THE NIGHT BEFORE a Collingwood home game, you’ll find Josh Daicos dining at his favourite restaurant in Melbourne’s Italian stronghold of Carlton. Daicos will be with his regular crew: younger brother and fellow Collingwood star Nick, teammate Isaac Quaynor and best...
THE THEME FOR this year’s Sir Doug Nicholls Round is ‘Strengthened by First Nations. Moments. Connections. Stories’. The ongoing theme provides an opportunity for the AFL, clubs and players to showcase defining moments, people, and stories that celebrate the sporting...
THERE IS A particular kind of language that follows Aboriginal footballers around. Silky. Explosive. Magical. Instinctive. Tales of athleticism born of primordial genetic inheritance; of resilience instilled by deep-time connection to Country. The compliments come...
THERE’S A LINE in one of C. S. Lewis’ ‘Narnia’ books that goes like this: “If you had felt yourself sufficient, it would have been a proof that you were not”. The idea is simple: those quickest to volunteer for responsibility often overestimate their readiness, while...
SCOTT PENDLEBURY IS navigating traffic in Melbourne’s St Kilda when Men’s Health catches up with him. It’s a glorious 31 degrees in mid-February and Pendlebury has been up since the crack of dawn to do some coaching, before returning to his home in Sandringham, to...
