Tools of the trade.
We’re heading into round 11 of the 2024 AFL Premiership Season. For football journalists like Sam McClure who don’t watch football, that …
Aussie Rules
Leave Dusty Alone.
I said I wasn’t going to write about Richmond any more this season. The Tigers are not good, profoundly injured, and irrelevant …
Why EVERY team in the eight can't win the flag.
Round 9 was “Top Eight Round” where every team that was in the top eight heading into the week played each other. …
Footy's Five best Forward Lines
I’ve been thinking a lot about how forward lines have changed recently. As footy has evolved it has moved away from alpha …
The Quandary of Carlton
One of the least fond memories of my life is the 2013 elimination final between Richmond and the Blues, where Chris Judd …
FOOTY'S SUPER SATURDAY - ALL BANGERS, ALL THE TIME.
June 17th, 1994 is the single most famous day in sports broadcasting history. It was the day that the OJ Simpson white …
The Good-Bad Bombers
Every year in every sport one team is the Mendoza line for good and bad. If you lose to that team, you’re …
AFL Watchability Rankings: Round 2
The competition runs through New South Wales. Indeed, it runs through the northern states but I wrote about Gold Coast last week …
Bring back the Ansett/Wizard/NAB/Whatever Cup
What’s the most indelible image in the history of football? Alex Jesaulenko’s mark? Leo Barry’s? Garry Moorcroft’s? More recently you could make …
Richmond will be the new GWS in 2024
GWS in 2023 was the story of the season on the way to losing an incredible preliminary final to the eventual premier …