Fitzroy-ACU Senior Women’s coach, Michael Harper, has informed the club that he won’t be in a position to continue as senior coach next season. Michael, affectionately known as ‘Harps’ around the club, has been a key driver in the success which sa...
By Thirds coach Trent ColemanTo say it was awesome to be back out at Yarra Bend for preseason is an understatement. It was great to see so many on the track early to get back into it. Not just the Thirds, but across the whole club. The resilience ...
Still, sunny conditions met the Roys at Pirañha Park Coburg for their Men’s Senior semi final against Old Haileybury. A slight breeze favoured the Bell Street end, Father’s Day celebrations the furthest thing from the collective mindset. A huge ch...
By Fitzroy Gold Thirds coach Silvano InserraThe final siren sounds…we exhale, the season is over.Kane and I look at each other, and then look at our men. They have given their all. They are exhausted, dirty, bruised, but you get the sense that the...
Driving across the Clifton Hill hump for a 9.30am bus drop off on Saturday morning, the city was shrouded in fog. Instantly the opening chords of Van’s Into The Mystic came on the radio. “Hark now, hear the sailors cry.” It was going to be one of ...
I looked at my football-scribing notepad, the one I use to put this epistle together. I have enough pages left for another 4 or 5 games. I hope I can use it to its full extent: two home and away games, and hopefully as many finals as we can find. ...
By Fitzroy-ACU Senior Women's Coach Michael HarperAs the pain of a Grand Final loss begins to subside, the overwhelming sense of a successful season both and off the field is beginning to take its place.Congratulations to Scotch for winning the pr...
We welcomed Old Haileybury to the Brunswick Street Oval for a pair of Men’s games, the latter a twilight commencing at 4.30. I might add ‘welcome’ is probably too nice a word, football can be like war at times. Again, the Two’s were comfortable vi...
It was an awkward drive to the game on Saturday. East Malvern kind of doesn’t know where or what it is. De La Salle awaited us with good form, having defeated Haileybury the previous week. Our form had been ok, but we needed to be on our mettle an...
Dear Roys faithful, It is with sadness that I pen my last missive as the coach of this wonderful group of Women. For those watching the results of this team closely, you'll know that the Reserves Women suffered two losses totalling 150 points in R...
