Tag Archives | 2012

Trade Period Final Week: Day 3 Wrap – Stevens deal done; Adelaide reaches Tipping point

By on October 24, 2012 in Club News

  In a day marred with controversy, there was still some action to be had on the trade tables as we countdown with two days remaining in the 2012 trade period. The AFL has launched an official investigation into Adelaide’s last contract with on-the-move forward Kurt Tippett after the Crows board revealed they had come [...]

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Trade Period Week 1 Wrap: Ohh, we’re halfway there…

By on October 13, 2012 in Club News

The first week of the trade period has come to a close – along with the second week of free agency, and we’ve had quite a bit of action, with six trades total taking place. BigFooty News looks at the move your club has made in the weeks action. Completed trades are highlighted in bold [...]

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Sydney take the flag after a Grand Final epic

By on September 29, 2012 in Match Reviews

HAWTHORN                4.5     4.6    9.10    11.15   (81) SYDNEY SWANS         1.4      7.4      10.5     14.7    (91)   Sydney are the 2012 premiers, triumphing over Hawthorn in an absolute epic in front of 99,683 passionate AFL fans. Ryan O’Keefe took the Norm Smith medal as best on ground, but there were so many winners [...]

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4 reasons the Hawks can win, and why none of those reasons matter

By on September 29, 2012 in Match Previews, Opinion

Well, it’s here. Grand Final Day. It’s been a spectacular 2012 and there’s no reason to expect that isn’t going to stop now, with two closely matched sides poised to fight out what will hopefully be a cracker at the MCG this afternoon. But what will be the difference for each side today? Since the [...]

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Brownlow Medal

2012 Brownlow Preview

By on September 23, 2012 in Features

The 2012 Brownlow Medal looks to be one of the most open in recent years, with up to nine players considered legitimate chances. As always we expect it to primarily be a midfielder’s award. The shortest price you’ll find for a big man at Sportsbet is ruckman Dean Cox at 150-1, and you need to [...]

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Hawthorn’s forward-line nightmare to be too much for battered Crows

By on September 21, 2012 in Match Previews

Hawthorn v Adelaide WHERE AND WHEN: MCG, Saturday September 22, 5.15pm LAST TIME: Hawthorn 21.14 (140) d Adelaide 12.12 (84), round three, 2012 at the MCG THE LOWDOWN Adelaide may have proven their credentials to the football world with a hard fought semi-final victory against the Fremantle Dockers last weekend, but they face their toughest [...]

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All Un-Australian – The Worst 22 in the AFL 2012

By on September 20, 2012 in Opinion

The criteria for this list of the worst possible footy team of 2012 players were no first year players and a minimum of 10 games played for the year. We mostly stuck with that, but a few special exceptions were made. Thanks to the dozens and dozens of people who posted on the BigFooty.com All [...]

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Weapon of Mass Destruction hits The Hangar: Essendon 2012 Review

By on September 17, 2012 in Season Review

Ladder position: 11th Win/loss: 11 wins, 11 losses, 100.05% Season More so than any in living memory, Essendon’s 2012 was a season of two halves. The Bombers were the talk of the AFL and sitting 8-3 at the half way mark, only to see their list fall apart at the seams in the last eleven [...]

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Crows advance in thriller

By on September 17, 2012 in Match Reviews

  ADELAIDE 1.3 4.7 8.9 12.9 (81) FREMANTLE 4.1 7.2 8.4 11.5 (71) The Adelaide Crows have finally hushed all naysayers, coming back from a 29 point deficit to record an outstanding third quarter surge and hard fought 10 point victory at AAMI Stadium on Friday night. Key forward Taylor Walker – often noticed only [...]

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Scintillating Eagles Rout Roos

By on September 10, 2012 in Match Reviews

WEST COAST                     7.4      11.8    15.11  24.18   (162) NORTH MELBOURNE        0.3      2.8      8.10    9.12     (66)  In one of the most complete performances of the season West Coast dismantled a very dissapointing North Melbourne side by in the second elimination final. In scenes reminiscent of Fremantle’s win of the night before the Eagles put on [...]

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