by The Roar, 25 May 2013
It’s Dreamtime at the ‘G tonight as Richmond meet Essendon in what is the highlight of the Indigenous Round. We’ll have live scores from 7.40pm AEST. Are we witnessing a repeat of 2012 at Windy Hill? Essendon started this season in a similiar fashion to last, winning their first six matches to sit atop the [...]
by Sam Lienert, 25 May 2013
Fears that Essendon’s current two-game losing streak is the start of yet another mid-season slump for the AFL club have been dismissed by coach James Hird. Hird’s first two seasons in charge started well then tailed off badly. The Bombers won eight of their first nine games last season before fading disastrously to miss the [...]
by Dan Lonergan, 24 May 2013
It was always just a matter of time before Essendon CEO Ian Robson would hand in his resignation and walk away. That time has come. It had to happen on the back of the drugs controversy that the Bombers remain heavily involved in. The findings from the club’s internal report into their current workings and [...]
by The Roar, 23 May 2013
Essendon chief executive Ian Robson has resigned from the club, as the fallout from the ongoing ASADA investigation in supplements continues. Robson has had a difficult time in leading the Bombers in 2013 due to the scrutiny over the club’s use of potentially illegal supplements in 2012. Robson’s position at the club had become increasingly [...]
by Sam Lienert, 23 May 2013
Essendon’s Nathan Lovett-Murray is fortunate to have escaped serious injury when stabbed in what the AFL club says was an unprovoked attack. Lovett-Murray had surgery on Wednesday to repair the bicep muscle in his right arm after Tuesday night’s domestic altercation. AFL talent manager Chris Johnson fears the stabbing of the 30-year-old will cast a [...]
by AAP, 22 May 2013
Essendon AFL footballer Nathan Lovett-Murray has been stabbed in a domestic dispute in Melbourne. Lovett-Murray, 30, is being treated in Royal Melbourne Hospital for a stab wound to the arm. A 22-year-old man and 17-year-old boy have been arrested and are being interviewed by police. The incident happened at a house in suburban Reservoir just [...]
by Trevine, 21 May 2013
Essendon continue to excite then crumble in typical fashion as they frustrate club membership as a football team that dazzle then disintegrate. The rattled coaching staff at Essendon may be the root cause of their unsettled season as they bravely strive to prove that the off field distractions have no bearing on their preparation. But [...]
by The Roar, 18 May 2013 
After last Friday night’s loss to Geelong, Essendon will be out to get back onto the winner’s list when they host Brisbane Lions this afternoon. We’ll have live scores from 1.45pm AEST. While the defeat won’t sit well from Bombers coach James Hird, he’ll know that the 28-point loss was largely down to his side’s [...]
by Greg Buckle, 18 May 2013
Essendon’s management of key forward Patrick Ryder will come under the microscope as the Bombers host Brisbane in Saturday’s AFL clash at Etihad Stadium. Second-placed Essendon have recalled Ryder, Brent Stanton, Jackson Merrett and Elliott Kavanagh for Scott Gumbleton (rested), Nathan Lovett-Murray, Alwyn Davey (hamstring) and Kyle Hardingham. Ryder was controversially overlooked last week after [...]
by Roger Vaughan, 11 May 2013
Geelong have seen off another AFL challenger, counter-punching superbly to beat Essendon by 28 points. Geelong pulled away in the second half of a pulsating contest on Friday night to win 17.11 (113) to 11.19 (85), meaning they are the only unbeaten team after seven rounds. Speedy midfielder Steven Motlop and Steve Johnson starred for [...]
Since their formation as a senior club in 1873, the Essendon Bombers stand alongside Carlton as the AFL’s most successful club with 16 Premierships, with their last flag coming in 2000. The battle for outright AFL premiership supremacy has allowed Essendon to form a formidable rivalry with the Blues, with both teams desperate for that record breaking 17th AFL flag. In 2011, the Bombers appointed James Hird, a club legend, to coach the team and will look to build upon the progress made in Hird’s first season in the upcoming 2012 season.
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