Demonstone

Thanks for that! There's not enough footage of the great Hassa, unfortunately. He was my childhood Demons idol and I proudly sported his number 29 on my first Melbourne footy jumper.

An on-the-spot fan took this image of the exact moment that Nicky's face was planted.

Clear hint that Ryan Valentine will be training with the MFC boys.

How well we train at Casey will influence how high we finish at the end of the H & A season. It's all a big game of snakes and ladders.

Well done to @demosaw for nutting out the answer to: 8. Nathan McSweeney (SWAY "sway enhancement") Let's wrap this up and finally give @Ghostwriter her due for solving the remaining teaser yesterday. edit: @demosaw also posted this answer while I was updating the thread. 3. Annabel Sutherland (BURNT "ash land unrentable") Thanks to all who played. Over and out.

Clue the second, you say? The sport in question is cricket.

It will come as no surprise to learn that @Timothy Reddan-A'Blew has joined the party and (just like @Ghostwriter) tumbled to the two anagrams and unlocked the mystery of: 10. Cameron Munster (POOR "encounter smarm" & "customer manner") The last two cryptic individuals play the same sport. What is it? Who are they?

We have a new player in @redandbluemakepurple who has emulated @Ghostwriter in identifying: 9. Xavier Lindsay (SPIT OUT "salivary index") Only three posers remain, they being numbers 3, 8 and 10. Ghosty has hogged two of those.

Would you welcome to the stage @Harvey Wallbanger, who has snagged the double of: 4. Ryan Papenhuyzen (WEIRD "zany rene unhappy") 6. Ricky Mentha ("army kitchen" MESS)

No double-barrelled names to be found in this quiz. Contrary to the listed rules, @Ghostwriter is being a bit of a greedy guts by submitting three more correct answers, but I'll give others a chance to have a go before giving her the glory she selfishly craves.

That's what can happen when the bloke giving the B & F votes suffers from dyslexia.

Known in my neck of the woods as "Danger Noodles".

And it's @reynolds46 to the rescue once again with: 5. Ellyse Perry ("presley lyre" PLUCKED) That's half of them solved. Have at the other six, Demonlanders.

@Ghostwriter will be pleased to see that I've relented and allowed a third answer. 11. Beau Webster (ROCK "tubes beware") The cryptic method I'm using should be obvious by now and should make the other clues easier to crack.

@La Dee-vina Comedia is indeed the first to solve the last item on the list. 12. Scott Boland (COMBED "cotton's bald")

Commiserations to @La Dee-vina Comedia who also got Kyrgios, but one minute later than @reynolds46.

Welcome to the quiz @reynolds46 who has correctly identified: 2. Nick Kyrgios (KINKY "kinky corgis").

Kudos to @Ghostwriter for solving two clues. 1. Konstas ("stank so" BAD) 7. Alex de Minaur ("deluxe armani" TAILORED)

Enjoying your summer of sport but finding Demonland light on for discussion at this time of the year? Listed below are twelve cryptic clues, the answer to which are the names of Australian sportspeople who should be familiar to you. Each clue relates to both names, with the exception of #1 which refers to surname only. All clues have something in common, but that is not the point of the quiz. Rules: * Answers in a PM only please. * Limit of two correct answers per player at this stage. ============================================================= 1. Stank so bad. Konstas 2. Kinky, kinky corgis. Nick Kyrgios 3. Burnt ash land unrentable. Annabel Sutherland 4. Weird, zany Rene unhappy. Ryan Papenhuyzen 5. Presley lyre plucked. Ellyse Perry 6. Army kitchen mess. Ricky Mentha 7. Deluxe Armani tailored. Alex de Minaur 8. Sway, sway enhancement. Nathan McSweeney 9. Spit out salivary index. Xavier Lindsay 10. Encounter smarm. Poor customer manner? Cameron Munster 11. Rock! Tubes, beware. Beau Webster 12. Combed cotton's bald. Scott Boland

We're in for a bumper year if we're training the house down before we even get there.

Jeez @58er, are you related to Franky who is always cranky?

They're not even supposed to be on that ground.

Outstanding. That should be compulsory viewing for all MFC fans, particularly those who weren't fortunate enough to see Robbie running around in the red and blue.

A: Nah, this is Paranoid. Who's that fresh-faced young singer?

Are we talking Glenhuntly St Anthony's Football Club? If so, two of my mates played there circa 1979/80. I attended one of their Sportsman's Nights (are they still a thing?) which was hosted by Leon Weigard and featured Max Walker, big Mick Nolan and little Peter Bakos (jockey). Huge, huge night. Didn't make it into work the next day.