Want to be an AFL media personality? It's easy — just follow the four-step Kane Cornes plan.
Look up which teams that lost on the weekend.
For each of the teams, come up with a reason why either:
a) It's the players' fault. They're too lazy. Don't train hard enough. Don't put in enough effort!
b) It's the players' fault. They're not skilled enough!
c) It's the coach's fault. Bad tactics. Bad strategy. He's allowing those players to be lazy!
d) It's the recruiter's fault. They picked/traded for the wrong players!
Get your producers to find a passage of play, interview, or press conference you can say backs up your claim.
Go on TV or radio and say what you think confidently, as if you're really pissed off about it.
Yeah, the older Richmond players didn't show enough effort. You really don't care — you used to play for Port Adelaide after all.
But you pretend you do on TV and the radio, because it makes great content.
The saga of Waverley Park — Melbourne's car-dependent suburban AFL stadium with a planned seated capacity of over 150,000 (not a typo!)
A really good run down by @philip on the plans by the AFL (and its predecessor, the VFL) to build the world's largest stadium in outer-suburban Melbourne.
Unfortunately, a planned railway line past the stadium to Rowville was never built. That meant a massive 25,000-spot car park as the only real means to get there.
While most of it has been demolished and redeveloped for housing, the oval itself still used by Hawthorn Football Club as a training and administration centre.
On this day in 1940, the soccer legend Edson Arantes do Nascimento was born in Brazil. He forever changed the beautiful game. While there have been many amazing players, no one before or after played like him. He was one of a kind. RIP, Pelé.
Today we watched the Portland Thorns clinch their playoff spot while eating vegan grilled cheese with my wife’s tofu salad on sourdough. Good food and good footy go awesome together.
OMFG. The Portland Thorns, defending an 11-match unbeaten streak down 2–3 in the final minute of stoppage time. Our KEEPER, Bella Bibxy, gets the green light to go up for the corner. And SHE SCORES THE MATCH EQUALIZER! Bella fucking Bixby FTW!