This Round was unofficially deemed the round of the milestones since several players were either breaking records having to do with the number of games played or were playing in a game number that is easily divisible by 50. Details on that, the updated finals picture, my flirtation with perfection, and
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Balls of Steel’s AFL Beat – Round 18
We are getting ever closer to the end of the regular (home and away) season with only 5 games left for each team. It's getting close to Welcome to Balls of Steel's AFL Beat! We start off with Australian Friday Night Footy (Friday morning for us in North America) and a crucial
Balls of Steel’s AFL Beat – Round 17
How do you define perfection? You may want to ask Dok Zymm as she picked EVERY single game correctly this week in our Footy Tipping Contest! That, the week's recap, and much more on Welcome to Balls of Steel's AFL Beat! The Round started with the blockbuster matchup of #1 Hawthorn vs #2
Balls of Steel’s AFL Beat – Round 16
It's about time. We have nine games to review with lots of finals implications. Let's get started! Welcome to Balls of Steel's AFL Beat! The Thursday Night Footy game this week (I'm still not happy about having to wake up early on Thursday mornings) had Port Adelaide hosting the Hawthorn Hawks for
Balls of Steel’s AFL Beat – Round 15
We are FINALLY done with the Bye weeks! This was the last of the Bye Rounds and we will return to our regular schedule next Round. In the meantime, what happened this week? Quite a bit, actually. Let's dive in. Welcome to Balls of Steel's AFL Beat! Again, we had a Thursday Night
Balls of Steel’s AFL Beat – Round 14
So, um, about posting the AFL Beat on time.... Welcome to Balls of Steel's AFL Beat! The image above could be used to describe my beloved Cats' performance this weekend. Well, at least the third quarter performance. But I'm getting ahead of myself... This was a weird week on the schedule. There was
Balls of Steel’s AFL Beat – Round 13
Ok, so since there are only 6 games this weekend, that means I should be able to get the AFL posted at the regular time, right? Well.... Welcome to Balls of Steel's AFL Beat! We do our best around here, that's all I can say. Let's get right to the action! This
Balls of Steel’s AFL Beat – Round 12
Once again, the AFL Beat is delayed. BUT THIS TIME I HAVE A GOOD REASON! Keen observers, of which I am not, will have looked at last week's post, seen the schedule of game for this Round, and realized that we had a Sunday Night Footy game! Let me take that
Balls of Steel’s AFL Beat – Round 11
Once again, apologies for posting the AFL Beat later than usual. I really need to get a spare key made for the DFO Clubhouse... This week, to make up for last week, we meet not one but TWO AFL footballers, we review this week's results, and we look at where we
Balls of Steel’s AFL Beat – Indigenous Round (10)
Did y'all like those cool ass guernseys? I dug blaxabbath's comment about the Western jumper so much I put it up as the banner quote. I'm still giggling about it. It is so true! This week, the AFL Beat is coming to you a day late since there was a
Balls of Steel’s AFL Beat – Indigenous Round Midweek Special!
I love to write this post every year as it features the new guernseys that teams will use for their Round 10 games. The history of the aboriginal people of Australia is quite complex. Too complex for me to address in a simple post, but credit does have to be
Balls of Steel’s AFL Beat – Round 9
Collingwood beat us last year in a game they shouldn't have. They were coming off a big victory last week and we were feeling good about ourselves after winning the Patrick Dangerfield Bowl. It was a recipe for disaster. Oh well. My disappointment, other people's disappointments, a new AFL footballer to