AFL Beat

Your “Sir Doug Nicholls Round AFL Recap” Thursday Night Open Thread

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Evening. Five posts in one month from this guy?  I guess you all can't get rid of me. This past weekend was the AFL's Sir Doug Nicholls Round, and while you may recognize that term from Balls's previous writeups, I thought maybe tonight I could do an homage to BeerGuyRob and

Your “BFC Has More AFL Thoughts” Thursday Night Open Thread

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Three weeks of the 2023 Aussie Footy season are in the books, and here are some observations from 'Murrica: Holy shit was I (read: everyone) wrong about Geelong. They're at the bottom of the ladder and looking woeful/like they woefully belong there. Injuries are crushing teams, not just my Giants

Not-So-Instant BFC Thoughts (on Aussie Footy)

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Did you get that thing I didn't send you? Consider this an alternative "AFL Beat" that will mainly focus on the games I watched/tracked this weekend (and I make no promises of doing this on the reg). Keep in mind that I watch these games post hoc on the WatchAFL app,

AFL Beat! (Substitute Teacher Edition)

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Hodwy. Your friendly neighborhood Balls has been underwater for a bit, so he asked me to pinch hit on an AFL Beat! As you may or may not know, we are now 20 weeks into the 2022 Aussie Footy season, which can mean only three things-- It's starting to get

AFL Beat! AFLW Finals Week 1 (continued) aaaand AFL Round 2!

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This week, it's all about one man: Lance "Buddy" Franklin became only the 6th person in the over 100 year history of Australian Rules Football to score 1000 career goals. It was a tremendous achievement and, as they say, THE CROWD WENT WILD. It was nice that it

AFL Beat! AFLW Finals Week One and AFL Round 1!

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This week, the AFLW Finals started! Sort of. Apparently, COVID went through the Collingwood team and their game against Brisbane was postponed. As of this writing, they still haven't figured out when it will be played. My understanding, however, is that a forfeit is not in play. UPDATE: THEY'VE

AFL Beat! AFLW Finals and AFL previews!

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This week, the regular season ended. Also, I must share this glorious mullet once again: And I must share two more things: Our Collingwood hero has fixed his glassesAnd he has gone full blond! Welcome to Balls of Steel's AFL Beat! Finals are about to start! Let's get right to it! *** Week 10

AFL Beat! AFLW Round 9 and AFL Preview Part Deux

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This week, we are back to a regular schedule! Also, I must share this glorious mullet one more time: Welcome to Balls of Steel's AFL Beat! There is some normalcy and the Finals picture is getting clearer. Let's get right to it! *** Week 9 Recaps St. Kilda Saints 18 - 9 Geelong Cats If

AFL Beat! AFLW Round 8 + AFL Preview!

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This week, we are back to a regular-ish schedule! Welcome to Balls of Steel's AFL Beat! There is some normalcy and the Finals picture is getting clearer. Let's get right to it! *** Week 8 Recaps GWS Giant's 41 - 39 St. Kilda Saints The Saints were SO CLOSE to their first win but couldn't close

Sexy Friday/AFL Beat! AFLW Round 6

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This week, the lights went out in California (more specifically, a one square mile block where my house happens to be in), so I was not able to get the Beat out. Therefore, here we go! Apologies as one game has already been played. Actually, make that two games.

AFL Beat! AFLW Round 5

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This week, there was more havoc caused by COVID on the schedule as another set of games were canceled and some makeup games were played. For now, though, it seems there is some normality coming. We'll see how long it lasts. Welcome to Balls of Steel's AFL Beat! Let's get right