#AFL Round 14 Weekly Discussion Thread

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  • Meg
    Go Swannies!
    Site Admin
    • Aug 2011
    • 4828

    #16
    Originally posted by Beerman
    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.

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    • KTigers
      Senior Player
      • Apr 2012
      • 2499

      #17
      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.

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      • dejavoodoo44
        Veterans List
        • Apr 2015
        • 8490

        #18
        Originally posted by 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.
        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.

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        • KTigers
          Senior Player
          • Apr 2012
          • 2499

          #19
          Originally posted by dejavoodoo44
          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....
          Last edited by KTigers; 24 June 2019, 10:44 AM.

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          • Bloods05
            Senior Player
            • Oct 2008
            • 1641

            #20
            Originally posted by KTigers
            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.

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