Although they are the youngest AFL club based in Victoria, the Hawthorn Hawks have been the most successful side in the competition these past fifty years, winning ten Premierships since their inception in 1902. Their most recent AFL Flag came in 2008 when Hawthorn defeated the highly fancied Cats.
by Melissa Woods - November 22nd 2011 @ 5:56am
by Michael DiFabrizio - November 2nd 2011 @ 4:13am
Ahead of the 2012 AFL fixture launch last Friday, the AFL corrected reports that Collingwood wouldn’t travel to Perth next year and, in the process, boasted about the travel demands of all Victorian clubs next year. “All Victorian clubs will have at least five matches outside the state,” reported AFL.com.au. While that statement would’ve been [...]
by Roger Vaughan - September 27th 2011 @ 6:02am
by Michael DiFabrizio - September 27th 2011 @ 4:51am
Collingwood star Dane Swan wrote his name into the history books last night, claiming his first Brownlow Medal with a whopping 34 votes. It was the highest tally of any winner since the 3-2-1 voting system was introduced. He was victorious ahead of Hawthorn’s Sam Mitchell, who was ineligible to win the award but at [...]
by Michael DiFabrizio - September 25th 2011 @ 7:17am
So the match-up we were all anticipating has eventuated. Collingwood and Geelong will play off in the 2011 AFL grand final. The two teams played contrasting preliminary finals, but by each getting over the line they’ve set up a huge week in football. Already, there’s plenty to get stuck in to. Injury talk, for one, [...]
by Greg Buckle - September 24th 2011 @ 7:55am
by Melanie Dinjaski - September 23rd 2011 @ 12:45pm
Tonight Hawthorn and Collingwood meet for a spot in the Grand Final, in what should be another thriller at the MCG. Join us from 7:45pm for live scores and blog of the Hawks vs Magpies preliminary final. Most AFL fans are adamant it will be a Geelong vs Collingwood grand final this year, but the [...]
by Roger Vaughan - September 23rd 2011 @ 8:28am
by Michael DiFabrizio - September 23rd 2011 @ 6:35am
Let’s not beat around the bush. Going into preliminary final weekend, Collingwood and Geelong are close to certain grand finalists. It’s nothing against Hawthorn or West Coast, teams who racked up a win tally this season that could win minor premierships in other years. It’s just that, well, Collingwood and Geelong in the big one [...]
by Roger Vaughan - September 20th 2011 @ 8:21am
by Redb - February 10th 2012 @ 3:49am
I sat and watched a Fox Sports News segment on St Kilda’s captain and leadership group the other day just shaking my head. No less than eight players have been inducted into the Saints leadership group, with Nick Reiwoldt the captain. That’s almost half the bloody team, I thought. Strangely, none of the remaining leadership [...]
by Michael DiFabrizio - February 9th 2012 @ 12:09pm
For a player who’s never played a game of senior AFL footy, North Melbourne rookie Majak Daw sure gets a lot of attention. He’s the first Sudanese-born player listed by an AFL club, so you can understand there’s some public interest there. But does he warrant the kind of attention the Herald Sun gave him [...]
by AAP - February 9th 2012 @ 4:15am
by Sam Lienert - February 9th 2012 @ 4:03am
by timmy_morgs - February 9th 2012 @ 4:00am
In our society, the number 18 represents growth, responsibility and change and should be no different for the AFL on the birth of its 18th club. The AFL hopes that its venture into Greater Western Sydney will close the divide between AFL and NRL in NSW, but division is exactly what the AFL should be [...]
by S120 - February 9th 2012 @ 3:53am
Having been a haphazard reader of The Roar over the last few years, I always presumed that my first published piece would be a cunning, searing and revolutionary work that the common man would not have the critical faculties to comprehend. I would show that I’m capable of thought in a manner not available to [...]
by The Cattery - February 9th 2012 @ 3:51am
In a rare show of solidarity, AFL boss Andrew Demetriou and NRL boss David Gallop were photographed together yesterday walking through the corridors of power on Capital Hill. They had just finished lobbying both sides of the political divide about possible changes to the Copyright Act to combat the recent Federal Court decision allowing telecommunications [...]
by Andrew Sutherland - February 9th 2012 @ 2:58am
This Sunday marks the 120th anniversary of Australia’s most famous sporting club. Unfortunately, Collingwood intends to celebrate it. As if supporters of other clubs haven’t had enough of hearing about Collingwood from its President. As if they haven’t had it up to here (I’m indicating somewhere above the head) reading double-page spreads about what Collingwood [...]
by AAP - February 8th 2012 @ 11:44am
by Justin Chadwick - February 8th 2012 @ 5:22am
THE ROAR ON