AFL News and Sporting News
AFL Scores Round 20 2024
Carlton vs Port Adelaide (Marvel Stadium) Port Adelaide wins 11.13 (79) to 9.11 (65). Key players: Travis Boak, Connor Rozee. Port Adelaide pulls away in the final quarter. North Melbourne vs Geelong (Blundstone [...]
AFL Ladder Round 20 2024
Carlton vs Port Adelaide (Marvel Stadium, July 26) Port Adelaide emerged victorious in a tough clash against Carlton, winning 11.13 (79) to 9.11 (65). The game was closely contested, with both teams showing [...]
AFL’s Carlton Blues Reprimanded Over Harry McKay Concussion Protocol Breach
Harry McKay, a key forward for the Carlton Blues, was involved in a head injury incident during a match against North Melbourne. Despite appearing dazed after a collision, McKay remained on the field briefly and [...]
AFL Teams Round 20 – Blues lose important players; Dons Cavalry
CARLTON v PORT ADELAIDE Friday July 26, 7:40pm at Marvel Stadium BLUES B: B. Kemp, J. Weitering, N. Newman HB: A. Saad, M. McGovern, A. Cerra C: O. Hollands, P. Cripps - C, M. Cottrell [...]
NFL WEEK 12: The Raiders Win Edition
As the title suggest the Oakland Raiders finally broke through for their maiden victory on the year. Yet that still wasn’t the most amazing thing to happen this week due thanks in part to an [...]
War: a rich kid’s game these days
The AFL National Draft will be held today and while there’s a wealth of other drafts these days – rookie, pre-season, Essendon list top up after drug cheating suspensions are handed down - this is [...]
Alex Docherty’s Mock 1st Round Draft
Alex Docherty's Mock 1st Round Draft With the 2014 AFL draft just days away, So many football fans are asking questions such as: 'Who is the best young, aspiring footballer in the land this year?' [...]
Last Minute Draft Guides
Occurrences in this domain are beyond the reach of exact prediction because of the variety of factors in operation, not because of any lack of order in nature. - Albert Einstein The top Phantom Drafters [...]
NFL Week 11: MVP Watt Edition Volume 2
It’s pretty simple J.J. Watt is without a doubt the Most Valuable Player in the league. No other player comes close to recreating what he does on the football field. You can throw a blanket [...]
Interstellar – Media Board opinion split
Movie lovers on BigFooty's Media Board are split between love and hate for director Christopher Nolan's latest Sci-fi movie, Interstellar. The movie takes place in Earth's future where resources are depleted and the population is [...]
The Swans Move Back To The Sydney Cricket Ground
The Sydney Swans are on the move. They have packed their bags for the 20 kilometer hike from Homebush (ANZ Stadium) to the SCG. The contract, set to start in 2017, has set the venue for all [...]
BigFooty AFL Draft Tipping Competition
A BigFooty institution for nearly a decade, the BigFooty AFL Draft Tipping Comp is now taking entries for the 2014 National Draft. This year the grand prize is $2,500 for correctly tipping the entire first [...]
The Great G20 Swindle
The G20 summit is the most patently moronic thing happening in Australia and I write this as the Essendon Football Club parts ways with dual premiership coach Bomber Thompson in favour of the Four Horsemen [...]
Sporting code wars – It’s time to show the powerbrokers the red card.
Two weeks ago, there were two huge news stories and events that potentially will help alter the sporting landscape here in Australia dramatically in the months and years to come. One was a wonderful achievement [...]
NFL Week 10: Time To Get Serious
Week 10 had it all; comebacks, fails and then there was the Bears. Depending on which side of the fence you sat it was either a great weekend or horrendous. Or if you’re Jay Cutler [...]
NFL Week 9: The Official Halfway Edition
Well it’s officially past the halfway mark of the season and we are about as close to finding out who the best teams are since the start of the season. The MVP award is still [...]
NFL Week 8: The Sort of Halfway Edition
So it’s the sort of halfway mark of the NFL season and in my opinion it’s gone way too quick. This week saw MVP candidates turn the ball over and left Peyton standing all alone [...]
Winners And Losers Of The Exchange Period
With Free Agency and Trade period done and dusted for another year, we have seen 29 players move to a new location for the 2015 season. I'll be honest, there were a couple of names [...]
Enhancing the Fan Experience
We have had many attempts over the years to enhance the fan experience on match day and it seems it is back on the agenda. Port Adelaide's fanatical supporters singing "Never tear us Apart" has [...]
NFL Week 7: Who’s Top Dog Edition
Another week and which team is top dog is again no clearer. The Dallas Cowboys are the form team in the completion, but will they Romo it like always? The Patriots, Ravens, Packers, Lions, Eagles, [...]
NFL Week 6: MVP Watt Edition
Yes, folks as you’ve guessed this edition will centre on the great man himself. J.J. Watt has simply lifted to another level and in doing so gives the Texans a fighting chance in every match. [...]
AFL Trade Rumours for 2015
Now that season has ended and been decided (congratulations to the Hawthorn Football Club fans) all the talk has turned to what is going to happen in 2015. The draft period for the 2015 season [...]
Postecoglou hints at A-League inclusions
While the A-League season in just one round old, Socceroos chief Ange Postecoglou has seen enough quality to convince him to include a number of home-based players for the upcoming Asian Cup. With the Socceroos [...]
Swans Shut Out
It hasn't been a terribly enjoyable two weeks. My team lost a Grand Final in which we were widely tipped to win. We lost and we lost badly. It still is a bitter pill to swallow. [...]
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The legal tightrope of free agency and equalisation
Melbourne coach Paul Roos recently described free agency as “the greatest de-equalisation policy we’ve had in the last 100 years of footy”. In its third year, a regular criticism of free agency has been that [...]
Profit but at what cost?
Tucked away in the far north east corner of England lies the picturesque city of Newcastle upon Tyne, more commonly known as Newcastle. Newcastle is able to boast some iconic and stunning examples of architecture, [...]
NFL Week 5: The Comeback Edition
Week 5 is done and dusted and it was a weekend of comebacks. Carolina, Buffalo, New York Giants, New Orleans and Cleveland all pulled off some stunning comebacks to make week 5 at least a [...]
The largest footy carnival in the world
This weekend there will be the largest Australian Football tournament in the world. And it wont even be held in Australia. Its the 17th USAFL National Championships. On the line for this interview, I had [...]