The Buckley Era

Nathan Buckley exploded onto the AFL scene in 1993 as the inaugural winner of the Rising Star Award. His career began full of promise, success was assured, and he was destined to become one of the game’s greats. Buckley’s obvious talent established a position of power and following his first season of football he chose to exercise […]

A Standing Question

The primary tactic in the AFL’s supplements saga remains to shift the focus onto the Essendon Football Club and James Hird. It is employed by the AFL, by the media, and by the general public. To these people I have but one simple question:  What exactly did they do? The most disturbing allegation levelled at […]

The Hole In Australian Cricket

The majority of the Australian cricketing public would have been dismayed by the start to The Ashes. The team made a fairly solid start, progressing to 1/71 a few balls before lunch. Then it happened. Again. First, Shane Watson fell, then the collapse continued after lunch. Fans watched as their national team lost 5 wickets […]

Disrepute

‘The AFL Commission can say, “the balance of probability, we believe, we have a gut feel, we think, that this is quite strongly possible” and they can throw whatever penalty they want at Essendon. So their burden of proof is a lot less than an infraction notice from ASADA.’ – Jon Ralph The above comment […]