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The Best 5 Coaching Candidates For the Melbourne Demons Job
After parting ways with longtime senior coach Simon Goodwin, the Melbourne Demons now face a defining moment. With a talented list still...

Staff Writers
Aug 5, 20254 min read


"Brodie Grundy Has Cemented An All Australian Blazer": 9 Lessons From Round 21
Doggies Talls Pivotal Going Forward If the resurgence of the Western Bulldogs form in the last fortnight has proved anything, it is that...

Staff Writers
Aug 5, 20255 min read


"Nasiah Enters The Best Player Of The League Discussion": 9 Lessons From Round 20
Sam Docherty Is A Champion of The Game After 184 games, Sam Docherty has officially hung up the boots following an emotional farewell on...

Staff Writers
Jul 29, 20254 min read


"The Ashcrofts Are Powering Brisbane’s Premiership Repeat": 9 Lessons From Round 19
The Bombers’ Loss is GWS’ September Weapon There’s no doubt — since leaving the Bombers for Greater Western Sydney, Jake Stringer had...

Staff Writers
Jul 23, 20255 min read


The State Of West Indies & Australian Cricket
It was some way to end a series. In the last innings of the last Test of the series, Mitchell Starc takes 6 and Scott Boland a...

Lorenzo Di-Mauro Hayes
Jul 22, 20253 min read


"His Signature Might Be The Most Important Thing In Football": 9 Lessons From Round 17
1. The Deadliest Forward Line in Footy? Naughton & Darcy Set the Tone for a September Storm The Western Bulldogs have one of the most...

Staff Writers
Jul 9, 20254 min read


Perth Heat are in? What is happening?
I wrote an article, released only 30 minutes ago... and now... Perth Heat are playing after all?

Mark Woods
Jun 26, 20251 min read


Heartbreak for Indiana — but they should be proud
The Indiana Pacers have always been synonymous with grit, grind and toughness.
The Pacers battling the giant markets of the National Basketball Association (NBA), as one of the smallest franchises embodies this.
This 2025 Playoff campaign that saw the Pacers fall agonisingly short of their first NBA Championship.
It was heartbreaking scenes in Oklahoma, as Pacer’s superstar Tyrese Haliburton who had battled the entire series with a calf injury.

Jasper Cormick
Jun 25, 20254 min read


The simple solution to AFL's umpiring problem | THE VOLCANZO
Before Gather Round , the umpires were actually doing alright, but ever since Ollie Dempsey was awarded that mark, it all seems to have...

Lorenzo Di-Mauro Hayes
May 19, 20253 min read


Paul Curtis, Josh Sinn and the breakdown of debating moral issues | THE VOLCANZO
In his work After Vitrue , the Scottish-American philosopher Alasdair MacIntyre lamented the fact that the modern society has lost the...

Lorenzo Di-Mauro Hayes
Apr 30, 20253 min read


This hurts, but I get it: The Aces and the end of an era
As a casual fan of baseball in Australia, I never thought I would see a team withdrawing from the Australian Baseball League (ABL) . As a...

Mark Woods
Apr 30, 20252 min read


Is it time to rethink baseball in Australia?
With the Melbourne Aces pulling out of the Australian Baseball League (ABL), it feels like we’re staring straight at the reality that baseball in Australia needs a serious rethink.

Mark Woods
Apr 29, 20253 min read


British & Irish Lions Tour: Rugby’s Last Great Hope in Victoria?
With the Melbourne Rebels gone from Super Rugby Pacific , the 2025 British & Irish Lions tour could be Rugby Union’s best chance to...

Mark Woods
Apr 24, 20253 min read


All Richmond Had To Do With Noah Balta Is Wait One Week | THE VOLCANZO
A few weeks ago I said there is almost nothing that a player can do on the footy field, that won't be defended by footy fans for the sole...

Lorenzo Di-Mauro Hayes
Apr 23, 20253 min read


In Defence Of Chris Scott And Oscar Allen | THE VOLCANZO
Chris Scott has received a lot of flack for making honest and frank comments on the Oscar Allen situation at West Coast . Basically,...

Lorenzo Di-Mauro Hayes
Apr 9, 20255 min read
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