Blogs & Pods

Date: September 27, 2013 / Posted by Glenn Mitchell

Michael Clarke is a nonpareil when it comes to Australia’s current Test batting line-up. Even before the retirements last summer of Ricky Ponting and Michael Hussey he had clearly established himself as the premier batsman in the side. Since being elevated to the captaincy in March 2011, he has compiled 2959 runs in his 29 […]

Date: September 20, 2013 / Posted by Glenn Mitchell

Throughout his career, Mitchell Johnson has been akin to Forrest Gump’s box of chocolates in that you never quite know what you are going to get. On-song, he is a bona fide match-winner who can blast out the best batting orders in the world yet when things go awry, they can in a big way. […]

Date: September 14, 2013 / Posted by Glenn Mitchell

Earlier this week Gary Ablett Junior won his fifth AFL Players’ Association MVP award. No other player has won the award more than twice since its inception in 1982 with Chris Judd, Wayne Carey, Greg Williams and Michael Voss the only other multiple winners. The award is voted upon by every player in the AFL […]

Date: September 6, 2013 / Posted by Glenn Mitchell

There has been speculation this week that a change of Federal government would see the Coalition revisit its 2007 position where it attempted to have the AFL and the AFL Players’ Association amend its three-strike policy on illicit drugs. The rumour was soon put to bed by Liberal leader Tony Abbott who said the Coalition […]

Date: August 30, 2013 / Posted by Glenn Mitchell

In 2009, the AFL exceeded $300 million in annual revenue for the first time. The league is made up of 18 teams each of which operate annually on budgets in the tens of millions of dollars. The AFL is big business. Yet, we have witnessed a saga in recent times at the Essendon Football Club […]

Date: August 28, 2013 / Posted by Glenn Mitchell

After six months of investigations and two protracted days in discussions with the AFL, the Essendon Football Club has had its finals aspirations dashed with the governing body removing it premiership points as a result of the ASADA investigation into the club’s medical protocols in 2011 and 2012. Equally as significant is the fact that […]

Date: / Posted by Glenn Mitchell

On face value, Australia’s 3-nil Ashes series defeat does not bode well. In essence however there is much to take from this series ahead of the return encounter starting in Brisbane in late-November. There were two glaring facets that hamstrung Australia. The first was Ian Bell and the second, Australia’s inability to win the big […]

Date: August 26, 2013 / Posted by Glenn Mitchell

Everything points to the fact that James Hird is going to be suspended as coach of the Essendon Football Club tomorrow when the AFL hands down its list of sanctions against the club. It has been widely reported that the 1996 Brownlow medallist and one of the club’s favourite sons will likely receive a 12-month […]

Date: August 25, 2013 / Posted by Glenn Mitchell

In the first week of February the Essendon Football Club’s triumvirate faced the media to explain that it had approached the AFL and ASADA to investigate the club’s medical protocols after concerns had been raised about its practices in 2011 and 2012. The three men who sat at the table were chairman David Evans, CEO […]

Date: August 22, 2013 / Posted by Glenn Mitchell

At present being a member of Australia’s top-seven must be a bit like playing musical chairs – when the music stops, grab a seat. Or perhaps, more correctly, slump down in the one the selectors have slipped behind you. Australia headed to England with major questions over its Test batting line-up. It will return home […]