australianrules.com.au cub reporter Vin Maskell has gained exclusive access to a draft press release from Cricket Australia (additional “reporting” from Les Everett who, unlike Maskell, has been to Perth). Continue reading
Author Archives: Les Everett
2018 AFL club champion top 10s
In the season past 19 players won an AFL best and fairest award – there was a dead heat at Collingwood – and 182 finished in the top 10 in their club voting with a triple dead heat for 10th at GWS.
Taking into account there would be maybe 15 West Coast, Collingwood and Richmond players not listed here who had better seasons than many who finished in the top 10 at other clubs, what we have is a list of players who did pretty well in 2018.
Here’s a fairly unreliable statistical look at them. Continue reading
Stylish, romantic Beresford period piece by Richard Jones
A look at Ladies in Black
Aussie director Bruce Beresford has bequeathed to we cinema goers some handy offerings about his home country. Continue reading
A simple footy story by Les Everett
A goal celebration. Africa style. All photos by Les Everett.
People come to Australia from all over the world. How do we bring them to Australian Rules football? Here’s how a school, an amateur football club and the West Australian Football Commission (WAFC) went about it. Continue reading
Meeting Geoff Blethyn by Vin Maskell
A writer, a T-shirt & Geoff Blethyn.
Sometimes writing takes you to surprising places. Continue reading
Viva Las Vegas, then g’day LA by Richard Jones
The historic 1959 sign welcoming punters to Las Vegas.
AFTER our fascinating morning with the male grizzly bears at Vancouver’s Grouse Mountain it was time to move on and head out to the airport. Continue reading
For Tony Joe
News came through today that Tony Joe White has died. My first instinct was to put For Lee Ann on the turntable. It always makes me cry – for good reason this time. Continue reading
North to Alaska, then on to Canada by Richard Jones
Rugged-up Richard with the Winter Olympic rings at Whistler.
WE’D heard a lot about cruising and cruise ships from family and friends so we decided to take the plunge, so to speak. But just in case we weren’t fans of life on the ocean wave we decided to make our initial journey just an eight-day affair. Continue reading
Days spent admiring the Mayan pyramids of Mexico by Richard Jones
I suppose just about everyone has a bucket list, a selection of places in the world they’ve always wanted to visit. Prime among mine was to visit as many of the Mayan pyramids of Mexico as I could particularly after gazing in awe at their Egyptian counterparts at Giza, on the outskirts of Cairo, back in 2009. Continue reading
What’s in the WAFL? 2018
Zac Clarke.
The pressure was put on a little earlier this year. Apparently it had something to do with Carlton and Gold Coast being able to recruit mature-age recruits from outside the AFL draft. I think that little window is done and dusted but there’s still been lots of “G’day mate!” and “How’s it goin’ big fella?” calls recently. Continue reading
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