Michael Shillito braves the elements to see an historic moment: GWS’s unlikely victory over the Swans.
AFL Round 1 – GWS v Sydney: Resurgent Giants Leave Swans Thunder-Struck
March 16, 2014 by 5 Comments
It’s Lyon Time Again
February 18, 2014 by 16 Comments
Damien Little has graphed the attacking/defensive performance of Ross Lyon teams in the 10 years that he has had senior coaching roles. Peter Baulderstone thinks there is a welcome pattern emerging, and speculates why.
Hooked: the story of a country boy’s first-ever game
February 13, 2014 by 10 Comments
To celebrate the return of footy Craig Dodson tells the story of the first AFL game he saw when, as a kid living in Wagga, he joined his family for the big trip to the SCG.
The quest for a wool footy jumper
November 4, 2013 by 29 Comments
What would cause a Wagga guy to venture into Brighton? All Craig Dodson wanted was an old woollen Swans jumper from the early 90s. It didn’t seem that hard. But six months on, it has turned into an epic quest, encountering great people along the way (and the odd dickhead).
To Everything There is a Season
October 8, 2013 by 18 Comments
The O’Donnell family is reminded of life and death at this time each October.
Grand Final Review – Pepsi or Coke?
October 4, 2013 by Leave a Comment
Looking for an all rounder to open the batting in the quaddie; cover the slips in the AFL trade rules; and bowl over the flaws in the Ross Lyon game plan? Sal Ciardulli has all the bases covered: more reliable than Watto and more likeable than Stuart Broad.
AFL Finals Week 3 – Fremantle v Sydney: Familiar faces
September 25, 2013 by 13 Comments
David Zampatti sees faces that have watched the Dockers for 19 years. Memories flood back as he watches his team progress to their first Grand Final.
AFL Finals Week 3 – Fremantle v Sydney: Last stop on the Line
September 24, 2013 by 2 Comments
Fremantle put a pillow over the face of Sydney’s premiership defence and pressed down hard, writes Tom Bally. Today’s broadcast is all about Sydney’s season that was.
Stuck in 2012
September 23, 2013 by 7 Comments
Craig Dodson is strangely calm watching his Swans lose a Preliminary Final. Still basking in the rays of 2012 fulfilment, he can afford to be a footy purist. Disappointed rather than distraught, he reflects on how game his Bloods were all season and the prospects for an epic Grand Final.
AFL Finals Week 2 – Sydney v Carlton: End of the line
September 17, 2013 by 7 Comments
It was a helluva ride this year but being out of the finals has its upside, writes Barb Smith, who now vows to concentrate on other parts of her life.
AFL Round 23 – Sydney v Hawthorn: Venue: 10, Transport: 1.
September 3, 2013 by 1 Comment
Here’s an unlikely topic: Glenda Ellis compares the Sydney crowd with her home crowd at the Gabba and winds up eating donuts with a new friend.
AFL Round 23 – Sydney v Hawthorn: The Party’s Just Getting Started
September 2, 2013 by 2 Comments
Best of three? With both teams good enough to play in a Grand Final, this could have been the first of a trilogy. The Hawks got the points, but it’s on again, and means a lot more, this Friday night.
AFL Round 22 – Geelong v Sydney: Friendly Hoodoo and Garage Tales
August 27, 2013 by 8 Comments
James Demetrie has to earn enough points in the garage, and then overcome the Frank and Jennie factor. But it’s worth it in the end.
AFL Round 20 – Sydney v Collingwood: Fright night
August 14, 2013 by 4 Comments
Mystery still surrounds the crash of Swans Air 020 on Saturday 10th August 2013. Passenger Tom Bally is looking for answers.
AFL Round 20 – Sydney v Collingwood (Floreat Pica Society report): Beam us up, Scotty
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Collingwood’s win was their best interstate effort since the drawn final against West Coast in 2007, writes Andrea McNamara.
AFL Round 19 – Western Bulldogs v Sydney: An honourable loss for the Dogs
August 6, 2013 by Leave a Comment
Cobba Stevens asks, what is an honourable loss? Losing by less than you thought? Having a crack? The Dogs certainly couldn’t have done much more against the Swans.
AFL Round 19 – Western Bulldogs v Sydney: Pendulum has swung for resilient Bulldogs
August 6, 2013 by 5 Comments
The footy pendulum can swing around rapidly and unpredictably, says Bulldogs fan Kerrie Soraghan, and all the evidence was there on Sunday that the turnaround has begun.
AFL Round 19 – Western Bullldogs v Sydney: Ruff day at the office
August 6, 2013 by 1 Comment
After watching Sydney struggle for a win against the Bulldogs, Tom Bally wonders whether his Swans have shown a chink in their armour heading into September, or whether they’ve shown they can shrug off a sustained attack.
AFL Round 18 – Sydney vs Richmond : Yellow and hack
July 31, 2013 by 3 Comments
Richmond copped it from the crowd on the weekend, primarily those dressed in Yellow and Black. Earl O’Neill was there.
AFL Round 18 – Sydney v Richmond: White bags a Tiger
July 31, 2013 by Leave a Comment
Shhhh, the boys from Sydney are hunting tigers.
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