Amazon exiles discussion

The first bounce will be on Thursday March 19 so I thought I would get a thread up and running. Back soon with participants, teams, charities and Round 1 fixture.

Last year's tipsters are listed below. Please let me know if you are keen to go round again and if you have any changes to your chosen team or charity. I posted a card to Suzy last week but I will email her and Blastro to double check. If Suzy is still having health problems, I am happy to do her tips for her - should be easy, just pick the underdogs in each game. I'll put a reminder up on the Premier League thread but I'm not sure Dean is still participating there. Anybody have any contact for him? I think I might have an old email for him. Will go and check. Assuming he is in, we still have Fremantle (the Dockers), Geelong (the Cats) and Hawthorn (the Hawks) available for adoption if anyone else would like to join us.

Val - Essendon (The Bombers) - Warchild -
Anita (Sydney Swans) - The Mirabel Foundation -
Lez - St Kilda (The Saints)- Dementia Australia -
The Foe - Melbourne (The Demons) - Launch Housing -
David - Brisbane (The Lions) - The Song Room -
Philip - Richmond (The Tigers) - Canteen -
SJ Brooke- North Melbourne (The Kangaroos) - Backpack Bed For Homeless -
Tech Sergeant - Collingwood (The Magpies) - Oscar’s Law -
Blastro - Footscray (The Western Bulldogs) - Zaidee's Rainbow Foundation -
RedJohn - Carlton (The Blues) - Fr Bob Maguire Foundation -
SussexWelsh - West Coast (The Eagles) - Save The Bilby Fund -
Dean - Adelaide (The Crows) - Sacred Heart Mission -
Suzy - Gold Coast (The Suns) - Friends With Dignity -
The Duke – Greater Western Sydney (The Giants) – The Centre for Eye Research -
Grizzlygrump - Port Adelaide (The Power) - Red Nose

I was thinking of changing my charity to something to assist the children of Syria. Does anyone know anything about Warchild - good or bad?

Roud 1 fixture:

Thursday, March 19
Richmond Tigers v Carlton Blues (in Melbourne)

Friday, March 20
Western Bulldogs v Collingwood Magpies (in Melbourne)

Saturday, March 21
Essendon Bombers v Fremantle Dockers (in Melbourne)
Adelaide Crows v Sydney Swans (in Adelaide)
GWS Giants v Geelong Cats (in Sydney)
Gold Coast Suns v Port Power (on the Gold Coast)

Sunday, March 22
North Melbourne Kangaroos v St Kilda Saints (in Melbourne)
Hawthorn Hawks v Brisbane Lions (in Melbourne)
West Coast Eagles v Melbourne Demons (in Perth)

If punters could lodge their tips by midnight WEDNESDAY March 18 (your time) it would be a great help, although I can accept them up until 8.15am THURSDAY (your time) if absolutely necessary.

essential.

yeah, i'll go with the usual, val, the PIES! and i deserve each other!

I'm in, same charity please.
Thanks, Val :)

Oh, yeah, same team too :)

Thanks for the message Val, I'm in, and I am happy to keep a hold of my Crows this season.

Warchild aim to help children in all war torn areas from what little I know, so sounds like a great cause.

I am happy to stay with Sacred Heart this season.

Tigers 33
Pies
Dockers
Crows
Giants
Power
Roos
Hawks
Eagles

Val, do you have the link to the Aussie rules page please?

Hi Val. I'm in! I'll stick with my charity please. Thanks for all you do.

Hi Val I'm in I'm ,thankyou for running this again.

Mine
Tigers by 19
Bulldogs
Bombers
SWANS
Giants
Port power
Roos
Hawks
Eagles

Dean wrote: "Val, do you have the link to the Aussie rules page please?..."

Hi Dean, Glad my message reached you and glad to have you back. Not sure what you mean by "Aussie rules page". If it's the official AFL website, that's at



The 2020 fixture (round by round) is at


and there's a .pdf page of the whole season at a glance at

Dean wrote: "Warchild aim to help children in all war torn areas from what little I know, so sounds like a great cause..."

That's that decided then. I've changed my charity to

I'm in with the Demons, thanks Val.

Lez may be interested in a news item related to Dementia Australia.

And RedJohn, who hopefully will be back, may be interested in this interview with Father Bob.

Thanks Val. It's great to see so many of these projects springing up. They seem to make quite a difference to sufferers and their carers.
Two of my library friends have lost their husbands to severe dementia in the past couple of years.

Count me in please, Val :-)

Reporting for duty, once again....may the Giants stand high & mighty this season! :)

And i'll stick with me current charity for the time being too, thanks Val.

I do hope our lovely Suzy makes an appearance too....it's been too long, but i hope she's okay.

Yep! Bounce me in too please Val!

I'm in again Val.
Can't remember who came top last season but I'm sure Tech will remind me :)
Same charity and team please Val

some **, **** of a **, as i recall.

nice chap.

The Tigers won it, if i recall correctly.

I am in Val and sticking with the Tigers and the same charity please.

Val wrote: "And RedJohn, who hopefully will be back, may be interested in this interview with Father Bob.

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Yes, I'm in Val. Fascinating reading about Father Bob, his background and all the good work he's done over the years.

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Tigers by 20
Magpies
Bombers
Crows
Cats
Power
Kangaroos
Lions
Eagles

round one to be played behind closed doors - association may re-visit decision depending on changing situation i.e. postponement or delayed start to season.



i'll hold off punting till early next week.

Richmond Tigers #32

Collingwood Magpies
Essendon Bombers
Adelaide Crows
GWS Giants
Port Power


North Melbourne Kangaroos
Brisbane Lions
West Coast Eagles

Yes, tech is right (or as usual, as he would surely have it!).

"The AFL executive and working party teams met for four hours Friday morning, and again for a similar amount of time Friday afternoon to work through all scenarios pertaining to the AFL season.

As it met in the morning, the Melbourne Formula 1 Grand Prix was officially cancelled, and Cricket Australia decided to ban spectator attendance at Friday's one-day international between Australia and New Zealand at the SCG.

The no-crowd scenario became official when, 90 minutes after the AFL's executive meeting had finished, the Council Of Australian Government (COAG) chief medical officers convened for two hours to determine that mass gatherings of 500 people or more be cancelled."

Apparently the virus is very compliant and has agreed to hold off contaminating Aussies until Monday - that's when the 500+ ban comes into place. The National Rugby League will go ahead with the 5 games scheduled for Saturday and Sunday but Round 2 will be in closed stadiums. I have listened to all the best advice available (from the scientists and medicos, not the politicians) and have decided to forfeit my tickets to a play tomorrow. It's just not worth it. The Melbourne International Comedy Festival (640 events) has been cancelled, so that's another couple of shows I'll be getting my money back on. AND, I won't have to babysit on Friday night (while my daughter & husband went to the footy) but I will have to travel over there by train on Thursday to babysit while she's at work. Hopefully the trains will be empty - but I doubt it.

Tigers 43

Dogs
Bombers
Crows
Cats
Suns
Roos
Hawks
Eagles

Thanks Val

Do we punt or not, me wonders?

At present, games are going ahead (Round 1 anyway) in closed stadiums.

Tigers x39
Magpies
Bombers
Swans
Giants
Power
Roos
Hawks
DEMONS

Cheers Val, COYD!

Okey doke then..let see how bad or good this little lot does for my opening chances at the title! :)

Tigers - 30
Dogs
Bombers
Swans
Port
GWS
Saints
Hawks
Eagles

Thanks Val...here's to the start of the new season...er...hopefully!

The AFL has announced that, as things stand at the moment, they're planning a season of 17 rounds with every team playing each other once. It is still hoped that the Round 1 fixture will go ahead in closed stadiums. However, anything can happen between now and Thursday.

Interestingly, a former Eagles player has come out and said that playing in an empty stadium will redress the balance of umpires giving the Eagles a bit of a free ride because of the enormous crowd response. What the rest of us have been saying for years!

well, here it is anyhoo,

tigers by 23
PIES!
bombers
crows
power
giants
saints
lions
eagles

cheers val

Ok here's mine...

Richmond 27
BULLDAWGS
Essendon
Sydney
GWS
Port
St Kilda
Hawthorn
West Coast

Nice one Val

Tigers 22
Bulldogs
Bombers
Crows
Giants
Power
Roos
Lions
Eagles

Thanks, Val and good luck everyone

I've sent reminders to RedJohn and Suzy. I will do Suzy's if we don't hear from her. Does anyone have contact with Phil? I have a very old email address for a Phil D... and I'm not even sure it's him. Grizzly is also MIA. The AFL confirmed tonight that Round 1 will definitely go ahead as scheduled.

Not MIA, Val - just distracted by dinner :)

Tigers by 12
Magpies
Dockers
Crows
Cats
Power
Kangaroos
Lions
Demons

Good luck everyone :)

I was going to do this before going to work tonight. I hadn't forgotten, honest 😇

Tigers x 21
Dogs
Bombers
Crows
Power
Giants
Roos
Lions
Eagles

First games of the season always a bit tricky but jolly good luck to all.

Richmond x 36
Western
Essendon
Adelaide
Port Adelaide
GWS
North Melbourne
Hawthorn
West Coast

Well done everyone for getting your tips done well in time.

Here's Suzy's:

Blues x 7
Bulldogs
Freo
Swans
SUNS!!!
Cats
North
Hawks
Dees

And mine:

Tigers x 17
Pies
Dons
Crows
Suns
Giants
North
Lions
Eagles

Tonight's result:

Richmond Tigers (Philip) v Carlton Blues (RedJohn)
7.2.44 (Q1) 2.1.13
11.3.69 (Q2) 3.5.23
14.5.89 (Q3) 8.7.55
16.9.105 (Q3) 12.9.81

It was a rather uninspiring game - no atmosphere and the Tigers were dominant from the bounce. Hope the remaining games are more exciting. Perhaps I just need to get used to the empty stadiums.

Tech is our first up winner - Tigers by 23. $6.00 goes to Oscar's Law. Well done!!

probably have been better to postpone/cancel, but...........yay!

"The AFL will be suspended for 30 days if any player tests positive."

Tonight's result:

Western Bulldogs (Blastro) v Collingwood Magpies (tech)
1.0.6 (Q1) 5.2.32
4.0.24 (Q2) 8.6.54
5.2.32 (Q3) 10.7.67
5.4.34 (Q4) 13.8.86

Still no atmosphere. The score flatters the Dogs.

Today's/Tonight's results:

Essendon Bombers (Val) v Fremantle Dockers (unwanted)
5.2.32 (Q1) 2.1.13
7.5.47 (Q2) 3.3.21
8.8.56 (Q3) 4.6.30
9.9.63 (Q4) 8.9.57

Adelaide Crows (Dean) v Sydney Swans (Anita)
6.0.36 (Q1) 3.0.18
7.1.43 (Q2) 8.3.51
9.2.56 (Q3) 11.4.70
11.5.71 (Q4) 11.8.74

Greater Western Sydney Giants (Duke) v Geelong Cats (unwanted)
5.0.30 (Q1) 4.2.26
9.1.55 (Q2) 6.6.42
13.3.81 (Q3) 8.7.55
17.3.105 (Q4) 11.7.73

Gold Coast Suns (Suzy) v Port Adelaide Power (Grizzly)
1.1.7 (Q1) 4.2.26
3.2.20 (Q2) 9.6.60
4.5.29 (Q3) 9.9.63
4.5.29 (Q4) 10.16.76

The two games this afternoon proved quite exciting. Essendon got off to a flyer but couldn't seem to shake Freo off for the rest of the day. They led by 26 points for most of the game but Freo came home with a wet sail (I've never really understood that expression) and it was nip and tuck until the final whistle.

Likewise Adelaide started really well and looked likely winners but the Swans fought back to take a good lead. And just when you thought it was all over, Adelaide came back and Tex Walker had the chance of a last minute goal to take the lead, but it went behind for a point.

I didn't see either of tonight's games. It looks like the Giants were deadly accurate, but don't write off Geelong just yet. Whereto the Suns? That scoreline looks awful.

Well done Nick - 6 from 6 going into tomorrow.

Season 2020 now officially postponed until May 31. The AFL say they will reassess the situation at the end of April. The AFLW (Women's comp which is currently playing finals) will also cease after today's game.