Posts Tagged "All Australian"

With only a few weeks to go before the AFL finals series commences, I have assembled what the All-Australian should look like.

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In 1996, the AFL, as part of their centenary celebrations, named a ‘Team of the Century’ – a collection of players from the VFL/AFL’s 100 years.

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An AFL player who excels in multiple positions is enormously valuable for his club, but a potential headache for All Australian selectors.

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St Kilda, Geelong and Collingwood have dominated All-Australian nominations, with more than half of the 40-man preliminary squad coming from those three AFL clubs.

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In the wake of his side’s latest defeat at the hand of a second rate New Zealand outfit, Ricky Ponting has been levelled with criticism this week, with many demanding that he be replaced as captain in all three forms of the game.

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Is Australian sport on a steep decline?

By The Crowd, 4 Feb 2009

 

One of the most important facets of the Australian identity is its sporting prowess. An ability to punch well above our weight on the sporting field is the central cog in Australia’s image of itself as a small country mixing in big circles.

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In the biggest night of American Football, Australian-born Ben Graham stood up for the Arizona Cardinals in what looked to everyone like the winning play of the match. Pittsburgh had something else to say, however, in a match full of records

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The 43rd Superbowl is shaping up to be a large event in Australia. With Sav Rocca and Ben Graham playing off for a place in the Superbowl on Sunday, the NFL executives must be rubbing their hands in glee at the exposure their game is getting in Australia.

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Football Federation Australia has welcomed a decision by FIFA that will allow it to bid simultaneously for the 2018 and 2022 World Cups.

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Japan coach Takeshi Okada believes size won’t matter when the former Asian champions take on unbeaten group leaders Australia at home in their next World Cup qualifier.

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Geelong coach Mark Thompson says his club remains capable of dominating the AFL next season, despite this year’s grand final failure against Hawthorn.

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Picking a composite team can fun but at the same time very hard, especially when trying to compare players from different years and eras. Was Whitten a better player than Knights? Robran better than Ebert? Jesaulenko better than Hird? And so on.

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Diamonds are Aussie netballers’ best friend

By AAP, 9 Sep 2008

 

Netball Australia today launched a new gem on the sporting arena by officially naming the national team the Australian Netball Diamonds.

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With his fellow Collingwood tall forwards just starting their AFL careers, Travis Cloke acknowledges he will shoulder a heavy burden against an experienced Adelaide defence in Saturday’s cut-throat final. More AFL Saints have experience in their favour Soured friendship means another Power exit Black expecting friendship to change with coach Voss

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It is a truism of the AFL – if there is a ruckman on the market, clubs will be interested. The news that Fremantle 21-year-old big man Robert Warnock seems set to return to his home town Melbourne has set off a storm.

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It’s been a long time since I’ve anticipated a game as much as I am with the upcoming All Blacks versus Springboks match. I’ve been reading about their epic battles throughout the 20th century, when the clash between the two sides was to decide who was the best rugby nation in the world.

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Port Adelaide’s 2008 AFL campaign was officially called off by coach Mark Williams following their four-point loss to Richmond at AAMI Stadium yesterday. Swans out to stretch streak into break More AFL North upset Hawks to climb into eight Lions back in business as fill-in steals the show Geelong smash West Coast to consolidate top [...]

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They are two questions guaranteed to keep Richmond supporters awake at night. How would we have got through the last two decades without Matthew Richardson? And what happens when he’s gone? More AFL Eade joins call for AFL action on tanking concerns Adam Cooney: ‘Brownlow winner might do a Bradbury’ TV networks push for twilight [...]

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