Round 23 – Gold Coast v Port Adelaide: Schulzy Army (with Mike Hugo’s sketch)

Jay Schulz has retired. He will play with St Kevin’s in the ammos in 2017. Mike Hugo has added a sketch to Cathryn McDonald’s tribute to Jay…

Cathryn McDonald says farewell to Jay Schulz at faraway Metricon. “Schulzy will be remembered as the most-loved Port Adelaide player of his generation. He was a cult hero of a basket-case club. We believed in him when we had very little else to believe in…”

Round 22 – Port Adelaide v Adelaide: The Slip Up

Aidan Hammond (10 years old), could feel the intensity of a showdown clash, even though he was at home – one or two kilometres away.

Round 22 – Port Adelaide v Adelaide: Potassium deficiency

An ugly incident overshadows what was a cracking game of footy. Despite that, Dave Brown finds a lot of positives up on Adelaide Oval’s hill

Round 14 – Adelaide v North Melbourne: What Rulebook learnt last night

Rulebook has a few points to make on the Crows game last night – 17 of them actually. Here’s his analysis, excellent as always.

Round 7 – Port Adelaide v Brisbane: The Sunday, Twilight, Mother’s Day Blockbuster

Mike Hugo wonders at the marvels of AFL scheduling as the Power bring home the chrysanthemums on Mother’s Day

NAB Challenge | Richmond v Port Adelaide: Consequences

Rulebook has a different view from Yoshi on the NAB Challenge kerfuffle the other night. And for once something at Richmond is not Troy Chaplin’s fault

Boundary Writer: Graeme Hugo and the science of football recruiting zones

A fascinating tribute from Mike Hugo to his uncle, the late Professor Graeme Hugo AO and the ground breaking work of the Adelaide University Geography Department in bringing science to the vexed issue of football recruiting zones

Phil Walsh: for the good of the game

Dave Brown takes time to reflect on the tragic death of Phil Walsh. As he shows, it is a time for all families to reflect and re-consider.

Round 11 – Port Adelaide v Geelong: Boris

John Harms on Geelong’s spirit-lifting win at the Adelaide Oval and then chance meeting with Corey Enright at the Adelaide Airport.

Round 1 – Fremantle v Port Adelaide: Down by the sea, a tale of two wharfie clubs

The wharfies go at it in the west. Freo come out winners in an intense affair, and both can look forward to appearing in September, writes Chris Michaels.

AFL Elimination Final – Port Adelaide v Richmond: A long drive home

The road trip was exciting. The lead-up was exciting. There was yellow and black aplenty, in enemy territory. And that was it. Cheryl Critchley shares her disappointment and wonders whether daughter Jess really will look to the Suns.