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  • neilfws
    Senior Player
    • Aug 2009
    • 1856
    #1

    Interesting weekend footie articles

    Enjoyed reading both of these. First, a game day with the umpires - interesting read, whatever you think of them!

    A day with the whistleblowers
    http://www.smh.com.au/afl/afl-news/a-day-with-the-whistleblowers-20110812-1ir04.html
    Rohan Connolly is given rare matchday access behind the scenes with the umpires.


    And second, part 1 of 2, on expansion of AFL into western Sydney.

    How the AFL is winning over the west
    http://www.smh.com.au/afl/afl-news/how-the-afl-is-winning-over-the-west-20110812-1iqt5.html
    IF THE AFL was looking for a pin-up idol as it spreads its tentacles into greater western Sydney, then Gillian O'Riordan could be the woman. When the Campbelltown born-and-bred O'Riordan, 47, grew up, rugby league was the go. ''If you so much spoke about AFL [then VFL] it was looked down upon,'' O'Riordan says.
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    • dimelb
      pr. dim-melb; m not f
      • Jun 2003
      • 6889
      #2
      1. The umps are interesting; there's little mention of Chamberlain, and the ugly parents figure a bit.
      2. On the AFL's expansion, interesting to see the difference between the official line by Tom Harley - GWS is big, plenty of room for Rl and AFL - and the local's line - we'll shake the RL up a bit. I think both may be right! And Phil Gould sounds outright paranoid.
      He reminds him of the guys, close-set, slow, and never rattled, who were play-makers on the team. (John Updike, seeing Josh Kennedy in a crystal ball)

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