A look at The Old Man And The Gun (M) Continue reading
Best 2018 by David Whish-Wilson
• David Whish-Wilson has written lots of books. His latest was The Coves and fans will be pleased to know Frank Swann will be back next year via Fremantle Press. Please note he didn’t write one of the books in this photo, it’s just the next on the australianrules.com.au bookshelf. Continue reading
Back for the Test
I used to be a five-day-all-day man but I left live Test cricket behind many years ago. The lure of shade, the digital representation of the WACA scoreboard and a more appealing Australian team led me back this week – a couple of hours on day three and 65 minutes or whatever it was on the final day. Continue reading
Best of 2019 (yes, 2019)
Due to a technical glitch – caused by an inadequate briefing during shift handover – for a little while yesterday we asked our fans and readers to provide us with their Best of… list for 2019. Executive bonuses have been frozen in the wake of this embarrassing error – we’ll hand them out later when the fuss dies down.
One correspondent, going by the name Vee Em, provided us with a 2019 list. It doesn’t seem at all fanciful so we’re publishing it… Continue reading
The best of 2018 by Nick Gye
Best of 2018… you’re welcome
Oh no… it’s list time.
We’d love you hear what you thought was the best of 2019.
Here’s one from 2017….
https://australianrules.com.au/2017/12/30/best-of-2017-by-matt-quartermaine/
All Tests in Perth from 2019 EXCLUSIVE
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
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
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