As I sat on the verandah with a coffee on Saturday morning, wondering what sort of game would play out between Fitzroy and Uni Blacks, there was a not so subtle sign. The dog’s metal dinner bowl blew past like a tumble weed and disappeared in a fa...
Our Senior women's fantastic Preliminary Final win has made VAFA headlines - https://www.vafa.com.au/news/2...
By all accounts the weather was going to be a likely contender in the prelim to be played against minor premiers Williamstown on the alien Bryan Martin Oval at Newport yesterday. But the senior Roy Girls had too much to celebrate and too much on s...
Brisbane v Essendon is on the telly as I put my claws to work on this article. I’m not particularly interested in it, the telly that is, and Mrs Gorilla is knitting a Bombers beanie. Why, oh why, given my Fitzroy/Collingwood heritage? I’m ‘expec...
JG Gorilla hit the highway early this Sunday morning to head eastwards to Whitefriars College’s and watch and support the Roys Women in the first week of finals for season 2024. The Ressies were first up and, despite their position as ladder...
Back at BSO after two weeks on the road, the sun was shining and the crowd willing. One of the little birds floating above the ground told me that the Old Xavierians made the tactical decision to load their Twos with Ones. They certainly came out ...
A drive across Melbourne to the so-called home of VAFA football, Elsternwick Park, number 1 oval, for Fitzroy’s do-or-die clash against Old Melburnians. The real home of VAFA footy is out on the number 2 oval, owned forever by the mighty Elsternwi...
It seemed only yesterday that the Roy Girls were on the bus heading to Beaumaris, but here we were again facing the long haul down south, this time to face old foes St Bedes. And the uninitiated might be forgiven for mixing up the destinations and...
Writing about sport over the years, I’ve come across some quirky reasons why athletes have missed games: Max King getting hit by a golf ball, Jeremy Howe playing frisbee with his dog, Jarrad Grant stepping on a stingray during a beach recovery ses...
