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@AlexJDonnelly Expect a lot of Aussies to miss out on tickets when released. A lot will go to Americans. This is what happened for the Dublin game. Only 30% of the tickets ended up in Irish hands.

The price for NFL tickets at the MCG is a genuine laugh. I know people are going to pay anyway. But this 'American style' attitude of it being a privilege and status symbol to pay so much for a ticket is the antithesis of what sport actually is.

@m_brosnan If I was a betting man, this is a Michael Murphy idea. Australian’s done this in 2015 & 2017 in the International Rules. Worked quite well for them.

Saw this live and couldn't believe it. Donegal are creating a sweeper by bringing out their goalkeeper to mark on the square. It's very creative. Why didn't Kerry kick it in?

@LMcKirdy7 Surely Waitin’ On A Sunny Day is the next song on the playlist

A cover of Toto's Africa is on next, not so sure I'm blessing the rains at this stage.

Thunderstruck plays at Engie Stadium as the players have just come off for a lightning delay. #AFLGiantsSaints

@AlexJDonnelly Give me a Norwood Oval game every day of the week over an early Adelaide Oval slot. The Lions Bulldogs game was a real highlight from last year at the venue.

Not too late to swap these two games around. Given both games are on Fox, it’s not a broadcast issue

We lost a legend this week. Olympic Gold medalist Ron Delany passed away at 91. The summer before the 1956 Olympics, Delany ran a 4:20 mile at a meet in Dublin. Then, he got spiked badly in Paris and could barely race the rest of the season. The press said he was burnt out. The Olympic Council only confirmed his selection at the last possible moment. As he was struggling with his form, John Landy pulled him aside. He told him he looked strained, that his shoulders were too tense and he needed to relax. Landy was the Olympic favorite, the 2nd man under 4. The man he'd have to beat in Melbourne gave him the technical cue that would help unlock the run of his life. Arriving at the Melbourne Olympics as an afterthought, he meets the British trio of 1500m stars in the village. They want to do a friendly breakdown of the field. Who's going to do well? Delany: "I'm going to win." They looked at him like he was out of his mind. Why was he so sure? In his last training session before Melbourne, coach Brutus Hamilton pulled a piece of twine out of his pocket. Strung it across the track and had Delany run through it, arms spread wide, like a finish line celebration. Then he said: "Now, son, we have practised everything." They'd rehearsed winning, including winning. In an era where there were no sports psychologist, Delany had a pre-race protocol. Two hours out, he'd deliberately turn on the nerves. He'd let the anxiety build, get the adrenaline flowing. Then an hour before, he flipped the switch. Become what he called "the cold, calculated, tactician." It was a threat-to-challenge conversion decades before we had a name for it. On December 1st, 1956, there were 120,000 people at the Melbourne Cricket Ground with a field that was one of the best in history. At the bell, Delany was tenth. Six meters off the lead. Then he started to move. He passed Landy with 180 to go. And closed his final 200 in 25.6, to break the Olympic record by four seconds. "There is no pain...Into the home stretch and I feel the strength, as if running on air... legs flowing so easily, breathing so consistent and effortless, my mind so relaxed and concentrated." After he crossed the line, Delany dropped to his knees in prayer. Landy, the favorite who'd helped fix his form months earlier and just lost, "was the first over me — which is a great tribute to the closeness of sportsmanship. He thought I'd collapsed, sees my face, and sees I'm not even winded." After the race, Delany sent a telegram to his first coach, Jack Sweeney, back in Dublin. Three words: "We did it Jack." He was 21, 10,000 miles from home, had just won the Olympic gold medal. And his first instinct was to credit the man who taught him to race. RIP Ronnie.

@AlexJDonnelly Agree with you (would love to have him v Charlie Cameron this weekend) but Harry isn’t a tagger though? All 10 on that list play majority of their minutes through the middle.

Harry Cunningham’s work as a small defender who puts small forwards in his pocket regularly is criminally underrated.

The return of International Rules in early November remains a live possibility. Work to be done at AFL HQ, but Australia would travel to Ireland to revive the series. 🇮🇪 @1116sen @SENBreakfast

@TylerVillagra24 Malcolm Rosas & Charlie to kick 5

I'm announcing something that every Sydney Swans fan on here can get in on: Guess the Sydney Swans player you think will kick the 1st goal AND How many goals Charlie Curnow will kick on Thursday night. The winner will receive a $50 Swanshop Voucher!!! ❤️🤍 #GoSwans #Bloods

@rohan_connolly I do this for Premier League games. Don’t think I’ll ever go back. Lets me form my own opinions around a game without hearing what narrative analysts want to put across.

Looking for strategies to survive the next seven months of AFL content on TV. Seriously considering the "switch on literally at first bounce, off the moment siren goes" option. Does that help preserve one's sanity? #aflbluescats

Surely this is false advertisement? If you live in NSW all Swans games are live & free. That is what I read on @7AFL season launch piece yesterday anyway!

@DropkickMangan Hard to know. On El Capitan he pulled out of his 1st attempt because he thought there was too many cameras/ people watching. Didn’t feel comfortable. Pretty big step up here on that front!

It’s close, but El Capitan, (also done by Alex) is far superior

@AndyMitten Dorgu even money for the next front cover!

That's another stunning win for Manchester United. What a game, what goals. Away to the league leaders too. Stop the team bus and treat those players to fish & chips on the Holloway Road.

@seaningle Good piece Sean, his YouTube channel is great viewing too.

Travelled to Norway to speak to Jakob Ingebrigtsen. He was fascinating on so many things, including his obsession with winning, autism, his love of cars and so much more theguardian.com/sport/2026/jan…

@stevemagness Came across a vid of a guy 30+ years old, telling me what runners to buy. He started running 9 months ago… ‘the best runners I’ve used so far’

I'm just going to say it: Some of the worst advice on endurance training, VO2max, etc. comes from non-endurance fitness influencers They know enough to be dangerous, but not enough to know they are wrong You're better off listening to a HS cross-country coach.

@englandcricket The only fan base in the world that their main song is about themselves, instead of the team that they are actually supporting.

Our 12th man. Through highs and lows. You've never stopped singing. Thank you for all your support in Melbourne, England fans ❤️

@ChrisMcNultyDgl @markenglish_ @finnvalley_ac @dgldemocrat @patsyfinn @Pierceathletics @irishathletics @ianoriordan @Cathal_Dennehy @gregallenRTE No Finn Valley singlet for the home crowd!?

Nice to see @markenglish_ in action and winning the St Stephen’s Day 5k @finnvalley_ac today. Mark back home after a few weeks of training at altitude and looking forward to 2026. Today was his first 5k in 16 years btw Piece for @dgldemocrat : donegallive.ie/news/athletics…

@CaoimhinReilly You can narrow your search down to a Man Utd fan within the O’Neills/ Louth GAA ranks. The alternative kit from last year had a very similar look to Utd’s away kit & now this 😂

Louth GAA silent on new style red with black trim county jersey independent.ie/regionals/lout…

@rohan_connolly As a fellow Patrick, it’s either Patrick, Pat or Paddy. None of this American Patty nonsense 😂

PATTY STRIKES!!! England 1-4!! Come on Aussies!! #ashes

@AlexJDonnelly Looking forward to hearing their reasoning for moving up 2 picks & losing a F2 to select a player who would have been available to them at their original pick.

I appreciate GWS’s commitment to the bit, trying to scupper the Swans in anyway possible.

@StanSportRugby No sour grapes here at all.

One Aussie stood above the rest in Dublin. 👀 ↳ Quilter Nations Series. Ireland v Wallabies. Live & Exclusive. #StanSportAU #QuilterNS #QuilterNationsSeries