Making space for women in Australian Rugby

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The Australian Rugby Union now has a woman on board. In an exciting move Ann Sherry moved yesterday from the Australian Sports Commission to the rugby board.One small step. The SMH quoted chairman Michael Hawker saying: “”The first female director of t…

Wordless Wednesday

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Tipperary woman Sandra Ryan in blueThanks again to Melissa Vuong from Sydney-based Australian Rules Football club Western Wolves for these great shots! Other Wordless Wednesday bloggers hanging out here.

Listen to possibly the largest football lesson ever ….

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So you know there is a Guinness World Record for pretty much everything. But did you know there is one for the largest Gaelic football lesson ever? Nope, me either. Turns out there is not only a record -  held by a club in Antrim – but a challenge…

Wordless Wednesday

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Not so Wordless Wednesday today: Thanks to photographer and footballer Melissa Vuong from the Bondi Shamrocks Australian Rules Football Club for sending these great shots from pre-season training this week on Coogee Beach in Sydney. Read more abou…

What you loved on this blog 2011

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They say a week is a long time in politics so a year … So much happened in 2011 that events from January or February seem to have happened in another decade not just a few months back. And scrolling through the stats for this blog to see what you lik…

Dreaming Olympic Rings in Italy

Italian boxer Romina Marenda is getting ready for London.2012 in this short from Tony Gentile. She says: “Sometimes they only show the worst of this sport but it (boxing) is also elegant, also technique. If you are clever, you don’t break your nose.” H…

Women’s Australian Rules Football is growing

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The Banshees, the Shamrocks, Demons and Angels. Sounds like Roller-Derby day, but they’re all women’s football teams in the Australian Rules code. Played with an oval ball which one player says “lands in front of you and can go anywhere” the fast game …