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Date: September 29, 2015 / Posted by Glenn Mitchell

Should the Eagles win the 2015 AFL decider it will be the third best turnaround in history from one season to another. Only Adelaide (from 12th in 1996 to the 1997 premiership) and Geelong (10th in 2006 to the 2007 flag) will have surpassed the Eagles performance from ninth last season should they win on […]

Date: September 27, 2015 / Posted by Glenn Mitchell

Fremantle’s premiership window has closed. It is not a case of needing to rebuild but the club certainly needs to undergo a serious renovation before it can be again considered a genuine flag threat. Hawthorn last night showed that its loss at Subiaco Oval to West Coast in week one of the finals was an […]

Date: September 25, 2015 / Posted by Glenn Mitchell

Only seven men have played more AFL games and just four have won more Brownlow medals. Throw in two premierships; three club best-and-fairest awards; four All-Australian jumpers; three times his club’s leading goal kicker; a Rising Star award; and selection in the Indigenous Team of the Century and you have a career that is right […]

Date: September 18, 2015 / Posted by Glenn Mitchell

A few years ago it was unthinkable that Australia could lose a Test series to Bangladesh. In 2015, the possibility actually looms large. Australia will soon depart our shores for a two-Test series against the sport’s most recent entry to Test cricket. The fifteen strong squad that boards the plane will be one of the […]

Date: September 11, 2015 / Posted by Glenn Mitchell

Fremantle crow-barred Ross Lyon out of St Kilda with the specific goal of winning a premiership. Lyon headed west for the very same reason. With the Dockers’ 2015 finals campaign kicking off on Saturday both the club and coach have the Holy Grail firmly in their sights. Lyon was still under contract at Moorabbin when […]

Date: September 10, 2015 / Posted by Glenn Mitchell

As a sufferer of mental illness myself I greatly admire what Buddy Franklin has done. He is the highest paid player in the AFL with a ten-year $10 million contract. His team is in the finals and in contention for the greatest prize of all. He is a hero to thousands of Sydney fans and […]

Date: September 4, 2015 / Posted by Glenn Mitchell

The famed WACA Ground, as we know it, will soon be no more. The Association’s board will tomorrow announce its future plans for the ground. In a pre-emptive strike WACA President Dennis Lillee announced his resignation yesterday. His parting words would have provided little solace for the members, stating that, “I cannot stand by and […]

Date: August 28, 2015 / Posted by Glenn Mitchell

Following Shane Warne’s retirement at the end of the 2006-07 Ashes series Australian cricket was desperate to find a regular spin bowler. Replacing Warne was always going to be an impossible task as he was a once in a multi-generation player. While everyone understood that there was a belief that an ongoing, viable option could […]

Date: August 21, 2015 / Posted by Glenn Mitchell

“I was sitting there, thinking, ‘I could die here in the f***ing Gabbattoir.” That was what England batsman Kevin Pietersen wrote in his autobiography which was released late last year. The thoughts entered his mind as he was watching Mitchell Johnson’s frightening assault on England number three, Jonathan Trott on the second day of the […]

Date: August 9, 2015 / Posted by Glenn Mitchell

Michael Clarke was not everyone’s cup of tea but there is no arguing that he leaves Australian cricket having made an indelible impression. The Oval Test – his 115th – will mark the end of his Test career. Just days after bristling at suggestions that his career was about to end he completed a 180-degree […]