A brilliantly honest and insightful review by Paddy Grindlay of the Richmond Tigers annus horribilus. Are the Tigers in a blip, a ditch or a gap year?
A good choice, Dad.
June 24, 2014 by 15 Comments
Haje Halabi is coming home. After years abroad he wants his family to know the opportunity and tolerance that Australia gave his parents when they emigrated from Lebanon in the 50’s. And there’s footy and even the Tigers.
AFL Round 14 – Richmond v Sydney: All About Buddy
June 22, 2014 by 4 Comments
Following Richmond v Sydney, John Green weighs up the contenders and asks: is Lance Franklin the most famous Buddy of all? [How many Buddies can you name?]
AFL Round 14 – Richmond v Sydney: Missin’ the missus
June 21, 2014 by 2 Comments
Joe Moore is a Swans man. His Tiger wife is away, so Joe got to enjoy his burritos and victory without risking marital disharmony.
AFL Round 13 – Richmond v Fremantle: We shouldn’t have let ’em play
June 15, 2014 by 3 Comments
John Green is hanging in there (just) with his Tigers. Still at least the Socceroos put up a fight and Australia’s latest boxing champ is a Tigers supporter. Small mercies.
AFL Round 12 – North Melbourne v Richmond: Extraordinary
June 12, 2014 by 3 Comments
Rob Chanter and Sons have a great Sunday culminating with a Kangaroos comeback win and (two) hot jam donuts.
AFL Round 12 – North Melbourne v Richmond: I’ve been to the mountain top and there is nothing to see
June 9, 2014 by 7 Comments
John Green is at a low ebb. (The lowest?) His kids have abandoned him. He’s doubting the notion of The Promised Land.
AFL Round 10 – GWS v Richmond: Monaros running on one cylinder
May 26, 2014 by 4 Comments
Earl O’Neill cannot go with the banality of calling GWS the Giants so he has dubbed them the Monaros. He watches as they get a flogging and then finds an unlikely day’s highlight.
AFL Round 9 – Richmond v Melbourne: Vale Tommy
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Wally Wright is saddened by Tom Hafey’s passing, but excited by the ticker that his Demons are showing this year.
AFL Round 9 – Richmond v Melbourne: Pessimism and Retrospect
May 19, 2014 by 3 Comments
Callum O’Connor followed those old Tiger faithfuls, Pessimism and Retrospect, as they left the MCG on Saturday. Optimism stayed home. Has all season.
AFL Round 9 – Richmond v Melbourne: A Tale of Two Suburbs
May 19, 2014 by 4 Comments
Two teams battling. How good are they? Gregor Lewis feels the time warp spinning back to 2011 in watching Melbourne and Richmond. But this time, there’s a certain something about the Demons.
AFL Round 9 – Richmond v Melbourne: Winning Nervously and Losing Tragically; a Story of Hardwick’s Heroes.
May 18, 2014 by 5 Comments
When the Tigers kick 2.8 in the third quarter, Simon Bogli can’t help wondering whether they’re channelling the right figure from Richmond’s past. Opportunities knocked.
AFL Round 9 – Richmond v Melbourne: Remembering Tom Hafey
May 18, 2014 by 8 Comments
Cheryl Critchley sits with the Richmond Grannies at the Tom Hafey tribute match. Tigerland is in mourning, she writes.
AFL Round 9 – Richmond v Melbourne: The Sweet Smell of Winning
May 17, 2014 by 5 Comments
Stephen Whiteside celebrates that his Demons are sick of losing. The Tigers are just getting used to it.
ANZAC Eve: Tigers and Dees
April 24, 2014 by 4 Comments
This is a classic Australian Story from Chris Daley. [Makes you realise the interconnectedness of people, sport, war]
AFL Round 5 – Brisbane v Richmond: The Gift of the Gabba
April 19, 2014 by 3 Comments
John Green finds the game from the Gabba riveting telelvision – in its own disastrous way.
AFL Round 5 – Brisbane v Richmond: Wish We Had Jonathan Brown
April 18, 2014 by 3 Comments
Paddy Grindlay gives us an account of the Tiges victory in the style of a running report – in play. Nervous in the third, Paddy?
Between remembering and forgetting: an update on the baristas
April 16, 2014 by 13 Comments
Let Mathilde de Hauteclocque explain. If your team is losing it is more important that you forget than remember, because it is only by forgetting that you can remember how to win.
AFL Round 4 – Richmond v Collingwood: Pies, Tigers and membership card substitutes in the air
April 14, 2014 by 1 Comment
Mayuran Jeyarajah writes for the Floreat Pica Society about the Magpies solid win over the Tigers on Friday night. MJ is pleased to find to find that his Magpies are good, while the Tigers are good for footy.
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