Joining the fight against homophobia is a personal issue for Hawthorn’s Matt Spangher. In an interview with Bound For Glory, Spangher revealed that his sister is homosexual. His personal ties to the issue were the driving force behind his involvement in the AFLPA’s new video campaign against homophobia. The real ‘Spangher’ in the works for [...]
Lance ‘Buddy’ Franklin has made the headlines once again, this time for two separate reasons. For a change, neither of which are related to the ongoing question of the season as to whether he’ll re-sign with Hawthorn at the season’s end. At midnight last night the Herald Sun ran with a story about Franklin’s run [...]
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 [...]
Retribution is a common occurrence in the AFL, proven through Geelong’s winning streak over Hawthorn in light of the 2008 Grand Final. However, last week it was Hawthorn which was able to gain revenge over a bitter Grand Final loss, defeating reigning premiers Sydney by six goals. The Hawks’ victory propelled them into the top [...]
One of the great football clichés that has been coined over the years is that the third quarter is known as ‘the Premiership Quarter.’ In round three, four of the genuine contenders for the 2013 premiership certainly flexed their muscles during the third quarter of their matches, proving that perhaps some clichés may in fact [...]