peter ryan

Has clock stopped 12:39? #dogs

Excellent second half of football.

Has there been a tackle in the past five minutes? #hawvsyd a running race game so far

A proposal to eliminate free agency compensation picks from the first 10 selections of the 2026 national draft is in some doubt as CBA alteration may be required to effect change: theage.com.au/sport/afl/mitc…

Tough job being a school principal but surprising a secondary college could not find a way to support an Olympic hopeful through school when the teachers were willing to accommodate absences for high performance training: theage.com.au/education/olym…

@JoshJenkins24 @Bootboi17 No, but there is not much revenue without fans.

@Bootboi17 Is there a game without players

Let’s not forget the players are the most important stakeholders in the game. They should have power

Great effort, Green put pressure on herself and delivered.

They finally caught up with Scott Pendlebury in game 426. One match suspension, for bump on Josh Worrell. Be interesting to see whether Pies challenge.

A ground announcer yelling make some noise (so you can hear them above the din) before the ball is thrown up after a break is one of the great innovations in the AFL. I wish they had it at suburban grounds back in the day. Very confusing in those days.

The quality of this Australian golfing icon's career is sometimes overlooked because of the headlines she generated. A healthy Jan Stephenson is up and about as Hannah Green leads the field into the final day of the LPGA Aus Open: theage.com.au/sport/golf/the…

@stephenc24 MCC and AFL consult and decide on expected high demand for tickets.

@petryan Who makes the fully ticketed call Pete ? The MCC ? Home team ? AFL ?

Fully-ticketed game made it expensive for Tiger members who have already forked out $ for seats at home games. Know a few who stayed away last night for that reason. (quality of teams, cost of living, fully ticketed) Tonight 71,384 for Essendon v Hawthorn.

nside the failed Merrett trade that restarted the simmering tension between Essendon and Hawthorn. Interesting read from @mickgleeson theage.com.au/sport/afl/stea…

@JimTomk @mickgleeson Sorry I meant Hawthorn. Will change. I think they generate enough without resorting to misleading headlines

@petryan @mickgleeson What’s Carlton got to do with this!? Generate clicks?

Hopefully Zach Guthrie kicks three for the season, Tom Atkins six, and the rest of the club goes goalless in 2026 based on this list.

@GatorGately @FOXFOOTY I know mate, still waiting to hear from Drum Taps or Septimus to explain themselves ha ha...love ya work.

@petryan @FOXFOOTY Tehee 🤭 The (admittedly average) GIF was a reference to Brad (acta non verba) not your article.. for the record 🤭 Oh yeah, Jeez, imagine the “forgive file” if horses could talk and take basically no accountability for ordinary performance!? 🤣🤣🤣

Brad Scott on @FOXFOOTY: “If you throw a punch expect one to come back pretty quickly, especially at our club." Essendon and Hawthorn in Twisted Sister mode: theage.com.au/sport/afl/snip…

@GatorGately @FOXFOOTY Ha ha, c'mon Gator. Get into the spirit of it. If only horses could talk...:)

@petryan @FOXFOOTY

With nine games to preview, our tipsters @wutube and @petryan are in their element on this week's episode of the Real Footy tipping podcast. They anticipate plenty of spite as old rivalries are reborn and former favourites face old mates. Listen here omny.fm/shows/real-foo…

@jacobdensley Not for everyone, that's fine but I guarantee everyone I spoke to who has worn a Hawthorn or Essendon jumper feels rivalry. The 70s Hawks felt it with North as did late 90s Bombers. Some of 2005-2018 Hawks rank Geelong equally. But Ess v Haw real and old

@petryan As a Hawks fan I'm awfully sick of hearing about this and seeing the same footage from decades ago every time they play, all replays of fights as though they provided no decent footy highlights. If Hawthorn ranked their rivalries now Essendon wouldn't be in the top ten.

Jai Newcombe: "As a Hawks fan I am well aware of the rivalry and it has been something very easy to buy into as well." This rivalry has passed through generations and will re-emerge after the Merrett trade attempt: theage.com.au/sport/afl/you-…