McComb goes from $100 voucher to Dogs debut
Last year, Robbie McComb’s best game got him a supermarket voucher for Karingal shopping centre. Now, at 26, he’s landed a dream debut for the Western Bulldogs, writes PAUL AMY.
Last year, Robbie McComb’s best game got him a supermarket voucher for Karingal shopping centre. Now, at 26, he’s landed a dream debut for the Western Bulldogs, writes PAUL AMY.
As Jodie Pitkin battled her illness, football and Melbourne were a light that never went out. Gone at just 48, the devoted Demons fan left heartfelt instructions as she said goodbye to her family, writes PAUL AMY.
From delivering sprays that sent his false teeth flying, to nicking witches hats and footballs for training, coach George Gislingham would do anything to inspire his boys, writes PAUL AMY.
Chris Gayle. Shoaib Malik. Fidel Edwards. Suranga Lakmal and a few more friends. This is the tale of the once struggling Endeavour Hills subbies and their remarkable seven-day signing spree, writes PAUL AMY.
Eight-time Paralympian Russell Short cannot see his son play footy, so he listens close. The coach calls ‘Will’ on the boundary then is brought to tears back in the rooms, writes PAUL AMY.
Teammates from Mentone Grammar School remember how Shane Warne ‘used to turn it a mile’ as the team surged through the season undefeated under his captaincy.
The great Victorian Football Association goalkicker Fred Cook has died in a nursing home in Bendigo.
As he was farewelled at a packed funeral service, having died just days after his 25th birthday, former AFL player Harley Balic was described as a charismatic, humble and respectful young man.
In 2020 former Docker and Demon Harley Balic opened up about some of his struggles after his retirement from the AFL. He died on Sunday.
Harley Balic, an All Australian Under 18 footballer in 2015 and an AFL player with Fremantle Dockers two years later, has died.