A look at Hacksaw Ridge (MA)…
WE haven’t seen an offering from Aussie Mel Gibson in his role as a director for just on a decade. Continue reading
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ASSH big bumper night of footy
WHAT a year of Australian Rules footy we’ve had. Peel Thunder’s first WAFL premiership, the mighty performance of the Westetn Bulldogs – history has been made everywhere. Have you had your fill? Of course you haven’t. Continue reading
Dragons snare first flag since 2004 by Richard Jones
SANDHURST snapped a 12-year BFL premiership drought with an emphatic 32-point win over old rivals Golden Square in Saturday’s 2016 grand final. Continue reading
Peel pressure too much for Lions
Peel captain Gerald Ugle. Photos by Les Everett.
Peel pressure too much for Lions
Peel Thunder have won their first WAFL premiership after a tough grand final at Subiaco Oval on Sunday. Peel were in control from the outset but scored four behinds before Subiaco kicked the first goal of the game through Brad Stevenson. However the Thunder midfield was well on top and by quarter time they’d set up a lead of 24 points. A classical winger’s display by Ed Langdon was the highlight of the first quarter. Continue reading
It’s Nollamara’s C3 flag by Les Everett
The sealer: Nollamara’s Wayne Ninyette lets fly from miles out.
The task facing Nollamara in the C3 WA Amateur Football League grand final seemed impossible really. They’d been thrashed by Swan Valley in the second semi and then won a hard-fought preliminary final against Ellenbrook. Continue reading
FIDA Grand Finals this Sunday
The FIDA footy season comes to a finale this Sunday 28 August, with four Grand Finals, all at Central Reserve, Glen Waverley Continue reading
WAFL gets an early elimination final
WAFL round 22
With one round remaining there’s one spot in the WAFL top five up for grabs and the Sharks and Royals will play for it at East Fremantle Oval next Saturday. Continue reading
Clogball – the tale of the Dutch and soccer in Australia, 1950 to 1980.
Soccer in Australia underwent a revolution and rebirth as a result of the influx of European migrants entering the country in the decades after World War Two. Each migrant community established soccer clubs and teams in various locations across the country, the most obvious and prominent being those linked to the Greek, Italian and Croatian communities. And then there were the Dutch…
Tigers leapfrog Roos to clinch BFNL’s fourth spot by Richard Jones
Bendigo Football League…
KYNETON leapfrogged Kangaroo Flat to snatch fourth spot on the BFNL senior ladder after their all-the-way four-goal win on Saturday. Continue reading
Our earliest surviving Australian Rules football cup? by Norman Ashton
The cup
At the launch of my most recent book – Fremantle Football: The Origins 1885 to 1904 – held in the Griff John room at Fremantle Oval on the evening of Thursday 31 March this year, one of the attendees Bruce Snook showed me a family heirloom which he had brought along.
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