By Sasha Lennon I thought about watching a movie but decided to watch the game. And now the only way I know how to put myself out of the misery of writing this report is to take a leaf out of Quentin Tarantino’s book and start at the end before cutting back to somewhere near [Read more]
AFL Round 14: Western Bulldogs v Hawthorn: I should have watched Pulp Fiction
July 6, 2009 by 2 Comments
AFL Round 11: Hawks home on a gloomy Sunday afternoon
June 11, 2009 by Leave a Comment
Hawthorn V Sydney by Steve Healy It was a lazy Sunday Afternoon on the long weekend. I sat down and watched the Sunday Footy Show. Dean Bailey was on and he was being asked the usual questions and giving the usual answers. At one o’clock I took the laptop into my room and listened to [Read more]
AFL Round 9: Hawks do enough
May 27, 2009 by Leave a Comment
by Steve Healy This game was never going to be a blockbuster. But how can a game be a blockbuster when it is played in a Sunday twilight timeslot? I hopped on the train at an unfamiliar time in the afternoon for the second time in five weeks. Luckily, it wasn’t a Demons home game [Read more]
AFL Round 8: Freo: a tipster’s nightmare.
May 18, 2009 by Leave a Comment
by Josh Barnstable I am in three footy tipping competitions at the moment. One at home, one at my dad’s work and one at my mum’s work. I picked Fremantle in each competition, I also used my ‘wild card’ at my mum’s work, where the amount of tips I got correct for this round, I [Read more]
AFL Round 8: Hawks too good for Freo
May 17, 2009 by 3 Comments
By Sasha Lennon Fremantle: 9.11 (65) Hawthorn: 13.9 (87) Round 8 and we’re three wins and four losses. Hawthorn’s premiership defence was officially looking shaky and I was concerned. I knew this for certain after I found myself preparing for the game – donning the Hawthorn socks, making sure I had the 2008 [Read more]
AFL Round 7: Paddy Ryder has legs like springs
May 13, 2009 by Leave a Comment
by Richard Holt Paddy Ryder has legs like springs. He’s one of those rare players who doesn’t so much climb opponents shoulders when he takes a screamer as land on them. From the time he leaves the ground, to when he returns, ball in hand, somewhere in the world someone has taken their first breath [Read more]
AFL Round 7: Dons’ win a victory for instinct over process
May 11, 2009 by 6 Comments
By Damian O’Donnell Zone, schmone. Flood, schmud. Reputation, schmeputation. The Bombers blew all these to the scheisenhaus on Friday night with joyful, fast, youthful, exuberant, unpredictable football. I watched the game like a kid watching Shrek for the fifteenth time. It was good old-fashioned fun. From the very start the Bombers played like young blokes [Read more]
AFL Round 7: Bombers go on Hawk Hunt
May 9, 2009 by 1 Comment
By Pamela Sherpa We’ve beaten enemy No.1 (Collingwood) and enemy No.2 (Carlton) in thrillers this year. Now we face enemy No.3, Hawthorn. They beat enemy No.2 in a thriller last week and happen to be the premiers. Despite always being a chance against arch rivals there’s an awful feeling that this week will be quite [Read more]
General footy writing: How a boy earned his Hawthorn stripes
May 8, 2009 by 2 Comments
By Jason Christou Grand Final day 1989. Cross-legged under the television. Before me, a glass of chilled milk. I watched the condensation dribble down the glass, pooling into a moist ring. Expectantly, I tilted my head towards the television fuzz. A week earlier Mum had helped me attach streamers to the balcony barrier. My team’s [Read more]
Hawks Home In A Classic
May 4, 2009 by 3 Comments
by Sasha Lennon I was worried about the Hawks. Carlton had a confident buzz about them, as they have all year. I could almost feel it from my Brisbane lounge room as I made myself a coffee to aid the concentration and then took my place on the couch as the players took to the [Read more]
The day the footy and racing stars aligned and Tom Logan took a screamer
April 21, 2009 by 1 Comment
By Christoper Riordan Passion and sport are natural bed-partners. Rightly so. Look at any major sporting event around the world and see how the crowd and participants feed off each others’ energy. Liverpool’s Kop, the start of the Melbourne Cup, Lillee charging in from (almost on behalf of) Bay 13. Stirring moments. There is, though, [Read more]
Oh what a feeling for a Port fan
April 21, 2009 by Leave a Comment
By Nick Kossatch It was hard for me to get up at ten minutes past four on the Saturday morning in the lead-up to the Port and Hawthorn clash at the MCG in the afternoon. “Gee, the Power boys better win,” I said to myself. “Last time I was at the ’G it was a [Read more]
The Gestation of a Sports Column
April 17, 2009 by 6 Comments
by John Harms Thought I might throw a few words down about my column in the Age on Wednesday – which really was just a bit of fun. Or that’s how it was conceived. I went to the footy last Sunday to see Hawthorn play North. I thought North were a big chance [Read more]
North Help The Premiers Get Back On Track
April 14, 2009 by Leave a Comment
By Josh Barnstable Ah it’s Easter. A special day that creeps up on us without as much significance as Christmas, which some kids count down the months towards. It’s the one day that everyone can forget about being guilty when eating chocolate, yet makes us feel guilty if we have any meat. As always, Easter [Read more]
The Joy of Betting Against Your Own Team
April 14, 2009 by Leave a Comment
I’ve supported the Hawks for 17 years, rain, hail and shine, through the dark days and the bright. Today however is different, today I don’t know who to support. With our insipid rucking display against the Swans, injuries, suspensions and of course North’s recent success against us I added North Melbourne to a four leg [Read more]
Hawthorn v Geelong by Steve Healy (Grade 9)
March 30, 2009 by 2 Comments
Hawthorn V Geelong This is it. I’m home from school on a Friday afternoon. I plan to leave home as early as possible, off to the footy. Hawthorn V Geelong. Another big crowd expected at the MCG, and an even better game of footy expected. I Say bye to family members, and head off [Read more]
Surely the Cats were the winners – Dips O’Donnell
March 30, 2009 by Leave a Comment
Some days are just strange. They make absolutely no sense from start to finish and leave you scratching your head and wondering if the whole world has spent the past twelve or so hours in a massive conspiracy to take the piss out of you, and only you. On Friday I spent a [Read more]
Hawthorn v Geelong
March 29, 2009 by 2 Comments
by Craig Down “The definition of insanity is doing the same thing and expecting a different result” Albert Einstein I didn’t, for obvious reasons, enjoy the 2008 Grand Final as much as I’d hoped I would. I’d floated through the season, watching the Cats’ 21 victories in full (and having left at three quarter time [Read more]
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