Tag: AFL
Sentiment set aside as even Dees tip Cats
By JOHN VAN KLAVEREN
SENTIMENT plays a limited part in Geelong’s weekly selections.
So the 300-game milestone that everyone else is celebrating will be lower on...
Cats cream grounded Bombers
For Geelong it was just what the doctor - or coach in this instance - ordered, but for Essendon it was a disaster.
With its...
Cats fortress breached again
Just when Geelong needed some of that old fashioned guts and determination from last week, it found the tank was running on empty.
It consigned...
AFL ties with McDonalds all wrong, says Deakin health expert
A DEAKIN University academic has warned obesity is not the only health issue at play in the AFL’s decision to partner with McDonalds.
Associate Professor...
Cats app plan to fill stadium
By JOHN VAN KLAVEREN
AN APP for Geelong Cats members to resell unused tickets could reduce empty game-day seats at Simonds Stadium, club chief Brian...
Cats $250,000 in red
GEELONG Football Club announced its first operating loss in 15 years on Saturday night.
The club blamed falling attendances and a drop in commercial revenue...
Will the real Mitch Clark please stand up?
By NOEL MURPHY
MEET Mitch Clark ... the other Mitch Clark that is.
He might not be 200cm or 100-plus kilos, or a key AFL forward,...
Cats face test of relevance against Roos
By JOHN VAN KLAVEREN
GEELONG’S battle to defy the odds and remain a finals relevant team continues tonight against North Melbourne.
Losing to Hawthorn in last...
Comment: Footy bucks not the vote-winner Labor thinks ….
LABOR’S expensive gamble to invest $70 million in yet another upgrade of Kardinia Park’s football stadium is not necessarily the vote-winner it thinks, or...
Hawks face ‘real’ Cats
By JOHN VAN KLAVEREN
IT’S A quirk of human nature that equally affects sports teams: the desire for redemption, revenge or simply restoring dented pride.
It’s...
AFL, footy clubs warned for hitting members with extra costs
THE AFL and several AFL clubs have been warned about their failure to adequately disclose to consumers that attendance at certain high demand games...
Echoes of Kennedy in Cats’ coach call for action
By Paul Millar
PLENTY has changed in footy since the blood sweat and beer days of the 1970s but some things remain the same.
In the...
Council weighs in on multiculturalism
The City of Greater Geelong has made a submission to the state government’s Victorian Multicultural Review, highlighting the council’s commitment to a diverse and...
