Having been founded in 1859, the Geelong Cats are the second oldest football club in the AFL and is also one of the oldest in the world. The Cats have won seven premierships, garnering a reputation as both world beaters and underachievers, highlighted by their record breaking 2007 Grand final triumph over Port Adelaide and their 2008 Premiership loss to the Hawthorn Hawks.
See the 2010 Geelong Cats fixtures.
Gary Ablett’s contract is threatening to completely derail Geelong’s premiership defence. Make no mistake, this story will dominate the headlines every week until a decision is made: will he stay or will he go?
The rumour mills will be in overdrive as every media outlet endeavours to break the story before Ablett breaks his silence. [...] Read article
Collingwood are cautiously confident as they move into the second year of their self-proclaimed AFL premiership window. Off the field, the Magpies have reaffirmed their status as one of the league’s top clubs with a five-year, multi-million dollar sponsorship renewal.
On-field, they are desperate to break a 20-year premiership drought and will be one of the [...] Read article
Geelong’s decorated midfield ripped Fremantle to shreds as the Cats overcame a sluggish start to post a 31-point AFL practice match victory at Fremantle Oval on Saturday.
The Dockers led by 30 points midway through the second quarter but conceded 12 of the next 13 goals as the likes of Jimmy Bartel, Joel Selwood and Gary [...] Read article
As we draw closer to the start of season 2010, we look at the big questions being asked in the AFL, including the most important of them all.
Does Geelong need to win this year’s premiership to be rated with the best sides of all time?
They do. Three in four years will put the Cats right [...] Read article
The Brisbane Lions will ask the AFL for special permission to play a practice match the week before the start of the season after Saturday’s NAB Challenge Series match against Geelong was cancelled because of Melbourne’s stormy weather.
A massive downpour engulfed Visy Park shortly before the scheduled 3pm start, with hailstones the size of [...] Read article
There is a reason why the football world, leaving aside the players and their agents, are up in arms about the issue of third-party payments. It’s because this issue isn’t going to stop at just Chris Judd and Gary Ablett.
Two weeks ago, all anyone knew about outside deals was Judd’s partnership with Visy. Heck, I [...] Read article
As the season 2010 approaches, up to seven clubs loom as genuine premiership threats. Geelong are the ‘Yul Brynner’ of the ‘Magnificent Seven’, the leader of the pack.
With a gun midfield, and stable book ends, they look to be just as competitive as in the past 3 years. Not even the retirement of Captain [...] Read article
New Richmond coach Damien Hardwick says there were signs of his new game plan was clicking as the Tigers thumped reigning premiers Geelong 15.12 (102) to 7.9 (51) in an AFL practice match on Saturday.
The Cats fielded a vastly understrength side, missing about 12 first-choice players including captain Cameron Ling and stars Gary Ablett, Joel [...] Read article
Gary Ablett’s contract is threatening to completely derail Geelong’s premiership defence. Make no mistake, this story will dominate the headlines every week until a decision is made: will he stay or will he go?
The rumour mills will be in overdrive as every media outlet endeavours to break the story before Ablett breaks his silence. [...]
Finally, the real stuff is next up. The NAB Cup undoubtedly provides important preparation for AFL teams and allows the chance for the game to reach community centres, but it deprives us of a better and fairer season.
Without a NAB Cup, and with the expansion of the season on the horizon as the [...]
Keep up the constant niggle and see what happens. That’s the considered opinion of Wayne Carey for those defenders who may have been disheartened by Barry Hall’s remarkably serene displays with the Western Bulldogs in the AFL NAB Cup.
Hall was noteworthy for both his goals and his attitude throughout as the Bulldogs won their first [...]
According to an article on the NT News website, the AFL is set to create a second tier league comprising teams from NSW, ACT, QLD and NT from 2012. This eastern seaboard league would be on the equivalent level of the VFL, SANFL and WAFL.
According to this article, the teams would include the reserve [...]
What a long summer it has been without footy. It seems an eternity since the gladiators of Sleepy Hollow and Moorabbin gave us that unforgettable arm wrestle last September.
The non-stop drenching of cricket, and the circus that accompanies it, has worn thin. A large portion of the country is breathing a massive sigh, indicating that [...]
Less can often mean more but, in the case of the AFL, more is always best if it boosts the bottom line. As reported on The Roar on Saturday, the league is likely to move to a nine or 10-team finals series once the new clubs, Gold Coast (2011) and Greater Western Sydney (2012), enter [...]
AFL boss Andrew Demetriou last week floated the possibility of a 24-round season, an expanded finals series and the continuation of the NAB Cup once Gold Coast and Greater Western Sydney enter the league.
Whilst the notion of the home and away season expanding to 24 rounds is nothing new, and seems fair enough considering the [...]
Collingwood are cautiously confident as they move into the second year of their self-proclaimed AFL premiership window. Off the field, the Magpies have reaffirmed their status as one of the league’s top clubs with a five-year, multi-million dollar sponsorship renewal.
On-field, they are desperate to break a 20-year premiership drought and will be one of the [...]
Less than two years after Collingwood suspended Heath Shaw for the AFL finals, he is being hailed as their potential captain.
The Magpies have added the 24-year-old defender to their leadership group, with the August, 2008 off-field disaster now just a bad memory.
Then, Collingwood suspended Shaw and Alan Didak for the rest of the season because [...]
Melbourne have described the AFL match review panel’s controversial decision not to charge Josh Kennedy as a precedent for the coming season.
Demons football manager Chris Connolly said the club would accept the panel’s decision on the incident that left their midfielder Colin Sylvia with a broken jaw.
Sylvia was chasing Chris Masten in Saturday’s practice match [...]
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