Paul Allott was a Lancastrian who played 13 Tests, as well as 13 ODI’s, for England in the 1980’s. As a medium pace bowler, he scored an inaugural half century on his Test debut. His career was injury ...

– after the early powerful efforts of Whyte (which he continued later on), Leniu, who didn’t get on the field for a single minute last week, played a match-turning 24 minute cameo that was utterly ...

Yesterday was a visit to what’s left of the Twelve Apostles. The cliffs and Apostles themselves are still spectacular despite the erosion and the lookouts are awesome. This morning was the Port ...

The ‘Maynard’, my age, had been stomped on by a horse, several times, sometime earlier, bitten, fell off, bucked off and in high school was kicked in the leg by his horse, so hard, it numbed it, the ...

Your host for the kukai, Rob Scott, was inspired by attending the annual Footy Almanac Grand Final lunch, bumping into a few of his Collingwood supporting mates who were scattered around the room in ...

Epilogue: Games are won in the centre of the ground. Best midfields usually dominate finals.

Haiku Bob's presents some examples of haiku produced during this year's '2026 AFL Grand Final Haiku Kukai' which attracted many writers from all corners of the globe. Haiku Bob provides some ...

As announced following Round 27, the 2026 RITV Player of the Year is Tallis Duncan. Duncan, who only today committed to the club until the end of 2030, joins the previous winners: 2023 and 2024 ...

The last time North Melbourne were playing in a finals series, I was in year 12, beginning my exam preparations and playing the Tenor Saxophone. In those 10 years since the Kangaroos last played ...

Take your pick between a consummate team performance by the Sydney Roosters over the Dolphins or the Knights’ stunning upset against the Panthers. Why not both? The Roosters played almost the perfect ...

In the comp, we play a March, Strathspey and Reel (one comp) and a jig, and, as I worked lakeside, I turned my mind to my chosen selections, with later research allowing whole other worlds of ...

Glen Campbell was a fine musician but his biggest hit in Australia, ‘Rhinestone Cowboy’ in 1975, wasn’t remembered fondly by us teenagers in WA at the time. Countdown’s Molly Meldrum and radio ...