In the past week, former Geelong president Frank Costa raised the pressing issue that the AFL is beginning to morph into the soccer’s English Premier League (EPL), as a third of AFL clubs have already been ruled out of September action. Costa’s concerns are not new, as Sydney Swans chairman Richard Colless shared a similar [...]
ANZAC was originally an acronym for the Australian and New Zealand Army Corps, and it is fitting that today will be the first time matches will be played in both Australia and New Zealand to honour those who have fallen. ANZAC Day was to commemorate the soldiers who fought and died at Gallipoli during World [...]
David Koch, Chairman of Port Adelaide has won another great victory for his club that transcends the decision to remove the tarpaulins and will bring an equal amount of joy to the club’s supporters as its four victories this season. In the final AFL match to be played at AAMI Stadium, Port Adelaide have been [...]
It may have been easy to forget there was a game of football on Sunday afternoon, as the media’s focus leading up to the Carlton and Collingwood clash was centered on the rivalry between head coach Mick Malthouse and his first encounter with former club Collingwood. On-field at the MCG, the Magpies led by Malthouse’s [...]
It is the game that you circle in your diary every season, the team that you raise your children to despise and the football club that you cannot bear to be higher than your own club on the ladder. It is the ultimate rival. When talking about rivalries in football, they do not get much [...]