AFL Reviews

Lions Tamed - For Now!

by densham — Fri, 2008-07-18 05:57 — Last Updated: Wed, 2008-07-30 11:13

Bombers stayin' alive

Saturday in Melbourne was a bitterly cold Chicago type day, 55 degrees F, inside the enclosed Telstra Dome Stadium. The wind whistled through the Dome and everyone was rugged up, apprehensive and expecting a tough encounter with the Lions. During the warm up, ‘The Big Brown Dog’, Jonathan Brown was foaming at the mouth, ready to play; his knee was still heavily strapped! Not a good sign for the 3 time premiers? While Bombers worked out in front of goals and did a fair bit of ruck work with the in-form David Hille, the Lions champion was doing short sprints and his team were warming up kicking at goal. Pregame speculation was rife, as to who would be on Brown.  read more »

'No Party Pies' for Dees 150th Birthday Celebration.

by densham — Mon, 2008-06-09 06:18 — Last Updated: Thu, 2008-06-12 00:35

Queen's Birthday Clash for Melbourne and Collingwood

During the week, the build up to the Queen's Birthday clash between the Melbourne Football Club and Collingwood, dominated the media,  the rumor mill was rife that Paul Gardner was stepping down as Melbourne's chairman, to be replaced by Irish import and club legend Jim Stynes.  read more »

Paddy Back To School as Buddy Bags 9 !

by densham — Sat, 2008-06-07 12:57 — Last Updated: Thu, 2008-06-12 00:26

Bombers go down in clash with Hawks, but not without a fight

The game was positioned by Hawthorn supporters- as a 'percentage booster match'. The high flying, top of the table, Hawks - still steaming from last weeks toweling by the Dogs - also dominated the media during week but for all the wrong reasons.  read more »

Bombers Win the DDToss - Tigers the 'Kevin Sheedy' Cup

by densham — Sun, 2008-05-25 06:33 — Last Updated: Wed, 2008-05-28 02:05

Dreamtime at the G turns to Nightmare in Bomberland

Even as Paul Kelly belted out his evocative song 'From Little Things, Big Things Grow' with the help of Kev Carmody and legendary "Oils" front man Peter Garrett, Bombers faithful gathered...  read more »

New Volunteer Needed for AFL Reviews and Previews

by admincms — Fri, 2008-05-23 19:53 — Last Updated: Fri, 2008-05-23 19:58

AFANA needs a new volunteer to process and post the AFL Reviews, Previews, and AFL on Radio schedule.  These do not need to be written or edited, just posted through our editing system.  This volunteer position will require about 30 to 45 minutes per week, less once you gain a few weeks experience.   If you would like to help us, respond by e-mail or use our contact links.   read more »

NAB Cup First Round Weekly Review 2008 Part I

by Seamus Rua — Thu, 2008-02-14 20:28 — Last Updated: Sun, 2008-02-17 18:01

by Tim Murphy

Remember them 9-point goals which mess up the scoreline.  read more »

AFL Weekly Review Grand Final 2007

by Seamus Rua — Tue, 2007-10-02 15:22 — Last Updated: Tue, 2007-10-02 15:55

by Tim Murphy

The Cats completed their brilliant season with a massive win in the big one, thoroughly deserved. A good article by Jake Niall in The Age last week detailed the Catters’ progress to this point since 1999, when the final remnants of the teams who’d lost four Grand Finals between 1989 and 1995 were discarded and Mark Thompson replaced the goose Gary Ayres as coach. Geelong were heavily in debt at the time  read more »

AFL Weekly Review Preliminary Finals 2007

by Seamus Rua — Tue, 2007-09-25 11:09 — Last Updated: Wed, 2007-09-26 11:11

by Tim Murphy

Geelong and Port, first and second on the ladder. It rarely lies. The Cats are deserved favourites, but it should be good.

Your 2007 All-Geelong, er, All-Australian side:

B: Matthew Scarlett (Geel), Darren Glass (WC), Darren Milburn (Geel)
HB: Andrew McLeod (Adel, c), Matthew Egan (Geel), Campbell Brown (Haw)
C: Kane Cornes (PA), Jimmy Bartel (Geel), Chad Cornes (PA)
HF: Steve Johnson (Geel), Jonathan Brown (Bris, v-c), Brent Harvey (NM)
F: Brad Johnson (Foot), Matthew Pavlich (Frem), Cameron Mooney (Geel)
Foll: Dean Cox (WC), Daniel Kerr (WC), Gary Ablett (Geel).
Inter: Brendon Lade (PA), Dustin Fletcher (Ess), Joel Corey (Geel), Cameron Ling (Geel).
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AFL Weekly Review Semi Finals 2007

by Seamus Rua — Tue, 2007-09-18 13:06 — Last Updated: Tue, 2007-09-18 15:02

by Tim Murphy

At Subiaco:

West Coast   0.4   5.5   8.9    10.12.72   10.14.74 after extra time
Collingwood  1.5   4.8   7.11   10.12.72   13.15.93 after extra time

The Pies certainly know how to compete. Mick Malthouse knows how to coach too, rotating