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- July 2012
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More than a game? AFL Footy Show has changed the game
8 Mar 2013The AFL Footy Show laced up for its 20th year last night. It has a new timeslot but objectively critiquing the program became irrelevant years ago – the reputation and sideshow of the Footy Show has become bigger than the show itself. Those that hate and criticise the show won’t have their minds changed and [...]
Cricket season restructure that will hold our interest
2 Feb 2013Whatever the intelligentsia of the Australian media may say, someone is interested in T20 cricket. 46,000 don’t turn up because the bails flash. I came across a young guy over Christmas who spoke about the Melbourne Renegades in fanatical terms and I was shocked. My interest in it is passing at but this was as [...]
Which was the best AFL grand final ever?
17 Jan 2013A full three months since the 2012 AFL Grand Final, can we now accurately and objectively look at the match and fit it in with the legend of grand finals past? That’s a tough one. Yes, it was edge of the seat with moments of brilliance, but it was also spliced with periods of complete [...]
Is Test cricket's timelsot conundrum insurmountable?
30 Nov 2012The graphic image of a spent Peter Siddle willing himself to the line like a marathon runner on Monday afternoon will live long with those that watched it. For those that did, it sets up a summer of cricket as something we should care about it. However, at 5:30PM on a Monday, a fraction of [...]
DK v Pup in the hipster stakes
15 Sep 2012Behind the moustaches, behind the shades of brown and behind the bodyshirts, Howzat gave us a look at something that seems long forgotten: the Australian cricketer as part of pop culture. This is a revelation because it may well provide the up to now indefinable aspect that tells us why the Australian public has had [...]
Taking cricket to the bush
1 Sep 2012In the aftermath of ‘Howzat’, there’s much to reflect upon. A lot will centre on the historical position Kerry Packer holds and the influence the venture had on Australian and world sport. In a cricket sense I’m sure there would be some heads in Jolimont who wished that Channel Nine had held on to the [...]
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