Multicultural AFL Football Show

L-R: Vanessa Gatica, Habir Singh Kang and Gabriel D'Angelo The Multicultural AFL Football TV and Radio Show – Week 27 Finals week 3 By Fiv Antoniou 19/09/2019 Last week the two semi-finals produced some mixed results with Geelong defeating the West Coast Eagles at the MCG to make the Preliminary final and the GWS Giants just pipped the Brisbane Lions to line up against the Magpies this week. Like it or not the West Coast Eagles had their spirits subdued and it looked that way from very early in the game. The reason was probably Willie Rioli’s suspension due to allegedly tampering with his drug test specimen sample. The Eagles started that game on a flat note and were totally deflated by the last quarter. Full credit to the Cats, they jumped the West Coast from the on-set and systematically unravelled them to win the game. However, the win did come with a caveat, in that Tom Hawkins got himself suspended for an indiscretion behind the play for striking the

L-R: Vanessa Gatica, Habir Singh Kang and Gabriel D'Angelo The Multicultural AFL Football TV and Radio Show – Week 26 Finals week 2 By Fiv Antoniou 11/09/2019 I start on a sad note, on the unexpected and sudden tragic death of one of the AFL’s favourite sons, Danny Frawley. Our condolences go to his family, the St. Kilda Football Club, their fans, supporters, friends, sports journalists and his workmates at Foxtel. The man they endearingly called ‘Spud’ will be sadly missed by the AFL world! Last week, the first round of finals footy had mixed results. Some favourites didn’t perform enough and others surprised with really poor performances. Suffice to say that the top two sides lost their matches, brings me to reflect on the unpredictability of results throughout the current season. The last time teams that finished 1st and 2nd on the AFL ladder both lost their opening finals games was in 1926! What happened to the favourites at the top last week was no

CONGRATULATIONS to our presenters: Vanessa Gatica, Habir Singh Kang and Gabriel D'Angelo on being nominated for Best Culturally and or Linguistically Diverse Personality for the 2019 Antenna Awards; Finals week 1 By Fiv Antoniou 3/09/2019     Starting Thursday night, the 2019 Toyota AFL Finals series comes to life from Perth’s Optus Stadium where the West Coast Eagles host the Bombers in the first elimination final. The four finals matches this week are played from, Western Australia, Victoria, NSW and Queensland. Yes, only one game in Melbourne – Ouch! That must hurt the League’s box-office revenue stream because of the smaller interstate grounds. In the meantime, congratulations to a couple of Blues: Patrick Cripps for his MVP and Sam Walsh for winning the Rising Star Award. In the last 5 years, the MVP winner has gone on to win the Brownlow Medal in the same year. News out this week heralded Brendan Bolton’s return to the Hawks as Director of Coaching, Jarryd R

L-R: Vanessa Gatica, Harbir Singh Kang, Gabriel D'Angelo, George Demetriou & Ang Christou The Multicultural AFL Football TV and Radio Show – Week 24 By Fiv Antoniou 28/8/2019 Here we are again at the end of a tumultuous AFL home and away season and ready for the most open finals series for many a year. Round 23, the final fixture for 2019 kicked off last Friday night from the MCG with Collingwood dishing out a loss to a depleted Essendon outfit by 11 points the hard way (Magpies scored 11 behinds more than the Bombers). The win catapulted the Magpies into the top 4 ensuring them of a second chance final and as it so happens they play their final in Melbourne against the Ladder leaders Geelong the week after next. For Essendon, who finished with the lowest percentage in the 8, the road ahead is tough as they will have to travel to Perth in a couple of weeks to face off in an Elimination final with the Eagles at their home ground. However, take heed, the West C

L-R: Vanessa Gatica, Akec Makur Chuot, Habir Singh Kang & Gabriel D'Angelo The Multicultural AFL Football TV and Radio Show – Round 23 By Fiv Antoniou 21/8/2019 Round 22 kicked off last Friday night from the MCG with another dismal Demon display - well done to the young Swans taking the win. Carlton beat the Saints by 10 points in David Teague’s first game as permanent coach of the Blues . Brisbane is on top of the ladder, one game clear, after their come from behind one-point victory over the Cats. The Magpies are definitely on the way back after thrashing Adelaide, while North Melbourne destroyed the Power. In the other games, Fremantle at home lost their chance for the eight to Essendon. The Bulldogs decimated the Giants big time and the Hawks had a nice walk in the park at the Suns’ expense. What I thought was a game worthy of a Grand Final preview was the Richmond v. West Coast Eagles match from the MCG on a wet Sunday afternoon. Somewhere in the early part of

The Multicultural AFL Football TV and Radio Show – Round 22 By Fiv Antoniou  14/8/2019 Round 21 kicked off last Friday night from the Nation’s freezer, Canberra, with sub-zero temperatures and for the first time in the AFL’s history it snowed during the game. The most exciting thing was the snow falling on a poor performance by the Giants. What was more exciting, was the TV image of kids eating ice-cream while the snow was falling, but it didn’t bother Hawthorn as they demolished the Giants by 56 points. The rest of the games went the favourites’ way, except for the “under 11’s performance” by an Essendon side who could only muster 2 goals in 111 minutes of footy and losing to the Bulldogs by 104 points. Think that was bad - Take a look at North Melbourne’s embarrassing final score against the Cats: 1-8-14 points. One word for the Bombers and Roos: Pathetic! In other games, Collingwood won by 17 over the dismal Demons, Port Adelaide almost doubled the Swans score, while th