AFL News and Sporting News
Injury lists – Round 21 – Pies star out; Blue woes continue.
Adelaide NameInjuryReturn Jordan ButtsFootSeason Wayne MileraKneeSeason Patrick ParnellShoulderSeason Luke PedlarShoulderSeason Latest Update: August 3 Brisbane NameInjuryReturn Keidean ColemanKneeSeason Tom DoedeeKneeSeason Darcy GardinerKneeSeason Darragh JoyceJawTBA Kalin LaneKneeSeason Lincoln McCarthyKneeSeason Carter MichaelConcussionTest Jack PayneFoot3 weeks Latest Update: [...]
The Evolution of AFL Powerhouses: Brisbane Lions and GWS Giants
The Brisbane Lions and Greater Western Sydney Giants (GWS Giants) offer a captivating narrative within the Australian Football League (AFL). Both clubs, despite their different origins and timelines, have made significant impacts on the league, [...]
AFL Confirms Grand Final Start Time
The AFL has confirmed that the 2024 Toyota AFL Grand Final will kick off at its traditional time of 2:30pm AEST on Saturday, September 28, at the MCG. AFL Chief Executive Officer Andrew Dillon announced [...]
AFL Teams – Round 21, 2024 – Magpies and Blues bring on the big guns; Dees shuffle, Dogs hold firm
BULLDOGS v MELBOURNE Friday August 2, 7:15pm at Marvel Stadium BULLDOGS B: T. Duryea, B. Khamis, N. Coffield HB: L. Bramble, R. Lobb, B. Dale C: L. Vandermeer, E. Richards, B. Williams HF: A. Treloar, [...]
AFL Teams, Round 18 2014
Listen to the BigFooty Podcast for Round 18 part 1 - With Wookie, Seppo, Messenger and Mike. Carlton v North Melbourne ES , 7:50pm AEST Friday, July 18, 2014 Carlton B: Michael Jamison, Sam Rowe, [...]
Match Review Panel – Round 17 2014
Thanks to Kevin Taylor at the Footystats Diary for the MRP report: WESTERN BULLDOGS v GOLD COAST GREG BROUGHTON (GC) (NM) charged with a first offence for wrestling NATHAN HROVAT (WB) in Q2. An early [...]
Mark and Goal of the Year, Round 17 2014
Goal of the Year Nominations Jaeger O'Meara with a run from the centre to kick it from 50+, Zac Merrett with the dribble, and Matt White cruises to the 50 with a bounce and slots [...]
Brian Taylor calls Geelong’s Harry Taylor a “big poofter”
Is anyone surprised gay football players don't come out? Anyone at all? Over 30 pages of people arguing about Brian Taylor's stupid remark - including your usual gang of people who just refuse to get [...]
Ray Chamberlain and Sirengate II at Adelaide
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cqTkaDxVUgk The thread on BigFooty: https://www.bigfooty.com/forum/threads/razor-ray-robs-hawthorn-of-last-minute-shot-at-goal.1069656/ A stuff-up with the siren at Adelaide Oval bought the third quarter of the Crows v Hawks game to an end 14 seconds early, possibly costing the Hawks a [...]
AFL Teams, Round 17 2014
Adelaide Crows v Hawthorn AO , 7:20pm ACST Friday, July 11, 2014 Adelaide Crows B Luke Brown, Daniel Talia, Ben Rutten HB Brodie Smith, Andy Otten, Rory Laird C Brodie Martin, Scott Thompson, Rory Sloane [...]
MRP, Round 16 2014
Yap it up about the MRP - https://www.bigfooty.com/forum/threads/mrp-round-16.1069273/ There's also a big thread on the whole strangley-scratchy incident between Brian Lake and Drew Petrie. Includes video. And GIFs. And arguments about how being strangled doesn't [...]
Mark and Goal of the Year, Round 16 2014
Petrie's grab on the goal line ("and he's given Lake a touch-up"), Laird with a nice grab, and Marc Murphy's mid-flight collision. So brave. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EFak9h-XAnk Goal of the Year - Griffen gets a bit grabby, [...]
AFL Teams, Round 16 2014
NORTH MELBOURNE v HAWTHORN Etihad Stadium, Friday July 4, 7.50pm NORTH MELBOURNE B Luke McDonald, Scott D. Thompson, Scott McMahon HB Shaun Atley, Lachlan Hansen, Michael Firrito C Sam Gibson, Andrew Swallow, Liam Anthony HF [...]
IC 2014 Preview: USA Revolution
As we head towards the 2014 International Cup, I had a brief chat with Matt Bishop, the coach of the United States mens Australian Football side, the Revolution. Matt spent some time playing junior footy [...]
The Phoenix Rises – The Amazing story of the salvation of Australian Football
The Phoenix Rises is the remarkable story of the transformation of ‘Australia’s Game’ from a troubled Victorian Football League to the Australian Football League powerhouse of today, told by the man who pulled the levers [...]
IC 2014 Preview: USA Freedom
For the first time at the International Cup, the United States will be sending two womens sides to take part - the Freedom and the Liberty. I had a brief chat with their coach Leigh [...]
The Recruit on Foxtel
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gjelDo88Rf0 THE RECRUIT is back, and it is on FOX8. Out there, playing somewhere in Australia right now, is a weekend warrior the AFL recruiters have either never seen or missed, a man dreaming [...]
IC 2014 Preview: India
In the lead up to the International Cup, I had a brief chat with Sudip Chakraborty, the Secretary General of the Australian Rules Football Association of India (ARFAI). IN 2008, Australian cricket captain Ricky Ponting [...]
MRP Round 15, 2014
Kevin Taylor's Footystats Diary brings us a summary of the week's Match Review Panel. The melee in the Saints v Tigers match draws the bulk of attention (and fines) from the panel. HAWTHORN v GOLD [...]
Goal and Mark of the Year – Round 15, 2014
Buddy carves up GWS, Motlop with the silky side-step and Bontempelli shrugs three Melbourne tackles before threading the needle. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qzuz6gkhMfQ Meanwhile for Mark of the Year, Jay Schulz takes a huge screamer, Jarrod Witts takes [...]
AFL Teams, Round 15 2014
GEELONG CATS v ESSENDON ES, 7:50pm AEST Friday, June 27, 2014 GEELONG CATS B Corey Enright, Tom Lonergan, Andrew Mackie HB Cameron Guthrie, Harry Taylor, Jared Rivers C Steve Johnson, Joel Selwood, Allen Christensen HF [...]
MRP Round 14, 2014
Thanks to FootyStats Diary for this summary of the round 14 Match Review Panel statement: PORT ADELAIDE v WESTERN BULLDOGS DANIEL GIANSIRACUSA (WB) charged with a Level Two rough conduct offence – reckless, low impact, [...]
Mark and Goal of the Year – Round 14, 2014
Mark of the Year nomnomnoms for round 14: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xkCVzkY1Jrs Goal of the Year nominations for round 14: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lMfdHAX3QEo
Socceroos defiant in defeat
Photo: Sebastian Gunta - https://www.flickr.com/photos/sgfotographics/ While the Socceroos know they won’t be going any further than the group stages at this World Cup, Ange Postecoglou’s squad will soon return from Brazil with their [...]
AFL Teams, Round 14 2014
Richmond v Sydney Swans MCG, 7:50pm AEST Friday, June 20, 2014 Richmond B Troy Chaplin, Jake Batchelor, Alex Rance HB Bachar Houli, Matt Dea, Steven Morris C Dustin Martin, Shane Edwards, Ricky Petterd HF Nathan [...]
Reading between the lines of Essendon’s Court Application against ASADA: A litigator’s perspective
Justice Middleton decided on 17 June 2014 that, in light of the public interest in Essendon and James Hird’s case against the CEO of ASADA, he would make public some of the legal documents filed [...]
MRP Round 13: No suspensions.
AFL's MRP statement for round 13, 2014: Charges laid: Dennis Armfield, Carlton, has been charged with a Level One Misconduct Offence ($1200 sanction) for misconduct against Grant Birchall, Hawthorn, during the second quarter of the [...]
Local Football Supporter: “Ease up on umpires.”
"Sometimes the calls go your way, sometimes they don't," says local football supporter (left). Local football club member James Toovey urged fellow supporters from all clubs to ease up on umpires, today. [...]
ASADA Show Cause Notices – all the links and clips
Damien Barrett discusses ASADA issues on The Footy Show, 13th June 2014 BigFooty mod The_Wookie has been maintaining our thread of links and information on all ASADA events. A new thread has been [...]