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Top 10 Goals to Win The Game After The Siren

By on July 16, 2012 in Lists

It’s the classic boyhood dream. You’re playing for your team. Grand Final. You’ve marked it. Siren sounds. You line up… GOAL! You’ve won the premiership and you’re forever a hero. Although interestingly, in over 100 years of the VFL/AFL, not one Grand Final has been decided with a kick after the final siren. There have [...]

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Top 10 Surprise Packages

By on May 9, 2012 in Lists, Opinion

Every year there’s a few bolters. A few guys who just make you sit up and go ‘whoa, where the heck did HE come from?’. Some of them are shocks, others more expected but nonetheless pleasing to their own fans. 10) Craig Bird (Sydney) Your author hadn’t even heard of him until he stumbled across [...]

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Team of the Week – Rd 4

By on April 24, 2012 in Lists, Opinion

Backs: Eric Mackenzie (West Coast) – Mackenzie performed honourably on Buddy for the majority of the night. His shut-down role clearly frustrated Buddy, who had seven free kicks against and 1 goal 6 behinds. Mackenzie was also involved in a lot of play and gathered 27 touches, second only to Kerr for West Coast. Harry Taylor (Geelong) – [...]

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The Best Teams Never to Win a Flag

By on March 30, 2012 in Lists

History is written by the winners. While Paul Chapman’s heroics in the 2009 Grand Final have entered footballing folklore, Brendon Goddard’s performance in the same game with a broken collarbone and broken nose has been consigned to the dustbin of history. While it is only right to celebrate the teams that reach the pinnacle of [...]

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6 Reasons Why the NAB Cup Should be Scrapped

By on March 2, 2012 in Featured Posts, Lists, Opinion

After two long weeks, the first round of the NAB Cup has finally finished and footy fans all over have been asking themselves one question: Do we really have to endure another three weeks of this? Don’t get me wrong, I’m not ungrateful for the current matches we’ve been provided with but after a long [...]

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120 Years of Collingwood: Part 7 – Players 1-5

By on February 28, 2012 in Lists, Opinion

Welcome to the final part in the seven-part series of 120 Years of Collingwood. Here we meet our top five players who are all champions in their own right. Any one of them could have been justified in being number one, but there can only be one, so here are my choices, starting at number [...]

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120 Years of Collingwood: Part 6 – Players 6-10

By on February 26, 2012 in Lists, Opinion

Welcome to Part 6 of 120 Years of Collingwood. Today’s part reveals the lower half of the top ten players. We have 14 Premierships, 11 Copeland Trophies, eight goal-kicking awards and three Champions of the Colony/Brownlow Medals between the five players. It will cause controversy as some are rated higher, but these are my 6-10. [...]

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120 Years of Collingwood: Part 5 – Players 11-20

By on February 24, 2012 in Lists, Opinion

Welcome to part five of the 120 Years of Collingwood series. Today we are looking at the some of the top 20 Collingwood players of all time. This set of players are mostly Team of the Century players, club legends or goal scoring champions. In Part 6, it will be those players inside the top [...]

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120 Years of Collingwood: Part 4 – Players 21-30

By on February 23, 2012 in Lists, Opinion

Welcome to part four of the 120 Years of Collingwood. In this part we now start to unearth some Team of the Century players, a few stars of yesteryear and a player who is much more reknowned for his coaching capabilities. So here is the players ranked 31-40 of all time for the Collingwood Football [...]

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Tom Lonergan

10 Most Underrated AFL Players (Who are really quite good)

By on February 22, 2012 in Featured Posts, Lists, Opinion

Sure, every team has their star. Their B&F challenger, their Brownlow medallist, the player (or players) who draw in their fans. However, there are also a lot of unheralded heroes in the AFL, and here’s a few. 10- Dale Morris (Western Bulldogs) Morris has come through the rookie system and become a steady part of [...]

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