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West Coast Rivalries

by densham — Sat, 2011-05-14 01:14 — Last Updated: Wed, 2011-05-25 07:50

Essendon and the West Coast Eagles have a colorful past. A rivalry that goes back to the days when Coach Kevin Sheedy started waving his jacket whenever the Bombers defeated the Eagles. At the start of this season, the Eagles, like the Bombers, had not been given much chance of success. Coach John Worsfold was inked in as one of the first coaches to be fired. Both teams however showed epic pre-season form, both making the Preliminary Finals and both losing to Collingwood in the NAB Cup.  read more »

Collingwood NAB Cup Premiers 2011

by densham — Sat, 2011-03-12 18:40 — Last Updated: Mon, 2011-03-14 06:19

On Friday night old rivalries kicked in as the NAB Cup finalists lined up for the national anthem. The last time Collingwood and Essendon faced each other in a Grand Final match was in 1990. The Pies won that game by 48 points even though back then the teams were evenly matched in their ladder finish.  read more »

Saints March On

by densham — Thu, 2011-03-03 06:14 — Last Updated: Fri, 2011-03-11 20:23

It rained all Saturday, in stark contrast to Friday night when the Magpies played under summer skies with the roof open at Etihad and Melbourne looed resplendent as the world's second most livable city. Today she was in a different mood. As the wintery winds swirled and the rain pitched down at skewed angles, there was a sense of foreboding in the air.  read more »

Lightning Strikes Again

by densham — Thu, 2011-03-03 05:26 — Last Updated: Fri, 2011-03-11 20:00

A week is a long time in football, as the saying goes, well try 40 years. It's that long since the League trialled a shortened version of the game with a round robin format called the Lightning Premiership. Decades later and for the early rounds of the NAB Cup the lightning format was back.  read more »

Etihad Officials Promise Surface Improvement

by Lisa Albergo — Wed, 2010-07-28 22:11 — Last Updated: Thu, 2010-08-05 06:15

Ian Collins, manager of Etihad Stadium, has finally admitted that the playing surface needs to be improved after months of defending it. This comes after heavy criticism of the ground from commentators, the media, players, coaches and a host of fans in website comments and on talkback radio.  read more »

Bombers Blast Hawks

by rickb — Sun, 2009-05-10 06:21 — Last Updated: Sun, 2009-05-10 13:23

Rick Browner reporting for AFANA from Perth

Twenty-five years of rivalry came to a head Friday night at Etihad Stadium. A pro-Hawthorn crowd of 50,000 was looking forward to an easy win over the Bombers, and tipsters from all around Australia were licking their lips at the odds.  read more »

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