I’ve just listened to Hawthorn defeat Fremantle in the AFL on ABC Radio. The Hawks theme song blared out across the ground and on national radio after the game. That’s been the case for a few years, that the winning team has its song played regardless of the venue. For the record, winning away teams [...]
2005 Ovens & Murray grand final video
Oh dear! You Tube has taken over the world. It was one of the saddest days of my life when Myrtleford lost the 2005 grand final by one point to Lavington. For international visitors, this is the Ovens and Murray Football League in North East Victoria/southern NSW. The grand final was played at Lavington (Albury) [...]
Boycott Beijing
Beijing should never have been chosen to host the 2008 Olympics. China has a repressive society. It’s a one-party state which kills opponents to the government. Catholics are persecuted. There are many corrupt and despotic regimes in the world today, such as Zimbabwe and North Korea, but China is the biggest. I don’t envy the [...]
Great sporting streaks
Andrew Symonds shoulder charged a streaker at the Gabba tonight in a bone-jarring tackle more reminiscent of rugby than cricket. It will send the otherwise ho-hum, yawn pitch invasion into the realms of sporting folklore. And let’s face it, a photograph or video footage is necessary to make a streak memorable. There was a female [...]
AFL pre-season competition
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, [...]
