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Brisbane Times

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Thirty-nine balls of madness: How Mitch Owen made BBL history

Thirty-nine balls of madness: How Mitch Owen made BBL history

Mitch Owen delivered a batting masterclass for the ages in a breathtaking century in the Big Bash League final on Monday night. Here’s how he did it.

28.01.2025 30

WA Today

Jon Pierik

Thirty-nine balls of madness: How Mitch Owen made BBL history

Thirty-nine balls of madness: How Mitch Owen made BBL history

Mitch Owen delivered a batting masterclass for the ages in a breathtaking century in the Big Bash League final on Monday night. Here’s how he did it.

28.01.2025 10

The Sydney Morning Herald

Jon Pierik

Thirty-nine balls of madness: How Mitch Owen made BBL history

Thirty-nine balls of madness: How Mitch Owen made BBL history

Mitch Owen delivered a batting masterclass for the ages in a breathtaking century in the Big Bash League final on Monday night. Here’s how he did it.

28.01.2025 9

The Age

Jon Pierik

Thirty-nine balls of madness: How Mitch Owen made BBL history

Thirty-nine balls of madness: How Mitch Owen made BBL history

Mitch Owen delivered a batting masterclass for the ages in a breathtaking century in the Big Bash League final on Monday night. Here’s how he did it.

28.01.2025 6

Brisbane Times

Jon Pierik

Bogut says he flops. He says he doesn’t. The explosive question dividing Australian basketball

Chris Goulding is one of the greatest shooters this country has produced, but critics have been shooting from the hip over claims he is a flopper....

30.10.2024 2

WA Today

Jon Pierik

Bogut says he flops. He says he doesn’t. The explosive question dividing Australian basketball

Chris Goulding is one of the greatest shooters this country has produced, but critics have been shooting from the hip over claims he is a flopper....

30.10.2024 3

The Sydney Morning Herald

Jon Pierik

Bogut says he flops. He says he doesn’t. The explosive question dividing Australian basketball

Chris Goulding is one of the greatest shooters this country has produced, but critics have been shooting from the hip over claims he is a flopper....

30.10.2024 2

The Age

Jon Pierik

Bogut says he flops. He says he doesn’t. The explosive question dividing Australian basketball

Chris Goulding is one of the greatest shooters this country has produced, but critics have been shooting from the hip over claims he is a flopper....

30.10.2024 2

Brisbane Times

Jon Pierik

The AFL flag blueprint: Is your club in the premiership window?

There’s a blueprint which history suggests is required to be in premiership contention next season. What does that look like, and where does your...

25.10.2024 3

WA Today

Jon Pierik

The AFL flag blueprint: Is your club in the premiership window?

25.10.2024 6

The Sydney Morning Herald

Jon Pierik

The AFL flag blueprint: Is your club in the premiership window?

Add articles to your saved list and come back to them any time. Hawthorn are on the cusp of premiership contention, but Carlton and Collingwood...

25.10.2024 4

Brisbane Times

Jon Pierik

The AFL flag blueprint: Is your club in the premiership window?

Add articles to your saved list and come back to them any time. Hawthorn are on the cusp of premiership contention, but Carlton and Collingwood...

25.10.2024 1

The Age

Jon Pierik

Cripps dominates, but was this really the greatest season ever played?

There was plenty to digest after Patrick Cripps’ record-breaking vote haul at Monday night’s Brownlow Medal count. We take a look at the key...

24.09.2024 4

The Age

Jon Pierik

Cripps dominates, but was this really the greatest season ever played?

There was plenty to digest after Patrick Cripps’ record-breaking vote haul at Monday night’s Brownlow Medal count. We take a look at the key...

24.09.2024 2

Brisbane Times

Jon Pierik

The grand final 125 years in the making: The early tip for Swans v Lions flag battle

The MCG will have its first non-Victorian grand final since 2006 when the Brisbane Lions and Sydney Swans take to the field next Saturday. The...

21.09.2024 2

WA Today

Jon Pierik

The grand final 125 years in the making: The early tip for Swans v Lions flag battle

The MCG will have its first non-Victorian grand final since 2006 when the Brisbane Lions and Sydney Swans take to the field next Saturday. The...

21.09.2024 3

The Age

Jon Pierik

The grand final 125 years in the making: The early tip for Swans v Lions flag battle

The MCG will have its first non-Victorian grand final since 2006 when the Brisbane Lions and Sydney Swans take to the field next Saturday. The...

21.09.2024 20

Brisbane Times

Jon Pierik

Finals fixture revealed: Dogs and Hawks get Friday night timeslot

The final grid has been locked in - the four games to start the 2024 AFL finals campaign set. After a weekend to refresh, it will be down to...

26.08.2024 1

WA Today

Jon Pierik

Finals fixture revealed: Dogs and Hawks get Friday night timeslot

The final grid has been locked in - the four games to start the 2024 AFL finals campaign set. After a weekend to refresh, it will be down to...

26.08.2024 1

Brisbane Times

Jon Pierik

Boon or bust: Is it really an advantage to play the AFL’s biggest losers twice?

In an AFL season that has gone completely bonkers, every inch matters. And there’s nothing like the unevenness of the fixture to have fans’ blood...

13.08.2024 3

WA Today

Jon Pierik

Boon or bust: Is it really an advantage to play the AFL’s biggest losers twice?

In an AFL season that has gone completely bonkers, every inch matters. And there’s nothing like the unevenness of the fixture to have fans’ blood...

13.08.2024 1

The Sydney Morning Herald

Jon Pierik

Boon or bust: Is it really an advantage to play the AFL’s biggest losers twice?

In an AFL season that has gone completely bonkers, every inch matters. And there’s nothing like the unevenness of the fixture to have fans’ blood...

13.08.2024 10

The Age

Jon Pierik

Boon or bust: Is it really an advantage to play the AFL’s biggest losers twice?

In an AFL season that has gone completely bonkers, every inch matters. And there’s nothing like the unevenness of the fixture to have fans’ blood...

13.08.2024 1

Brisbane Times

Jon Pierik

Nine doesn’t go into eight. So who will be playing finals this September?

Wow – who saw this coming? And there are still two rounds remaining. In one of the more unpredictable seasons in VFL-AFL history, one thing is...

12.08.2024 2

WA Today

Jon Pierik

Nine doesn’t go into eight. So who will be playing finals this September?

Wow – who saw this coming? And there are still two rounds remaining. In one of the more unpredictable seasons in VFL-AFL history, one thing is...

12.08.2024 4

The Sydney Morning Herald

Jon Pierik

Nine doesn’t go into eight. So who will be playing finals this September?

Wow – who saw this coming? And there are still two rounds remaining. In one of the more unpredictable seasons in VFL-AFL history, one thing is...

12.08.2024 2

The Age

Jon Pierik

Nine doesn’t go into eight. So who will be playing finals this September?

Wow – who saw this coming? And there are still two rounds remaining. In one of the more unpredictable seasons in VFL-AFL history, one thing is...

12.08.2024 1

Brisbane Times

Jon Pierik

Tigers, Roos or Eagles, who will win footy’s ‘race’ to the bottom? Bulldogs ‘on edge’ ahead of Melbourne blockbuster

The Western Bulldogs have paid homage to their Footscray greats, but are intent on forging a new path when they tackle bogey-side Melbourne in a...

01.08.2024 2

WA Today

Jon Pierik

Tigers, Roos or Eagles, who will win footy’s ‘race’ to the bottom? Bulldogs ‘on edge’ ahead of Melbourne blockbuster

The Western Bulldogs have paid homage to their Footscray greats, but are intent on forging a new path when they tackle bogey-side Melbourne in a...

01.08.2024 4

The Sydney Morning Herald

Jon Pierik

Tigers, Roos or Eagles, who will win footy’s ‘race’ to the bottom? Bulldogs ‘on edge’ ahead of Melbourne blockbuster

The Western Bulldogs have paid homage to their Footscray greats, but are intent on forging a new path when they tackle bogey-side Melbourne in a...

01.08.2024 2

The Age

Jon Pierik

Tigers, Roos or Eagles, who will win footy’s ‘race’ to the bottom? Bulldogs ‘on edge’ ahead of Melbourne blockbuster

The Western Bulldogs have paid homage to their Footscray greats, but are intent on forging a new path when they tackle bogey-side Melbourne in a...

01.08.2024 2

Brisbane Times

Jon Pierik

The run home: Where the contenders stand in the race for the AFL top eight

The run home to the AFL finals in 2024 shapes as one for the ages, with positions two through to eight there for the taking with five home-and-away...

24.07.2024 2

The Sydney Morning Herald

Jon Pierik

The quick fixes Carlton must make as they march toward finals

Michael Voss said through summer that Carlton needed to become a “great” home-and-away side to lay the platform for a legitimate premiership...

20.07.2024 1

WA Today

Jon Pierik

The quick fixes Carlton must make as they march toward finals

Michael Voss said through summer that Carlton needed to become a “great” home-and-away side to lay the platform for a legitimate premiership...

20.07.2024 1

Brisbane Times

Jon Pierik

Were these AFL bans correct, or the suspensions that broke footy?

On Tuesday night, the AFL tribunal upheld three-match bans for GWS player Toby Bedford and Brisbane Lions star Charlie Cameron. Were the...

17.07.2024 10

The Age

Jon Pierik

Were these AFL bans correct, or the suspensions that broke footy?

On Tuesday night, the AFL tribunal upheld three-match bans for GWS player Toby Bedford and Brisbane Lions star Charlie Cameron. Were the...

17.07.2024 1

Brisbane Times

Jon Pierik

On a losing streak with a tough run home, will the Magpies fall short of September?

Collingwood took to a sodden training track on Tuesday, but it’s their finals hopes that have been dampened on the back of a three-game losing...

16.07.2024 2

WA Today

Jon Pierik

On a losing streak with a tough run home, will the Magpies fall short of September?

Collingwood took to a sodden training track on Tuesday, but it’s their finals hopes that have been dampened on the back of a three-game losing...

16.07.2024 1

Brisbane Times

Jon Pierik