Random thoughts and observations
It was good to see both Haydyn Buntons honored in Subiaco Football Club’s team of the century. The senior Bunton (pictured) was an automatic selection, winning three Brownlow medals and three Sandovers. He is arguably the greatest player ever. His son was a good player too. He coached with success and was selected as coach [...]
The Australian Football League stages a pre-season competition named after the sponsor: variously Ansett, Wizard, NAB, etc. The league uses the competition to experiment with various rules. For the past few years, goals kicked from outside 50 metres have been worth extra and rushed behinds register three points instead of one. As my brother-in-law noted, [...]
Bernie Quinlan came from my home town of Traralgon. He was zoned to Footscray and played there before he went to my VFL team Fitzroy. I don’t remember much about those early days, but I do recall Quinlan kicking bags of goals for Fitzroy in the 1980s. He was known as “Superboot” because of the [...]
What a great win by the Lions today over Carlton: 25.13.163 to 6.10.46. Carlton has really not made much ground this season, despite preferential draft picks. The Lions are again shaping as a force. Jonathan Brown (pictured) booted 10 goals in a powerful display. The fact Brown is a Fitzroy man helps me to celebrate [...]
I was so absorbed in watching the Wallabies beat the Springboks tonight that I forgot to check how the Lions were going in their clash with West Coast at Subiaco. The Lions pulled off a stunning upset victory. It also slipped under my radar this was “heritage round” and that for the first time since [...]
