Saints win pressure match

St Kilda came out two point victors over a determined Sydney side in a low scoring pressure packed match at the Telstra Dome tonight. The pressure put on by both teams made the game intense and exciting even though it made the game low scoring. Read More »

Tigers storm home against Blues

The battle of the bottom two sides in 2007 was battled out in the season opener on Thursday night but it was the Tigers who came out with the 4 points after a strong fourth quarter which blew Carlton out of the game. Read More »

REB’s Rubbish: Round 1

Welcome to another year of REB’s rubbish. Before you read on please be aware that last season I was the modern equivalent of Lou Richard’s famous ‘kiss of death’ so please take these selections with a healthy dose of Sodium Chloride. Read More »

Cats scrape home in Grand Final rematch

AFTER a long summer of nightmares for the Port Adelaide players and fans, trying to rid their minds of last years Grand Final humiliation at the hands of Geelong, the memories and heartache all came flooding back this week with a Grand Final rematch on the cards for Round 1. Read More »

Round 1 Teams

AFTER a long summer and an exciting NAB Cup, which gave us a taste of footy we had all been longing for, Round 1 of the 2008 AFL Premiership Season is finally here. Read More »

Footy Wrap: Daisy comes up roses

The footywrap catches up with Daisy Pearce this week. Daisy is captain of the reigning WVFL premiers, the Darebin Falcons. She shares her thoughts with Jeff on the opening round of the AFL season and shows off some of her flashy skills with the sherrin when Jeff’s mate, Clint shoots his mouth off about his thoughts on women in footy. Daisy is a Carlton fan and is excited about their new look midfield and says that ‘with the delivery that (Fevola) is going to be getting this year, I think he’ll be pretty excited as well. Read More »

The King admits to cocaine abuse

WAYNE CAREY the disgraced footballer and media personality has confessed to abusing cocaine and a drug and alcohol problem. Carey says the drug and alcohol problem has made him hit rock bottom. Read More »

Risk, Value and Youth for 2008

All across Australia, probably all across the globe, there are thousands of AFL SuperCoach (and DreamTeam) sides being registered and tweaked for season 2008. As with 2007, ‘One Week at a Time’ is again your home of SuperCoach. Hints, tips, advice, discussion, debate and opinions galore – just the way our readers and listeners like it. I have documented my current set of thoughts, the risks, sleepers, the youth, the injured, the overpriced and the value. However, I warn you to continue reading at your own risk. Conversely, if you do snaffle $30K for yourself as a result of the following, please feel free to fire some my way! Read More »

Footywrap is coming

Footy is back for 2008, how exciting. All footy fans can approach round 1 full of optimism, hopeful that new players and established players returning from injury will create the right balance for a shot at September glory. Read More »

NAB Final & NAB Challenge Teams

THE NAB Cup Final is already upon us and with 14 teams out of the race two are left standing. Almost 11 years after Adelaide’s Grand Final victory over the Saints, these two sides meet again to contest for the NAB Cup silverware on Saturday night at AAMI Stadium. The Saints have named tall forwards Justin Koschitzke and Nick Riewoldt despite both players appearing to suffer injuries in their last NAB Cup games. The Crows have only made one change with Bryce Campbell replacing young James Sellar. Read More »