Tag: team
You may never let yourself love Collingwood, but this special Magpies team deserves your respect
It’s near enough to the oldest rule in footy — if you don’t love Collingwood, you have to absolutely hate Collingwood. Some people grow up…
Tiger great Riewoldt and ex-Lion Lynch among newly announced Tasmanian AFL leadership team
Quick read In short: The team to lead the formation of the Tasmanian AFL club has been announced. Members include experts in business, finance, governance,…
The AFL’s All-Australian Team will be announced tonight. Who should make the cut?
Everything has to start from somewhere. “With Adelaide joining the competition this year, we believe the timing is right to introduce an AFL All-Australian Team,”…
NSW bush footy talent Shelby Raven signs with SANFLW team
While she might be one of Broken Hill’s most softly spoken footballers, Shelby Raven is a force to be reckoned with on the field. Key…
King Gizzard kicks in to give a small town a lift and create what may be Australia’s coolest footy team
On a winter’s afternoon this year, Cassie Harrison jogs off the field of her coastal home footy ground to, as she cheerily terms it, “lighten…
Meet the team using the power of fantasy football to grow women’s sport
Ben Dunlop describes playing fantasy AFL football as an “obsession”. Each week, the 34-year-old, who is based in Melbourne and works in financial services, watches…
We tried to predict who would get the most votes for your team in the Brownlow — did we get it right?
It was only appropriate that after one of the best AFL seasons in living memory that we were rewarded with one of the best finishes…
Former AFL star takes ‘Australia’s worst footy team’ to their first grand final
In a country sport that has plenty of heartache and battling, the Albany Sharks are a stand-out. Key points: Albany Sharks to play in first…
Why this country team had to fold
After more than a century, a proud country football and netball club is folding. Its demise tells a bigger story about rural Australia. The night…
Meet the Rockets, the all-abilities Aussie rules team changing lives and a community
If it’s Wednesday in the winter, Peter Keath is going to be talking footy at work. A lot. “I like training day,” he says. “Yeah,…