“Rocket Scientist” lands on 200 AFL games

Rob Findlay returned to the ground where his career started this weekend, when he officiated in his 200thAFL match between Melbourne and Collingwood in the Queen’s Birthday classic at the Melbourne Cricket Grou...

Round 12 shorts – The season powers on….

The split rounds have commenced and when we look around we have to ask ourselves where has the season gone?  It is fair to say that we all just get onto that treadmill called the weekly cycle and start peddling...

Luke Walker gives back to local footy

Luke has never been conventional.  He has been unpredictable at best.  It’s why his closest colleagues were bowled over when he retired from the AFL panel at the top of his game last year after another grand fi...

Former AFL umpire puts best boot forward

Athletes clad in clumsy footwear took to Leonora’s main street during festivities after the elite mile heats to race in the annual Golden Gift’s Work Boot Sprint on Saturday night. In spite of being hindered b...

Round 11 shorts: How many free kicks is too many?

How long is a piece of string?  Eleven 50 metre penalties is a record in a game of AFL football said the statisticians who have been measuring everything in football forensically for the past few years.  Dane R...