The AFL / Aussie Rules Thread

[Papy Oli]

Support Collingwood? *shrug*

Naah, you're all right...

[Papy Oli]

Hawthorn marking Buddy's 350th with some of his goals from way back when...Not too shabby that fella...

(the goal action from 1'10 made me laugh. The face of the (Dees I assume ?) player chasing Buddy along the line is priceless. He so wants all this to be over!!

And scoring like *THAT* after *THAT* run too ?!?! Jesus....

https://twitter.com/HawthornFC/status/1666694546456031235

[Papy Oli]

Hawks by 25...anyone got that ? 


and Crows by 97 at 3/4 time...

[Madiel]

Hawks by 25...anyone got that ? 

One exceptionally steadfast Hawks fan in our office.

[Papy Oli]

One exceptionally steadfast Hawks fan in our office.

Hope got him every week except today  He'll walk proudly into the office on Monday 

Tense game between Freo and Richmond right now.

[Madiel]

He'll walk proudly into the office on Monday 

If he does, no-one will be there seeing it's a public holiday.

[Madiel]

Melbourne v Collingwood on this Monday is always a big match, but now that both teams are near the top of the table it's huge.

And insanely tight right now.

[Holden]

Melbourne have taken it out.

[Papy Oli]

False hopes in Q1 then Port came charging... No chance. We were poor after Q1.

[Madiel]

False hopes in Q1 then Port came charging... No chance. We were poor after Q1.

Oh, I forgot to watch even though I remembered to put my tips in.

I predicted a tightish Port Adelaide win. Partly right.

[Holden]

Based on Geelong's recent form I backed Port.

[Papy Oli]

Based on Geelong's recent form I backed Port.

Port's form was a sufficient base with 10, now 11 on the trot 

Saw half of Lions v Swans. Really scrappy, with what felt like lots of poor kicking, marks intercept and stoppages.

[Papy Oli]

bloody hell, If even the Suns start to win now....   

Only 6 pts between the 5th and 12th! that's making things tasty for those top 8 spots now.

As for Geelong, another good gritty win on Friday against the Dees, with a good show from the youngsters.

As if we hadn't had enough injuries as it is (Dangerfield had only come back from injury last week that he is off again with a broken rib and punctured lung), we now have teammates injuring one another, with Rohan clattering Jezza and knocking him out cold. That impact picture is a sight.



Now for the big debate, should Rohan be suspended for what is still a reckless intervention?? There's a Demon player behind Jezza that he tried to intercept and clashed with Cameron instead...

[Madiel]

bloody hell, If even the Suns start to win now....   

Oh come on, nearly everyone at work picked them. They were playing Hawthorn - not very stiff competition.

Stiffer than West Coast though. It's been a while since scorelines like that have appeared in my feed.

[Papy Oli]

Oh come on, nearly everyone at work picked them. They were playing Hawthorn - not very stiff competition.

Stiffer than West Coast though. It's been a while since scorelines like that have appeared in my feed.

I know but I don't like the Suns breathing down our necks like that 

Re WCE, I think that's the first 200+ I have seen my AFL lifetime... All that for the Swans to get trashed next week against us...for the third time in a row    (watch me jinxing us now  )

[Madiel]

Re WCE, I think that's the first 200+ I have seen my AFL lifetime...

It's pretty rare. Apparently the last time was 12 years ago. And the winning margin of 171 points is the equal-4th-biggest in the history of the competition.

[Papy Oli]

It's pretty rare. Apparently the last time was 12 years ago. And the winning margin of 171 points is the equal-4th-biggest in the history of the competition.

ok, quite a feat then...

[Holden]

The Suns stadium is just down the road (3 kms) from my local watering hole and we often get away supporters coming in for a couple before heading away to the match. Yesterdays Hawks fans didn't look or sound very confident yesterday.

[Papy Oli]

Absolutely nothing to do with footy but it's Australian so it might as well go here.

It made me smile when I saw it a while back:

https://twitter.com/historyinmemes/status/1653277533960302594

[Madiel]

Ah yes. Aunty Jack.