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The Western Bulldogs defeated Essendon last night by 30 points.
They had to come from behind at 3 quarter time to win, which
was the first time they had done that since Round 21, 2000.

Essendon    1.2    7.7    14.12    14.14  (98)
Western Bulldogs    4.3    10.6    13.8    19.14  (128)

GOALS
Essendon: Stanton 3, McVeigh 2, Hille 2, Davey 2, Winderlich, Lovett, Lovett-Murray, Reimers, Laycock
Western Bulldogs: Welsh 3, Akermanis 2, Minson 2, Griffen 2, Harbrow 2, Giansiracusa 2, Cooney, Johnson, Hahn, Eagleton, Lake, Murphy

BEST
Essendon:  McVeigh, Fletcher, Stanton, Davey, Hille
Western Bulldogs: Akermanis, Griffen, Cross, Minson, Lake, Cooney

INJURIES
Essendon: Lonergan (hamstring), McVeigh (hamstring)
Western Bulldogs: Nil

Reports: Nil

Umpires: Stevic, Head, McLaren
Official crowd: 47,641 at Telstra Dome
Source: AAP

http://www.afl.com.au/tabid/208/Default.aspx?newsid=57686

Bigfooty is an overrated website. Too many trolls there, and there are better Aussie Rules forums.

Hiya tadhg Kennely,
could you suggest some good forum and websites? i am looking at afl.com.au, realfooty.com, the roar and aflfootyblog, any more good ones?

I've sent you a private message mate with a couple of good Aussie Rules websites involving Forums, news and statistics.

whats the story with the O hALPIN brothers? Are they likely to make the cut?
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I think Setanta will be a good player, he's back in the team to play Collingwood on Sunday.

I'm not sure about Aisake though, I haven't seen enough of him, to make a comment.

If Carlton continue to struggle this year, which is likely, Aisake might get a game later on in the year.


Someone mentioned Brendan Murphy. I can't wait to see this bloke play.

I am betting that he is going to take over from Barry Hall at Centre Half-Forward down the track.

I hope he makes the grade. He'll struggle to play a game this year, but 2009, could see him debut.

I would imagine you do, how you getting on over there anyway?

I would if I lived in Ireland!

Bigfooty is an overrated website. Too many trolls there, and there are better Aussie Rules forums.

Hiya tadhg Kennely,
could you suggest some good forum and websites? i am looking at afl.com.au, realfooty.com, the roar and aflfootyblog, any more good ones?
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I've sent you a private message mate with a couple of good Aussie Rules websites involving Forums, news and statistics.

Hi, sorry I havent updated this thread, the internet is down at home (using a computer at the gym right now and cant access setanta for some reason), if someone would be so kind to update it i'd be grateful,

heres TG4's sceideal for this weekend.

5 APRIL 2008 - 3.30pm: All Ireland Vocational Schools Senior A Football Final
5.15pm: Hogan Cup Final
6 APRIL 2008 - Live: Allianz Football League - Round 6
Deferred: Allianz Hurling League Quarter-Finals

Hehe The Juice has a woman, that's the truth.

Can you post the broadcast details of any GAA games in Australia mate?

I heard that these two teams are going to have a game at the end of the season.

I don't know the details but does anybody know for sure how this is going to work?

Would it be like the International Rules setup?

If so, I would like to see Dublin smash Collingwood.

I hate Collingwood with a passion. lol

lads, do any of yous know good AFL sites/ blogs etc? need it for part of my course! All help greatly appreciated!

This is the biggest AFL forum

http://www.bigfooty.com/forum/index.php

The average bigfooty poster seems to be a poorly educated teenage boy who hates everything other than the club he supports. If you are after an intelligent discussion, I wouldn't get my hopes up.

Bigfooty is an overrated website. Too many trolls there, and there are better Aussie Rules forums.

Feck that racism is racism and I'm sure Murphy was on the recieving end of worse than he admitted. If Greaghy had to eat humble pie and be on the recieving end of vilification a few years back over his alledged comments then the same should go for those gulity of this.

It's no big feal considering most of the Australians have Irish blood in them !

I have Irish heritage and proud of it mate.

My ancestors came from Waterford.

Young Horse to return!!!!

This is from www.kerrygaa.ie and was also reported in some of the Sunday Papers. I'm sure his Dad would be so proud to see him in Green and Gold on the third Sunday in September.

Tadhg Kennelly to Return to Kerry Football 
Sunday, 23 March 2008 
Tadhg Kennelly has sensationally revealed that he plans to return home to Ireland next year to try to win an All-Ireland medal with Kerry.
The 26-year-old from Listowel has established himself as one of the top players in Aussie Rules over the past seven seasons but his current deal with the Sydney Swans, with whom he won an AFL title in 2005, expires at the end of next year.

And Kennelly is not interested in extending his stay in Australia as he has his heart sent on lifting Sam Maguire.

"I'm definitely going home next year to try to win an All-Ireland medal," he told the Irish Mail on Sunday.

"I will always miss Aussie Rules and I won't cut my ties to Australia, but I want to win an All-Ireland with Kerry."

Kennelly has enjoyed all the benefits of professional sport during his time in Australia and one would imagine that he would be in favour of the GAA doing away with it amateur status.

But that is not the case. Indeed, he feels that the core values of the game would be corrupted by professionalism.

However, Kennelly does believe that inter-county players should receive some financial reward for giving over so much time to the sport.

"I would never halve left the GAA if Gaelic football was professional and players were paid the same as in Aussie rules, but I hope that the GAA doesn't try to pay its players professional wages," he said.

"Aussie rules is a franchise business.... but Irish sport is completely different.

"In Ireland, players compete for their counties, their local clubs and their families. There is more passion and players are driven by a different culture.

He continued: "Some of the county boards in Ireland look after their players very well but I think there is room for players to get more recognition in terms of a long-service award.

"There's a retirement fund out there for the players and for every year you play you get $15,000. If you play for 10 years you get $150,000 on retirement as a lump sum.

"When you think about it, the GAA isn't really amateur when you see country managers getting paid, full-time country secretaries, and players getting mortgages paid.

"Maybe the GAA needs to look at setting up a fund to help players who have given up their best years to Gaelic.

"But given that Australia's population, over 20 million, compared to Ireland which is only 5m, means GAA players should stay amateur."

Hello,

I'm a huge fan of Tadhg Kenelly as you can tell from my username and I am quite sure that he will be staying with the Sydney Swans until the end of the 2009 season.

I am a member and supporter of the Sydney Swans.