Diamond_Jim

some decorum please....😂

On TV it was excellent At the ground I could imagine that the event was dwarfed by the size of the ground. Pity it wasn't dark and they could have used spotlights to focus the action

You'd have to be very unlucky as it's only been around since early December and it's generally accepted that you get minimum immunity of 8 weeks. There is some anecdotal evidence that people can catch Omicron twice, and possibly become infected with the new BA.2 Omicron subvariant shortly after catching the original BA.1 strain. But scientists caution that such reinfections appear rare, especially over a short period of time, and may be overestimated as a result of confusion over testing.

None of the vaccines provide great immunity after 60 days but the third dose (especially for those over 55) pretty well guarantees (99%+) that you won't get seriously ill. TBH Omicron for even double dosed under 50 is rather benign

Collingwood have one (Hoskin Elliot) and Hawks have two (un named) players missing due to covid 3AW news Have to remember that the close contact rules for households still apply. If these rules go the numbers absent each week will drop dramatically

that's the interesting addition for me.

Oh well ..... that removes the Hunt or Smith debate for this week at least

You had me believing that WJ until you mentioned the winning margin..... 19 Points.... a margin that will forever live in my memory.

No It was an AFL decision which could be vetoed by a 2/3 majority vote of the clubs

Gil is quoted as wanting a substantial majority. Let's call the 2/3.In other words 12 clubs. North and Hawks will be saying no (at least privately) unless the AFL underwrites what Tassie used to pay them. That means you need 12 out of 16 and other than the feel good factor there is very little in it for any of the clubs. Will be interesting

It wasn't for GWS and GCS

Amazing... simply lost for words This year, the AFL has changed the day on which the opening game of the season is played. Instead of starting with the traditional Richmond v Carlton fixture on a Thursday, the league has opted to instead play the grand final rematch between Melbourne and the Western Bulldogs next Wednesday night. The game would have otherwise been played on a Saturday or Sunday. By moving it to Wednesday, the league has created a stand-alone game. A senior Sportsbet source told The Age and Herald their company alone stood to make an extra million dollars in round one because the match would stand clear of weekend events such as other AFL games, rival sports and horse racing. https://www.theage.com.au/sport/afl/the-afl-s-engine-how-gambling-money-underpins-footy-20220214-p59wa7.html

Looks like Gil is trying to set up the clubs as the bad boys if the Tasmania team is rejected. .AFL boss Gillon McLachlan has made clear that it will be a strong majority of the clubs, and not the AFL’s “technical” rules or merely the AFL hierarchy, that will drive whether a Tasmanian team gains entry into the competition The AFL chief executive did not nominate a specific number of clubs that needed to back the Tasmanian team - which would be decided in August - but he made plain that this required a comfortable majority of the 18 clubs, saying it needed “the support of our clubs” to happen, rather a strict reading of the league’s rules https://www.theage.com.au/sport/afl/mclachlan-clubs-not-rules-will-decide-if-tasmania-gets-a-team-20220311-p5a40t.html

National Cabinet has recommended that "close contact" rules be relaxed. When and to what extent will be left to each State. This will be fun if they adopt different definitions X can play this week in Melbourne and Sydney but not in Adelaide or Perth. NT... who knows

just watched the last quarter of Round 23. Much more interesting 3QT Tigers 93 Casey 47 Olden with five goals

nothing on the Casey twitter feed or their website Scores are from the Richmond twitter feed and as you would expect their commentary reates to Richmond players only QT: A thoroughly entertaining and fast paced opening term, which saw crafty forwards Cam Olden (3) and Jackson Bowne (2) cash-in up forward, finishing off the great work from up the field. I'm off to watch some Friday TV

Tigers 24 Casey 7

Tigers 18 Casey 1

Found the Richmond side. Mentions that there will be updates on twitter https://www.richmondfc.com.au/news/1075985/vfl-tigers-name-team-for-final-pre-season-hit-out To follow match updates from Casey Fields, stay tuned to @RichmondVFL on twitter. PS I see that Weideman was training today at Casey so he is an unlikely starter this evening

Just got an AFL email explaining how to do General admission on my AFL account. The hardest thing was finding the page to "sign in" to the AFL app which is the main gateway. Got there but it wasn't intuitive and I can't really remember the path except that it was first to the AFL app and then naviagte to membership which in turn took me to a ticketek site. Simple and easy.... no Very clunky.. yes

Off topic but the examiners report from a few years back on VCE Legal Studies made comment that many students cited the Castle and in particualr the vibe as authority for particular contentions. I kind of like that... great movie and what seasoning !!

Just bumping this in case someone who might go along has forgotten that it is on. Not sure if it is free dl4e. Hopefully Redbeard who gave us such wonderful progress reports from Princes Park can chime in as to entry cost if any

Interested to see how he goes in this evening's VFL practice match at Waverley. Was watching the qualiying final against Brisbane last night and thought that Sparrow was having a quiet game until the last quarter when both he and Rivers really impacted the game. Tough midfield to break into

You have to wonder how the grand children will ever play these dvd's in years to come !!

The Carlton game was rendered irrelevant by the umpiring. Imagine if that had been Round 1