This first and brutal semi-final match of the Toyota 2018 AFL series saw a devastating end to the Hawthorn Hawks’ decade long reign of domination over the Melbourne Demons at the Hawks’ home ground, the MCG. This was a closely contested match and both teams played quite equally so the 33 point difference at the …Read More
*For an overview of AFL please read the previous AFL Match Report With the entrance of Spring, a warm night greeted 91,767 fans at the Melbourne Cricket Ground in this first elimination match which marked the Melbourne Demon’s first finals victory in over a decade. Winning by 29 points after scoring 10 goals and 15 …Read More
Australian Football, better known as Aussie Rules, footy, or football, is huge Down Under. First played in Melbourne in 1858, Australian Football is Australia’s most popular sport to watch and play with 1.1 million participants. Hawks vs Essendon (first AFL game I ever watched) was attended by a staggering 68,857 people but the Grand Final …Read More
Ian Bell insists he will embark on the 2018 season this week refreshed, rebooted and having “given myself the best chance to have a great season.” Warwickshire face Sussex in the season-opener at Edgbaston on Friday and as the club prepares for its first season of Division Two Specsavers County Championship cricket since 2008, Bell’s …Read More
The Six Nations returned on Saturday after its second rest weekend, and whilst round four was not as high on quality as round three there was no less drama. Ireland overcame Scotland to the secure the championship, France shocked England and Wales easily beat Italy. We look back on last weekends fixtures with ten talking …Read More
Keep up to date with all the action and reaction from the 5th Rugby Union Brum Varsity between UoB Men’s 1st and UoB Medics 1st.
Well folks, the season’s biggest rugby game is back. The Gallowglass Shield has been played four times and so far, it is honours even. Last January, the University of Birmingham’s First XV (with their emblem of the two-headed lion) romped home to victory, scoring 4 tries, including a Craig Bonar brace, to the Medics’s (adorning …Read More
Well, we waited for 2 weeks but, oh boy, was it worth it. It was an action-packed, high drama full of some glorious tries, and here are the Top 10 talking points from the weekend. One referee escapes criticism while another is unfairly flogged: Nigel Owens was heavily criticised by some gracious defeated English fans. …Read More
