Sunny conditions, an even playing surface, and a two-to-three goal breeze favouring the Glenhuntly Road end welcomed Fitzroy for their Grand Final clash with St Bernards at VAFA Elsternwick Park headquarters. There were no changes to the side tha...
We all know the result by now, so let’s relive, recapture those special moments. Moments that have taken the club to A Grade. Life can be full of ups and downs, births, deaths, marriages, divorce, accord, disharmony. Saturday 16 September wa...
It’s October 2022 and Kane and I are off for a run to discuss what the 2023 season has in store for us. We discuss what can we do better, we ponder what the year might be destined for us. A footy season is like a marathon in the sense that it’s ab...
Second-semi final day at Old Paradians’ Garvey Oval in Bundoora saw a dual face off between Fitzroy Mens and St Bernards in both the Seniors and Reserves. Both clubs had set benchmarks for the season, the side from Essendon being especially domina...
De La Salle visited Brunswick Street yesterday for the last home and away game for the season. It was a big game for their senior men – they had to win to guarantee a finals spot, against a side above them on the ladder. For Fitzroy, for me anyw...
When Trent Coleman made the decision to come down to Fitzroy, little did he think his involvement would extend to over a decade’s commitment. Trent exemplifies Fitzroy, and you could say that commitment is his second name. When he first rolled u...
In an emotional presentation to the Men’s playing group before training last night, Luke Mahoney announced that after six years at Fitzroy, he has made the difficult decision to step down from the senior coaching position. Luke explained that hi...
When I lumbered into the Williamstown ground a little later than normal, the Twos were a goal up, not having things all their own way, about the midway point of the second quarter. We won 123–48, very good on top of the firm surface, playing exhi...
With Senior Coach Nathen Jumeau’s exhortation to “end with a bang” ringing in their ears, the Roy Girls Twos hit the ground for their final game of the season with fierce determination and characteristic zest. To the delight of the large crowd ga...
The first thing that struck JG Gorilla when she arrived at the Camberwell ground for the Roy Girls second foray against Old Scotch (aka MLC old girls) was the difficulty identifying who was supporting who. So difficult that her comment on how good...
