Milne DIVES to the ground ( or he used to , hope he doesn't so much this year or he'll apparently be reported.)

Sorry Stinger,
late reply to your question:
poatina......went there once......tasmanian hydro town isn't it....???
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It was indeed , it's now owned by a religious outfit, I've forgotten the name . Its in Northern Tas , on the way up ( or down !) the Western Tiers.

I don't ususally bother to read the strings that have gone on for four or more pages because I know that they would have degenerated to name calling and general big - dicking by then - as this one has - but in the midst of it Meheh Baba and others have raised interesting matters, thoughtfully put , ...

Seconds , St Rob 8 !!!No , B K Lawrence must be in the First Team .

Obviously St Mart's not dropping in at the moment or he would share my outrage that Team of the Century back pocket Barry Lawrence isn't in your teams ( '75 and '76 were his last years at the Saints )

I taped it and watched it last night .It was still cruel to see the loss ( and I thought Ablett snr had taken out Grant as well as Burke, but that wasn't so clear form the replay ) but gee it was great seeing Plugger , Winmar , McAdam ,Harvey and the rest in their prime. Those blokes had skill and s...

I'm pretty sure there was no St Pats team outside the college ( school ) team when Matty Young was drafted - Old Scotch and Old Launcestonians were in the Northern Amateurs or Old Scholars but St Pats didn't have a team in there. But Matty Young was a good player - let's make it either from a Tassie...

Elvis wrote : I think Plappy is still at it somewhere, very talented Not so sure about next year , I think he might have a coaching offer in Melbourne, but this year he was captain - coach of Burnie in the Statewide League in Tassie and was a very good player ( and good coach apparently ) . He got h...

r He was hugely successful in Tassie , mainly as a captain - coach. Tough too. One story has it that an ex - VFL boom recruit was playing well below the Doc's expectations and the Doc made the point by hitting him flush on the chin , laying him out , in the three - quarter time address. Makes Ken Sh...

Thanks Saint Patrick- Barry Lawrence was the hero at my local footy club , Longford , when I was a boy. St Kilda was already " my " club because of the Tasmanian connections so when Lawrence went there I was rapt. When he finsished at St Kilda he returned to Longford as captain - coach and...

Long time reader, first time poster. Here's a link to a long article which , in summary , is about how a lateral thinker coaching a basketball side realised it could be competitive by employing a full court press and defensive pressure all the time. It seems to me that this is very much what Ross Ly...