Almanac Footy Comment: Gather Round is the solution

Miles Wilks thinks that the recently announced Wildcard Round is an answer to the wrong question. By drawing on overseas examples, he offers an alternative framework which may well provide the answer to what he believes to be the right question.

Almanac (Local) Cricket: Pomborneit Cricket Club 2020/21 Season – January, February & March Review

Luke Reynolds presents a comprehensive newsletter wrap of the Pomborneit Bulls 2020/21 season, with their first XI taking home the ultimate prize for a third consecutive season amidst a wonderful year of growth for the club.

The Forgotten Premierships

George Smith takes a stroll down memory lane, inviting us to recall the forgotten premierships.

The Statistical Premiership Window: How teams are placed after Round 15

What does a premiership window really look like? Get the picture with djlitsa. Warning: contains graphic mathematical images.

Five Tiger flags before my 20th birthday

It’s been more than 30 years since the charmed period of Richmond as a powerhouse came to a close. Tom Pagonis says the Tigers are ready to roar again.

Missing out on a flag

Sasha Lennon wants to profile former players who have missed out on playing in a premiership side and he needs your help.

Book review: Classic Cats – Geelong’s Premiership Years 1951-1952

Geelong local Denis Hart reviews Classic Cats, Michael Rogers and Bruce Kennedy’s book on Geelong’s premiership years of 1951-52.

The last Sunday in August

You see it every September in the Herald-Sun. Photographs of victorious premiership sides in suburban and country leagues across the state. Jubilant players leaning into a huddle. Laughing out loud and yelling “Yeah, you beauty!”