The Soaring

Flying High with the West Coast Eagles

Bridging the International Rules divide

I think there's still a bit of way to go in terms of the Irish and Australians understanding each other, particularly if the standard of this scouting report is anything to go by... Only six players survive from last year, though Australia have again sought players with speed, size and hunger. ...

Music to my ears… sort of

AFL podcaster extrordinaire and diehard Hawks supporter Philip "Molly" Malone has a very special podcast up this week courtesy of the Eagles' win on Saturday. We had a little wager on the outcome of the game, with the loser getting the honour of singing the winner team's clubsong. As rough as Molly's ...

Off the Email

Better shoot this over the Adrian Anderson to sort out: A letter in today's Canberra Times suggests that the 2006 season could be "a bit of a fizzer" if the anti-terrorist laws take out the Bombers, the IR laws exclude the Dockers, and avian flu gets the Crows, Swans, Eagles, Hawks ...

Hall free despite murderous rampage

Shocking news just in: Sydney forward Barry Hall is free to play in the AFL Grand Final this weekend despite having killed three people before last week's preliminary final against St Kilda. It has been discovered that Hall stopped off at a 7-11 last Friday night and ruthlessly gunned down three people ...

September 5th 2008
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Three Eagles Axed

Already out the door of the West Coast Eagles are three players from the 2008 list - Steven Armstrong, Chad Jones, and James Thomson. No surprise for Jones - when Notte was selected in front of him twice the writing was on the wall. Thomson is a chance to be relisted as ...
September 4th 2008
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My All Australian Team

The All Australian selectors have released their shortlist of 40 players vying for the 2008 All Australian team. In view of the fact our side is now on holidays I thought I'd put together my AA team from the shortlist. This is my preferred team, not necessarily who I think ...
September 3rd 2008
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End of the Road

That's it then. It's been a while since I posted here. A combination of a holiday, sickness and apathy caused by some insipid and uninspiring games. What can you say but I'm glad its over. Not sure if I've ever felt that way about a season before, at least not ...
July 31st 2008
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West Coast Eagles - Round 18 Team

No - none! - outs for this week's game v. Fremantle. Just the addition of Glass, Houlihan and Davis to the mix. West Coast Eagles B: Mark Nicoski, Darren Glass, Eric Mackenzie HB: Adam Selwood, Beau Wilkes, Andrew Embley C: Michael Braun, Brad Ebert, Tyson Stenglein HF: David Wirrpanda, Ashley Hansen, Steven Armstrong F: Mark LeCras, ...
July 31st 2008
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The Monday Expert Round 17 - West Coast Eagles vs St Kilda

Summary West Coast 2.3 6.5 9.11 15.13 (103) St Kilda 4.5 6.6 9.9 12.14 (86) I enjoyed this game more than any all year. It was a ripper. Maybe that's contributed to the long delay on writing this up - it was such sweet relief from 7 ...