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Tag Archives: james hird
The top 10 Brownlow Medallists since 1975
This article first appeared on The Roar, September 25, 2015. http://www.theroar.com.au/2015/09/25/ranking-the-brownlow-part-1-top-10-medallists-since-1975/ On Monday night, after the heat and clamour of this weekend’s games have faded and the results have been scribed into the record books, the AFL will crown its latest … Continue reading
Posted in AFL, Australian Football, Gary Ablett, James Hird, sport
Tagged adam goodes, afl, aussie rules, australian football, australian rules, australian rules football, awards, brownlow, brownlow medal, brownlow medallist, chris judd, football, footy, Gary Ablett, gary dempsey, greatest, greatest ever, greg williams, james hird, malcolm blight, michael voss, peter moore, tony lockett
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Gutless Essendon board fail to back James Hird
This article originally appeared on The Roar, August 19, 2015. http://www.theroar.com.au/2015/08/19/gutless-essendon-board-fail-back-hird/ Well, they got him. After three years of trying the AFL finally got their man. James Hird is gone, forced to stand down by his own club after enduring three … Continue reading
Posted in AFL, Australian Football, Essendon, James Hird, sport
Tagged afl, Asada, aussie footy, aussie rules, australian football, australian rules football, bombers, coach, coaching, dons, drug, drug cheat, drug cheats, Drugs, essendon bombers, fresh air, golden boy, gutless, hirdy, james hird, leadership, losing, matthew egan, red and black, review, sacked, sacked coach, sacking, same olds, supplements scandal, wada, winning
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Time to throw the Brownlow medal open to all comers
Originally published on The Roar sports opinion website, July 15, 2015. http://www.theroar.com.au/2015/08/14/time-to-throw-the-brownlow-open-to-all-comers/ For years I defended the purity of the Brownlow medal. I waxed lyrical about its sacredness and fawned over the word ‘fairest’ in its description. I particularly liked the … Continue reading
Posted in AFL, australia, Australian Football, sport
Tagged afl, aussie rules, australian football, australian football league, award, awards, best and fairest, bob skilton, brereton, brownlow, brownlow count, brownlow medal, bruce mcavaney, chris grant, corey mckernan, dick reynolds, dipper, fairest, fairest and best, forfeit, ineligibility, james hird, medal count, michael voss, Nathan buckley, penalty, robert harvey, suspension, vote, votes, voting, whitten
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Not all doom and gloom for the Bombers!
(This article first appeared on The Roar sports opinion website, June 19, 2015. http://www.theroar.com.au/2015/06/19/not-doom-gloom-essendon/ ) According to the old adage, you are only as good as your last game. If that is the case then Essendon are doomed. Not only was … Continue reading
Posted in AFL, Australian Football, Essendon, sport
Tagged afl, aussie footy, aussie rules, australian rules football, bombers, brendan goddard, cale hooker, courtney dempsey, essendon, essendon football club, half forward, injury, jake carlisle, jake melksham, james gwilt, james hird, jo daniher, losing, martin gleeson, michael hurley, patrick ambrose, ruck, shaun edwards, tom bellchambers, travis colyer, winning, woes, zach merrett
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If innocent, Essendon players must clear their names
How many people really know what went on at Essendon through the supplements saga? Millions, apparently! Everyone has a view of course, a personal opinion that they are none too shy about venting. That is how it should be. But … Continue reading
Posted in AFL, australia, Australian Football, Drugs, Essendon, James Hird, sport
Tagged afl, angus monfires, Asada, aussie rules, australian football, bans, bombers, caro, caroline wilson, Drugs, drugs in sport, essendon bombers, football, footy, james hird, jobe watson, mark robinson, mark thompson, media, paddy ryder, paul little, stewart crameri, supplements, supplements saga. essendon, wada
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Furore over Tania Hird’s comments pathetic
James Hird will be coaching Essendon in 2015 and 2016. To the disappointment of all the moral crusaders, there will be no bloodletting today. The original plan stands. Mark Thompson will be the Bombers’ caretaker coach until Hird resumes at … Continue reading
Posted in Australian Football, Essendon, James Hird, sport, Uncategorized
Tagged afl, Andrew Demetriou, aussie rules, australian football, australian football league, bombers, drugs in sport, essendon, essendon bombers, essendon football club, football, free speech, freedom of speech, hirdy, james hird, paul little, sport, tania hird
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Scapegoats, Martyrs and lessons unlearned
When the footy historians of the future re-examine the Essendon supplements saga, what will they see? Will they see 2013 as a turning point in the sport’s fight against doping? Or will they see it as just the tip of … Continue reading
Posted in Australian Football, Drugs, Essendon, sport
Tagged afl, australia, australian football, australian football league, bomber thompson, bombers, Bruce reid, danny corcoran, dean robinson, Demetriou, Drugs, essendon, essendon football club, finals, fines, football, hird, hirdy, james hird, mark thompson, sanctions, sport, suspension, the weapon
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Dean Robinson interview reveals nothing new
The recently screened ‘tell all’ interview by Australia’s Seven network of disgraced former Essendon Football Club employee Dean ‘The Weapon’ Robinson shed precious little new light on the drugs/supplement scandal that has engulfed the AFL this season. Once the high … Continue reading
Posted in Australian Football, Drugs, Essendon, sport
Tagged afl, australian football, australian football league, channel seven, cheating, dean robinson, dean the weapon robinson, Drugs, essendon, essendon football club, football, hirdy, interview, james hird, media, saga, sport, supplements, the weapon
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Murky waters
The murky waters of drugs in sport has engulfed the AFL, and in particular the Essendon Football Club, in a swirling, fetid whirlpool of misinformation and half truths. Yes, Essendon players appear to have been the victims of a poorly … Continue reading
Posted in Australian Football, Drugs, Essendon, Jobe Watson, sport
Tagged acc, afl, Anti obesity drugs, Asada, australian football league, Australian Sports Anti-Doping Authority, brownlow medal, Drugs, drugs in sport, essendon, essendon football club, james hird, jobe watson, peptides, stephen dank, wada
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