Football's process of"ground rationalisation",as it was known in the 1980s,was an emotional saga. For thousands of fans,to lose their home ground was to lose part of their personal history.
The sustained use of leg-side bowling and field-placements in Perth was like nothing I’ve previously seen on an Australian Test ground.
The moment of truth – when Steve Smith becomes eligible to resume a leadership role in the team – lies ahead.
Every so often a football season unfolds that,with hindsight,only ever had one ending. Richmond's triumph is one of inevitability.
Chris Fagan,a proud Tasmanian who now coaches the Brisbane Lions,spoke with Tim Lane about a Tasmanian team in the AFL.
At Edgbaston,the trauma of Cape Town in March 2018 was consigned to the vault of distant memories.
And on the seventh day we rested? Cricket,football,tennis and more,this past week has been a feast for sports fans.
Around 50 per cent more Tasmanians than Queenslanders are watching AFL on TV.
The effect of Mike Williamson's technique,if you could call it technique – because his style was somehow lighter than any commentary heard since – magnified the occasion.
Football had long been well ahead of cricket in Tasmania,but in 1979 their respective graphs crossed. Cricket keeps moving north;football continues to tank.
This is a story about journalistic practice and how there’s not necessarily a shelf-life on the discomfort caused by careless reporting. Even in sport.