#AFL Round 14 Weekly Discussion Thread

[Meg]

I don't read that as negatively as you do. Our game was described as "a thriller" - sounds like a much better and more exciting game than watching Pies "scrape past" a team and "see them off", no matter how "brave" the opposition is.

And while "dogged" isn't that flattering an adjective, I don't think many fans would be hoping their team would be more "gritty".

gritty = brave and determined
dogged = tenacious, persistent

Yeah I know I’m over-reacting. It’s the ‘brave Dogs’ all over again (2016 revisited) that annoyed me.

[KTigers]

Meanwhile, as round 14 ground on interminably, Ash Barty become the first Australian woman to get to #1 in the tennis rankings
in almost 50 years, and Hannah Green won the PGA, the first Australian women to win a major golf title in 13 years.
These are significant achievements.

[dejavoodoo44]

Meanwhile, as round 14 ground on interminably, Ash Barty become the first Australian woman to get to #1 in the tennis rankings
in almost 50 years, and Hannah Green won the PGA, the first Australian women to win a major golf title in 13 years.
These are significant achievements.

Yes, Hannah Green was a nice surprise. Going into the tournament, her world ranking was 114, and she had career prize money of US$360,000. Today's prize was US$577,000. And I think pretty well everybody would have backed Minjee Lee to be Australia's next major winner.

[KTigers]

Yes, Hannah Green was a nice surprise. Going into the tournament, her world ranking was 114, and she had career prize money of US$360,000. Today's prize was US$577,000. And I think pretty well everybody would have backed Minjee Lee to be Australia's next major winner.

Absolutely. Good on her. Golf majors (like tennis majors) are ridiculously hard to win. Apparently Green first started in the US as part of
Karrie Webb's scholarship program. And if ever we had an under appreciated Australian champ, it's Webb. Seven majors (more than Scott, Day,
Norman & Ogilvy combined) and she helps out other golfers. But that's probably for another forum....

[Bloods05]

Absolutely. Good on her. Golf majors (like tennis majors) are ridiculously hard to win. Apparently Green first started in the US as part of
Karrie Webb's scholarship program. And if ever we had an under appreciated Australian champ, it's Webb. Seven majors (more than Scott, Day,
Norman & Ogilvy combined) and she helps out other golfers. But that's probably for another forum....

She also talks like an Australian. More or less.