Endangered species: umpire shortages hurting local leagues
Local sporting teams may have returned to the fields in 2021 after grassroots sporting competitions were cancelled last year, but leagues...
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Jun 12, 20212 min read
‘Wrong place for a netball centre’: Bayside residents make their voices heard
Residents have every right to protest over the council’s plans for a substantial new netball centre, Bayside’s mayor says. Mayor Laurence...
Mar 23, 20212 min read
Fans find 50,000 ways to say thank you as MCG welcomes back men’s footy
After a long 537 days without a footy crowd, the MCG was last weekend finally allowed to host half its capacity – 50,000 diehard...
Nov 3, 20204 min read
What makes a cross-code athlete? Why elite athletes are jumping to women’s football
“I never had any intention of [playing AFLW], I guess I just loved the game.” Andrea Gilmore started playing women’s football “just to...
Oct 7, 20204 min read
No regrets: AFL champion says he can hold his head up high
“I was just at the point where I was unhappy. I’d come home and just burst into tears in front of my wife saying this isn’t how it’s...
Oct 2, 20205 min read
From Gaelic football to Aussie Rules: rising star keeps her eye on the ball
“The big moment … was when Colin O’Riordan left Tipperary to go play at the Sydney Swans when he was 18.” Aisling McCarthy, a native of...
Oct 2, 20202 min read
Perseverance is key: Greg Baum’s advice for aspiring sports reporters
How did you become interested in journalism? I was interested in newspapers and writing for as long as I can explicitly remember. There...
Sep 15, 20202 min read
Waste of time or huge step forward: the battle for women’s sport
On a clear and sunny day early in 2018, a message is written in the sky: AFLW, it says. At a Catholic all-boys school in Melbourne, a...
Sep 2, 20202 min read
Disappointed but grateful: AFLW young gun pins her hopes on getting back to normal
Eleven months ago, Nicola Xenos was suiting up for Collingwood’s VFLW team in one of the biggest games of her career. The 18-year old...
Aug 29, 20205 min read
When fans turn their backs: The trouble with A-League
As the A-League season ends, crowds in the stadiums are looking much like those at any Australian sport this year – sparse, thanks to the...
Jul 15, 20202 min read
All abilities cricket leads player to senior competition
The path to senior cricket has been a remarkable one for a player who started his career in the local disability team. Shepparton local...
Jul 1, 20202 min read
The Facebook Page Fighting Back Against AFLW Trolls
A Facebook page made to defend the AFL Women’s competition from social media trolls was initially made just to vent out frustration, says...
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