Nathan Burke
All players are entering unfamiliar grounds
When people came up with the adage ‘a week is a long time in football’, I doubt this is the scenario they...
Nathan Burke: AFLW sides left with finals say in short but sweet season
Well didn’t that all come to a screaming halt? I can’t help feel huge amounts of disappointment that the last two rounds...
Clear the decks and let the AFLW thrive and prosper
Gee whiz, wasn’t the Marsh Series exciting this year – said no one ever. Thankfully the AFL men’s pre-season competition has now...
Under the media microscope, life in the sporting fish bowl not as bad as it seems
In life it is generally accepted that to do anything to the best of your ability, you must enjoy doing it. It’s...
AFLW entering a new media landscape
A new era of media scrutiny has dawned upon the AFLW. It is something the players will have to get used to...
Lies, damned lies and statistics: Numbers threaten to obscure plain facts
The AFL Women’s competition has been exciting us over the past few weeks and now, with the beginning of the Marsh Series,...
AFLW: Consider the facts before rushing to conclusions
AFLW Round 1 is done, so it’s time to start jumping to all sorts of conclusions. A little early for conclusions? Welcome...
Mystery as women’s AFL season prepares for first bounce
If the fourth season of the AFLW competition needed a slogan, it could be called the Season of the Unknown. Here we...
Nathan Burke: How culture, not process, won the biggest prize
The season is done, the Tigers are AFL premiers and the players take their holidays. But while the players put their feet...
Nathan Burke: It’s the fans’ pressure players must overcome
A grand final football jumper weighs about five times more than any other. When you put it on, you are not only...