Author Archives: StephenLiddle

Last weekend, two community clubs in the Geelong area celebrated key player achievements in local league play. After Armstrong United Pelicans, FC Leopold is the youngest soccer team in the area, having debuted in 2017. By starting two juniors in Sunday’s Division 1 match against the Pelicans, the Greens advanced further in the club’s brief […]

Mary Fowler and Aivi Luik are both injured and can’t play for the Matildas in their second World Cup match. Both got mild concussions while working on Tuesday, so they won’t be able to play against Nigeria at Suncorp Stadium on Thursday. The Matildas released a statement before their final Brisbane training session announcing the […]

Gold Coast might contemplate moving Ben King farther up the field, according to Alastair Lynch of Fox Footy, in order to assist the star forwards play himself out of a concerning form slump. In the 40-point loss to GWS on Sunday, King had just four disposals and one mark, extending his goalless streak to four […]

Gary Rohan is expected to be available for selection after being withdrawn from the Cats’ Saturday lineup an hour prior to their defeat to Brisbane. Geelong said that the mysterious Cat failed a fitness test on his ankle during their captain’s run, but he is hoping to play this weekend against Fremantle. Jed Bews, a […]

Why is the AFL so fixated on American sports? It seems that Andrew Dillon has joined the ranks of Andrew Demetriou and Gill McLachlan in proposing a wildcard round and a best-of-three grand-final series to the clubs. Australian rules football is unlike any other kind of football. To have a series of short, indoor, non-contact […]

Kyle Chalmers never enjoyed the “celebrity” element of being an Olympian, preferring to visit his friends or go fishing. Last year, he threatened to quit the sport after a media frenzy. He made a big transformation and “found love” again. He talks to Julian Linden before the Paris Olympics. The show business aspect of swimming […]

It’s no wonder that Clarence’s Sam Green received heavy VFL interest early in the season; he’s become one of the TSL’s best young ruckmen. On Friday, Green told The Mercury that the independent Northern Bullants of the Victorian Football League had offered him a contract to play, but that he was unable to accept because […]

Former players and a bumper crowd usually create a carnival atmosphere at the ground and in the pub after the final home game of the season for bush footy clubs. This game is often one to pencil in on the calendar for bush footy clubs. This Sunday’s match in the Group 16 competition between the […]

The coach of projected first overall pick Harley Reid has addressed rumors that the talented teenager already has a preferred team in mind for next season. According to Harley Reid’s coach, the top draught prospect is frustrated by rumors that he does not want to move to the West Coast. Bendigo Pioneers coach Danny O’Bree […]

One of North Hobart’s key players has been injured, and he may be out for the remainder of the season. Verify the specifics. As a result of Jack McCulloch’s broken hand, North Hobart’s hopes of making the playoffs for the first time in almost a decade have taken a big hit. The injury to the […]