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  1. RussellEbertHandball

    Research Recent Deaths

    When I was a kid and occasionally would listen to footy on ABC radio and hear a VFL game called in SA, and also shield and test cricket, I'd hear Clarke Hansen, Peter Smooth Booth and Graham Smokey Dawson calling games in Melbourne. I do remember him hosting the Winners, and calling tennis and...
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    Summer Olympic Sports in between Olympics thread.

    One small caveat on the times in Gaborone Botswana, Gaborone is just on 1,000m above sea level. That would have had some impact advantaging the sprinters. Nowhere as much as 2,200m in Mexico City has on sprint times run there.
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    Roast Media Shakes Head, Part 8

    Kane tonight on Agenda Setters after talking about his Sportsbet show Kickons, that he does with Jason Richardson, Josh Jenkins and Kate McCarthy and is usually on 7 after the footy on Friday night, said - "Sportsbet are a major partner of everything I do. Every show that I'm on, thankfully...
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    Certified Legendary Thread Sack(ed) Hinkley 15 - The End

    36ers owner Grant Kelly plays a very smart game not favouring either Port or the crows. He bloody stole Benny D off the club as they saw what a great job he did with Port's membership growth.
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    Expansion PNG Joins NRL .......... Options For AFL ??

    Aussie Rules was big post WWII - by PNG standards - and probably bigger than Rugby League before the Packer owned EMTV station started showing State of Origin games. EMTV started in the mid 80's and showed State of Origin games for about 5 years as 9 had rights to those games, before 9 got the...
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    Coach Hamish Hartlett - AFL contest, stoppage and opposition assistant coach

    Maybe we need a whiteboard summary of the oppo players.
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    Prediction 2026 Season Prediction Thread

    We are 3 and 5. Your maths is disappointing.
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    Roast Media Shakes Head, Part 8

    Take the money over the important unpaid role at the AFL. You'd reckon he be earning enough money from all his other gigs. So which South Aussie goes onto the All Oz selection squad?? probably Bickley given he is in the media.
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    Roast Media Shakes Head, Part 8

    I watched most of the state memorial service yesterday. Les Fong's speech covering his coaching career in particular was very good, Basil when he has reading from a script to read from and doesn't have to engage his brain was pretty good and pretty personal. Loved the story he told when Dennis...
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    Opinion International Geopolitics

    Social Media has been showing stuff re US bases hit for the last 9 weeks and Al Jazeera has shown video I've seen on their twitter account. Has Al Jazeera been cut off by UAE authorities? I've been watching this Pommie guys feed for most of the war. He is a little sensualist and everything is...
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    Summer Olympic Sports in between Olympics thread.

    After I posted last night about CGNAT, I checked on my phone. I turned the wi-fi off as at home I have plugged into my internet service provider's feed. When I was independent of that, it allowed me to look at the 3 hour video package of day 2 on my phone and on my computer after I hotspotted...
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    Opinion International Geopolitics

    How much damage have missiles and drones done outside of striking US bases and where US military personnel fled to / were rehoused? I'm aware of a couple of refinery strikes and on the Port of Fujairah where tankers are loaded. I guess I'm asking how much damage to buildings and non oil and...
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    Player Watch Pick #15 (2024) - Joe Berry

    I've written a couple of times in this thread and also in game review threads that he has to stop thinking he is playing in the U/18 and realise that he is playing against AFL hardened men and he can't get pasted them like 17-18 year old boys.
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    Player Watch Pick #18 (2019) - Mitch Georgiades

    He is poor when the ball is on the ground. His GBG stats are poor. Gets caught HTB a lot when he picks up the ball off the ground and thinks he can get around opponents or doesn't give a handball out. Of the top 14 goal kickers 12 are KPF types and Watson and Charlie Cameron are the other 2...
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    The New Era Is Here

    I hope the new era isn't summed up by losing the close ones. 1pt, 2pts, 3pts, and 14pts losses + the 8 goal loss to North. Percentage is a fair indicator of how a side is going and despite the easier draw in the first few weeks, winning by 63, 42 and 30 pts - which should have been 60+ - is why...
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    Adelaide Oval - Discussion

    ...... .................................. Good luck getting City of Adelaide Council to approve that.
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    Player Watch Pick #16 (2016) - Todd Marshall

    Played like a chookless head on Friday night. Very spacey.
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    Coach Welcome Back Stuey Dew - Midfield Coach

    If Jordon Sweet doesn't stupidly belt the ball into open space at the ball up after Joe Berry's goal, and instead hits it to his feet and the ball stays inside the small or even larger centre circle, we might end up having multiple ball ups and kill the clock. Sweet is old enough to know...
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    Player Watch Cat B Rookie (2024) - Benny Barrett

    RossFC - do you reckon Benny is doing enough to get a 3rd year contract as a rookie or get elevated at the end of the year?
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    Summer Olympic Sports in between Olympics thread.

    Re being Geo-Blocked out of World Athletics website I asked on Athletes Australia facebook page and got 3 responses. First asked me if I had my VPN on - I replied I don't have one. second said - I saw day 1 relays but geo-blocked for day 2 even after VPN. third said - It’s the awful software...
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    Summer Olympic Sports in between Olympics thread.

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    Summer Olympic Sports in between Olympics thread.

    Previous to last night's 4x400 run, the top 10 times had all been recorded in August or September, at a northern hemisphere Olympics, world champs or major meet at the peak of a northern hemisphere season. The top 3 last night, all southern hemisphere nations, benefitted from running this in...
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    Summer Olympic Sports in between Olympics thread.

    The great thing about the men's 4x4 and most of the men and women who went to Botswana were born this century so are between 21 and 25 years old so some should be peaking in Brisbane and other should be experienced wise heads a bit like the Canada 4x1 men who have been together for a decade. I...
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    Summer Olympic Sports in between Olympics thread.

    The splits. South African Pillay's split is the fastest ever beating Michael Johnson's 42.9 in Stuttgart world champs in 1993. Holder's and Kebinatshipi will be top 10 in history and Reynolds 43.43 is probably top 30 in history, maybe top 25.
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    Summer Olympic Sports in between Olympics thread.

    This was the previous fastest 3rd placed 4x400 relay result before tonight's effort by the Aussie boys. Botswana's bronze in Tokyo Olympics in 2021 behind USA's gold in 2:55:70 and Netherland's silver in 2:57:18. Coach Rob's video/ comments probably in about 5 hours on the Aussie effort will be...
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    Summer Olympic Sports in between Olympics thread.

    Botswana's 2:54:27 slots in to the 3rd fastest of all time and 0.06 fastest than their silver in Paris 2 years ago. South Africa's 2:55:07 is now 5th fastest after above 2 efforts by Botswana Australia's 2:55:20 is now 6th fastest of all time, surpassing some amazing USA teams.
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    Summer Olympic Sports in between Olympics thread.

    Bloody hell another 2.10 second improvement to get bronze. 2:55.20. Brilliant run boys. That now is a top 10 all time performance. Brilliant.
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    Summer Olympic Sports in between Olympics thread.

    12 qualifiers per event, Oz is the only nation to qualify in all 6 events. Other top nations qualified the following teams. AUS 6 SPA 5 CAN 5 GBR 5 GER 4 NED 4 JAM 4 ITA 4
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    Summer Olympic Sports in between Olympics thread.

    South Africa lost by 0.06 to USA in men's 4x100m. Reaction times SAF 0.360 v USA 0.153. Lachie Kennedy was the fastest out of the blocks with 0.131.

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