wild weather at York Park
July 22, 2009 by Leave a Comment
As a North supporter, I’ve frequently travelled interstate, but it’s generally been on the cheersquad bus. A trip to Tasmania doesn’t allow such luxury, and I was happy to fly to Tassie, knowing that North could probably come up with an upset win against the reigning Premiers, as they had been thumped by the Bulldogs [Read more]
AFL Round 16: Pies flounder under Hawthorn pressure — again
July 20, 2009 by Leave a Comment
By Paul Harkin As was the case twice last year, the Pies were unable to think their way through the dreaded Clarkson Cluster. Collingwood never really looked comfortable all night, despite a rally near the end of the second quarter. The early signs were not good as Buddy looked switched on from the opening bounce. [Read more]
AFL Round 16: Now I hate Hawthorn as well
July 20, 2009 by 5 Comments
By Andrew Fithall Helen hates Hawthorn. As a Geelong supporter, she has endured too much pain. The dull ache of 1989 endures. The pain of 2008 is more recent, more acute, and much less likely to ease. Our daughter Ursula is also a Cat, but at 12, doesn’t yet really understand that you never regain [Read more]
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