After a long and angst riddled preseason, the NAB Challenge kicked off last night for our Magpies at Aurora Stadium. The initial team lists looked ominous, but that changed when the line-ups were finalised and the Hawks were whittled down to something resembling their VFL team led by a few stars in Mitchell and Gunston,…
Month: February 2015
Game Day: Hawthorn vs Collingwood (NAB Challenge Game #1)
Well, it’s here again. After a long summer, we’re finally about to see a football bounced down and kicked around an oval for two and a bit hours again. Perhaps not so much in anger as in indifference, particularly with the competition aspect removed from these pre-season games, but it’s a game of footy nonetheless….
As The Season Draws Near
In less than ten days our NAB Challenge campaign kicks off against Hawthorn at Aurora Stadium. To call it a campaign is probably a stretch, since there is nothing up for grabs, but given the manner in which our season ended there is definitely some worth – intangible as it may be – in putting…