The Dons are having a week off, so what better to do than go to one of the prettiest grounds in Melbourne, the home of MHSOB.   High on Forest Hill stands the imposing castle like building of the school overlooking the football oval, The football ground  is called the Woodfull-Miller Oval, named after two exceptional [Read more]

At the place where Sydney Rd meets Albion Street rise two distinct buildings, the Edinburgh Castle and Don Bosco Boys’ Hostel. Passing these landmarks I recall flickering images of youth. Twenty years ago I boarded at Don Bosco with many other students and apprentices new to the city. A few of these made their way [Read more]

As I walk into Elsternwick Park for the Victorian Amateur Football Association’s A-section grand final, the biggest day of the Ammos season, I expect an Old Xaverians victory. They’re playing De La Salle Old Collegians, the team they beat by 92 points in the second semi. Xavs are finals hardened. This is their twelfth grand [Read more]

Old Xaverians yesterday scored their 11th A-section premiership and 10th since 1995 when they held off a late flurry from De La Salle to win the grand final at Elsternwick Park by three points. Xavs defeated De La by 92 points in the second semi-final and looked the likely winners throughout this match. They led [Read more]

De La Salle pair David Lowe and Matt Fieldsend have earned a rare double by becoming the joint winners of the Woodrow Medal for best and fairest in the VAFA’s A-section. pauldaffey

De La Salle yesterday ran University Blues off their legs in the A-section preliminary final at Elsternwick Park, overturning an eight-point deficit at half-time to score a 17-point victory. De La’s victory earned it the chance to avenge its 92-point second-semi-final loss to Old Xaverians in next Sunday’s grand final. pauldaffey

By Rod Oaten I was in a dilemma on Saturday morning, two Grand Finals on either side of town: Fitzroy playing out Essendon way and Melbourne High School Old Boys playing Oakleigh down at Sandringham. The north wind was blowing a tornado-like gale, so I planned the ride on the bike from Carlton North to [Read more]

ST Bede’s-Mentone Tigers defeated Uni Blues both times during the home-and-away A-section season. But the Blues had the last laugh when they booted clear of the Tigers in extra time of a dramatic first semi-final at Elsternwick Park yesterday to win by 18 points. pauldaffey

There was only one change of note on the A- and B-section ladders after Saturday’s final round, but there was a lot of drama before what turned out to be little movement. In A-section, De La Salle earned the double chance after replacing St Bede’s-Mentone Tigers in second place with an 87-point victory at Waverley [Read more]

All sections from C to D4 completed their home-and-away rounds on Saturday. The only section to feature a dramatic relegation escape was D1, where the bottom four teams played each other. Prahran (seventh) was playing at South Melbourne Districts (eighth) while Aquinas (ninth) hosted Emmaus-St Leo’s (tenth). pauldaffey

By Paul Daffey Peter Davis, a committeeman from the St Bede’s-Mentone Tigers, lets out a chuckle as he leads me towards the rooms before the senior match at the club’s home ground in Mentone. “A few of the boys have pre-game superstitions,” he says. I played with a handful of players who had pre-game rituals [Read more]

On a day to top even all the other windy days that have blighted footy in Victoria this season, the home ground advantage of St Bede’s-Mentone Tigers played its part in the Tigers’ victory over A-section rival Old Xaverians by 28 points on Saturday. The results ended Xavs’ winning streak at 14. The Tigers’ home [Read more]

The battle for fourth position in A-section heated up further at the weekend when Uni Blues (fourth) and Collegians (fifth) both scored fighting victories over fellow finals aspirants. On a day on which there were two victories of 100 points exactly (St Bede’s-Mentone Tigers over Marcellin and Old Brighton over Old Essendon), Uni Blues kept [Read more]