This is an edit that I did, film credits to Aminal Shawn, though there were some unused cuts filmed by Josh, Greg and myself.

Port Adelaide Score A Rare Goal. Yeah Yeah, I Support A Crap Team.

Finally another video. One of my budgie this time.

My bindsiding Brad Guzan with a question on his favorite Euro Clubs.

New unarig with 1.6 mm wire

First time out with new rig

Dale Thomas reflects on his junior footy days.

This video is a brief explanation of the rules of Australian Rules Football or Aussie Rules as it is commonly called.

I have also added numerous short videos to further illustrate aspects of the game   more...that can be accessed in the video responses to this video.

One aspect I overlooked is the punch. This is a defensive technique often used in a marking contest by a player who is out of position in relation to his direct opponent. For example if a player is caught behind his opponent as the ball is coming towards them and it is clear the player in front will mark the ball, the player caught behind will try and punch the ball away to prevent the mark. Care needs to be taken to avoid high contact.

The game is played at a fast pace with players playing on at every available opportunity. This means that extremely high levels of fitness and strength are required with players regularly running 20km or more each game. Imagine running twenty 100 metre sprints over a two hour period while simultaneously trying to catch and control an oval ball while fending off attacks from 18 other players and you will begin to understand what is required of an Aussie Rules Footballer.

History:
Aussie Rules is the world's oldest football code being codified in Melbourne Australia in 1858 and was partly inspired by the aboriginal kicking/catching game called Marn Grook. This means the games origins are potentially tens of thousands of years old. The Melbourne Football Club is the worlds oldest being formed in 1859. The first night game was played in 1879.

Year first codified:
AUSTRALIAN FOOTBALL: 1858
ASSOCIATION FOOTBALL (SOCCER): 1863
RUGBY UNION: 1871
AMERICAN FOOTBALL: 1876
GAELIC FOOTBALL: 1885
RUGBY LEAGUE: 1895

Just remember: Aussie Rules is not a religion, it is far more important than that.  less

FORZA JUVE!!!
IL CAPITANO....ALEX DEL PIERO!!!!

Me dog Scottie havin' a blast with his ball...
Bear with me. This be me first "LV" upload :P

MCR_Acer's RC car at the local footy-soccer park

MCR_347's RC car at the local footy-soccer park

MCR_Crew's RC cars at the local footy-soccer park

Chimpboarding

Collingwood Football Club, officially nicknamed The Magpies is an Australian rules football club which plays in the Australian Football League.

The players wear black and white striped guernseys, similar   more...to the colours of a magpie; thus their emblem, the magpie, and their motto "Floreat pica" ("Flourish Magpies!", or "May the Magpies Prosper!").

Collingwood has won 14 VFL/AFL premierships, behind Essendon and Carlton who have won 16 apiece. They hold the Record for most premierships won in a row, with four wins from 1927 to 1930, and remain the only club to have gone through a full Home and Away season undefeated (in 1929), despite a formidable challenge from arch rival Essendon in 2000 and Geelong in 2008, both sides winning 21 out of the 22 games in the Home and Away Season. Fittingly, Geelong was only beaten by Collingwood in the 2008 season.

The club traditionally represented the working class inner Melbourne suburb of Collingwood, Victoria, however it has since moved its training and administration base to the Gosch's Paddock and the Lexus Centre at Olympic Park in Melbourne. They moved their home games from their traditional suburban home ground, Victoria Park, to the much larger Melbourne Cricket Ground from 2000 onwards.

The Magpies are known for their passionate supporter base, usually referred to as "The Magpie Army". Traditional Melbourne suburban rivalries Essendon, Richmond and Carlton remain fierce. Collingwood has gained interstate rivals particular in Port Adelaide & Brisbane, but has retained the reputation in the national competition as the "team everybody loves to hate".

Historically and especially more recently, Collingwood games have attracted the largest attendances. In 1970, 121,696 spectators watched Collingwood and Carlton contest the Grand Final, the record attendance for a football game of any code in Australia. Collingwood has the largest membership of the 10 Victorian clubs. In the past, a large proportion of Collingwood supporters were Catholic and it was known as "The Catholic Club." in years gone by. The average crowd at Collingwood home games in 2007 was 54,898.

The noted Australian playwright David Williamson scripted The Club, a play inspired by the internal politics of Collingwood, although "the club" is never actually specified in the play or film. A film version was made in 1980 and features Collingwood players in speaking and non-speaking roles.


1 Leon Davis
2 Sean Rusling
3 John McCarthy
4 Alan Didak
5 Nick Maxwell (Captain)
6 Tyson Goldsack
7 Paul Medhurst
8 Harry O'Brien
9 John Anthony
10 Scott Pendlebury (Vice Captain)
11 Shane O'Bree (Deputy Vice Captain)
12 Shannon Cox
13 Dale Thomas
14 Anthony Corrie
15 Leigh Brown
16 Nathan Brown
17 Dayne Beams
18 Martin Clarke
19 Cameron Wood
20 Ben Reid
21 Sharrod Wellingham
22 Steele Sidebottom
23 Anthony Rocca
24 Tarkyn Lockyer
25 Josh Fraser (Vice Captain)
26 Ben Johnson
27 Jarrad Blight
28 Danny Stanley
29 Ryan Cook
30 Brent Macaffer
31 Chris Dawes
32 Travis Cloke
33 Brad Dick
34 Alan Toovey
35 Simon Prestigiacomo
36 Dane Swan (Deputy Vice Captain)
37 Luke Rounds
39 Heath Shaw
40 Chris Bryan
43 Jaxson Barham
Rookies:

38 Scott Reed
41 Kevin Dyas
44 Lachlan Keeffe
N/A Tristian Francis
N/A Jarryd Blair
N/A Johnny Bennell
N/A Toby Thoolen
N/A Lachlan Keeffe
NSW AFL Scholarship Recipients:

N/A Thomas Young
N/A Nick Perry
N/A Michael Hartley
N/A Jarrod Witts
N/A Josh Parsons


ROUND 1
SATURDAY, MARCH 28
Collingwood v Adelaide MCG

ROUND 2
SATURDAY, APRIL 4
Collingwood v Melbourne MCG

ROUND 3
THURSDAY, APRIL 9
Geelong v Collingwood MCG (N)

ROUND 4
FRIDAY, APRIL 17
Brisbane Lions v Collingwood G (N)

ROUND 5
SATURDAY, APRIL 25
Essendon v Collingwood MCG

ROUND 6
FRIDAY, MAY 1
North Melbourne v Collingwood TD (N)

ROUND 7
MONDAY, MAY 11
Collingwood v St  less

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The Pies down the Cats who happened to be the reigning premiers by 86 points!

Friday Night @ the Dome saw the pies get off to a good start with Rocca banging a big one through, as the first qtr went on the pies extended their lead with one of the goals of the year from the Brazilian   more...Harry O. The Saints pegged the pies back towards the end of the qtr and took a slender lead into qtr time. The second was similar to the first, quick moving exciting football. The Saints got out to a 14 point lead before the skipper lead from the front and kicked one from outside fifty. Thomas finished off a great first half for himself by putting the pies in front on the bell.
The third was controlled by the pies, it contained a now custom Leon Davis goal from the impossible and went through and finished with a dubious free/goal to Lockyer.
The last qtr was again the pies, however the ability to kill off a side was absent again, Didak kicked a goal which put them 16 points clear with 15mins to go however they couldn't continue as the Saints pilled on the pressure. The pies held up in a tight one by 9 points. Best players for the winners include; Didak, Burns, Davis, Thomas and Bryan.  less

Collingwood returned to the winners week this week with a pretty easy 73 point victory. It was everything we could've hoped for after the disappointing finish last week. Medhurst was simply outstanding   more...and so to Pendlebury and Cloke.

I had to do a fair bit of editing this week so sorry if I have missed your favourite highlight. They went with songs to the battle, they were young. Straight of limb, true of eyes, steady and aglow. They were staunch to the end against odds uncounted, They fell with their faces to the foe. They shall grow not old, as we that are left grow old: Age shall not weary them, nor the years condemn. At the going down of the sun and in the morning, We will remember them.  less

Rivalry round saw more than 70,000 pack into the MCG on Sunday. The magpies were switched on from word go with a huge first term, they looked slick and sharp and moved the ball from one end to the other   more...with ease. The only respite the tigers got was a dodgy 50 paid to hand them a goal. The second wasn't much better for the tigers as the magpies piled on the goals at one stage leading by 71-17. Towards the end of the half the foot came off the gas allowing the tigers to ger a few. The second half was pretty much goal for goal with Shaw and Thomas putting in contenders for mark of the round. Wood finished it off the game with a great mark and his first goal, the pies running out winners by 44 points. Best were Medhurst, Shaw, Thomas, Didak, Davis and Shaw. The backline again held firm.  less

It was a case of welcome for the 45,000 strong crowd who witnessed the start of what many hope to be a promising magpie season. The Pies hosted the Dockers at the MCG, and started the more prominant.   more...Rocca and Didak getting the pies going. For the rest of the day it was pretty much goal for goal with nothing more than two goals in it. That was until the last quarter when a fitter and supieror magpies outfit flexed it's muscle running out 20+ point winners. Best for the pies were Swan, H Shaw, R Shaw and the leading goal kicker Anthony Rocca who kicked 6. A special congrats must go to Browny and Woody, welcome to senior black and white footy.

Floreat Pica in 08  less