Kick Like Tayla shares a raw and unfiltered look into the life of AFLW player and boxing champion, Tayla Harris, as she confronts public and personal challenges, and channels her platform for good.
An intimate and important story that demands to be told, Revealed - Danielle Laidley: Two Tribes this must-see documentary is an in-depth journey of a remarkable woman who has endured some difficult bumps in the road while achieving countless plaudits along the way. Utilising personal archival material including photos, journals and videos, audiences will witness Danielle’s early childhood in a working-class suburb of Perth, to her career as an elite athlete and as a renowned senior AFL coach. Cameras also capture the emotional moments as Danielle faces her family and friends for the first time.
It's not until you actually sit down and relive those great ELECTRIFYING '80s year by year that the myriad of memories come flooding back. Trying to work out which was the greatest highlight of the decade is the hardest part, but they're all here. The great Grand Finals, the marks of the decade, the bone jarring stoushes and the Brownlow Medals - one by one, year by year, they're all here, making up the ELECTRIFYING '80s.
New decade - new heroes - new villains. It was a decade in which the Grand Final winners told the story. It was a decade of dominance in differing degrees.
Collingwood Football Club, the most famous sporting club in Australia. Despite being the major headliner through the Sixties, Seventies and Eighties, Collingwood had not tasted the ultimate success since 1958. The Road to Victory has been tough and laced with emotion and ridicule... for 32 years. In 1990 however, the hoodoo was finally broken. The Road to Victory follows the build up throughout the season, and the ultimate success and scenes of unbridled joy as the most loved and hated football club took the grand prize at last.
Old timers at Collingwood marvel at his skills. Commentators rave about his footballing prowess. In his distinguished football career Nathan Buckley just seems to get better with every season. A Grand Final hero with Port Adelaide, a Magarey Medal as South Australia's finest and the Norwich Rising Star as an outstanding rookie in the AFL and all before the age of 22.
Two clubs that hated yet respected each other, the Hawthorn and Essendon rivalry of the 1980's is the stuff of footy legend. The last teams to clash in three consecutive Grand Finals ('83-'85), the Bombers were desperate to avenge a humiliating record loss in the 1983 flag decider when they came up against the Hawks a year later.
Facing off in their fifth season decider in five years this was supposed to be Collingwood's moment of redemption but a close-knit Carlton outfit had no plans to end the Grand Final losing streak of their oldest and most hated foe.
In the history of Aussie Rules footy, the games Wild Men have become a legend through their on-field antics. From the greats of yesteryear to the champions of the modern era.
Through ten years of stellar service to the game's most passionately supported club, Gavin Brown, Mick McGuane, Gavin Crosisca and Alan Richardson have won special places in the hearts and memories of all Magpies fans. The brilliant presentation features highlights of their careers and special moments from the testimonial dinner honoring their service to the Mighty Magpies.
Arguably the two most talented teams to ever meet in a Grand Final, the Brisbane Lions were on their way to creating a dynasty but first had to overcome a Bombers outfit who believed back-to-back flags was their birthright.
Alan Didak chats Candidly about his 150 game career and journey at Collingwood, with club president Eddie McGuire, in this special commemorative program. Alan reflects on some of the greatest games he has been involved with the Magpies, including "the most important win ever" in the 2002 preliminary final against Port Adelaide. Four club greats Craig Kelly, Peter Daicos and Nathan Buckley reflect on Didak's action packed career and Alan compares this years Magpies with the 2002 team, which he describes as a team you would go to war with. Alan reckons the 2009 version can go all the way.
Hawthorn aiming at back to back Premierships for the first time, Geelong under Malcolm Blight looking for it's first Premiership since the days of Polly Farmer in 1963. This is the story of the battle for the 1989 Premiership by the men who played such a major role. The behind the scenes story of one of the best footy matches ever played.
For the first time a non-Victorian team lined up in the season decider determined to end the reign of one of the greatest sides in history. Too old? Too slow? The flag-festooned Hawks were out to prove the old dog still had enough bite to silence the young upstart Eagles from the west.
THE SAINTS FROM 1897 TO 2003 St Kilda – the name alone brings to mind the very passion of the game. This is a club that has tasted just a brief touch of heaven and more than its fair share of hell. From the glory of that famous 1966 premiership through to years in turmoil, Heaven and Hell traces the story of one of the AFL’s great football clubs. On field heroes, off field battles. The great players like Baldock, Stewart, Ditterich, Smith, Barker, Lockett and Harvey playing against a backdrop of political tension. Originally released in 1997, this is an updated version produced for DVD. It now contains Harvey’s Brownlows, the 1997 finals campaign and the coaching crisis that saw Stan Alves, Tim Watson and Malcolm Blight leave the club.
In 1992, his first senior year, he played 8 games and kicked 22 goals. But those statistics failed to warn the folk of South australia of the impending tempest which was about to hit their town.
While Millane's magnificent career may have ended in tragic circumstances on 7 October, 1991, his memory will live on. From his first game in 1984, to the crowning glory of the 1990 Premiership - in which he played despite a broken hand - the Darren Millane story isa compelling one.
For more than 100 years, Australian Rules Football has generated a passionate followinf amungst millions of supporters. Those of us wh have been fortunate enough to play the game at the highest level, contuniue to remain the focus of this obsession. For decades we have been loved, hated, worshiped, and abused. It's for this reason, that players past and present representing each of the 16 AFL Clubs, have probided a unique insight into the journey of playing senior football. From the exhilaration of playing that first game, to the heartache of being told your time is up. This is our story.
I 1992, Collingwood had to battle against the most overwhelming odds, but throughout the trials and tribulations, the Magpies stood tall. Before the season began, we lost Darren Millane in a tragic car accident. Doug Barwick, Premiership player in 1990, was ruled out of action when he shattered a knee, then midway through the season, Craig Kelly also injured his knee. Through sheer guts and determination, Collingwood repeatedly shut down opposition big guns, reduced games to tight contests and greeted the final siren triumphant. In the end the well of good fortune would dry up, but not before another stirring fightback. When the book is written about '92, Collingwood will be remembered for two things - its competitiveness and its heart.
Through the lens of sport, AFL legend Michael O'Loughlin shines a light on the history and experience of the Indigenous Australian people. Current AFL players, Michael Walters and Tarryn Thomas, join O'Loughlin to unpack racism, discrimination and the unbreakable bond they each share with their indigenous communities.