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Earlier in the year HPN ran a preliminary All Australian team, based on the Player Approximate Value system that we have developed to determine the value of players. With the announcement of the “real” All Australian team imminent, we thought we’d add to the noise and drop our thoughts in

Across the season HPN has slowly but surely been trying to profile each team, and their strengths and weaknesses. Due to external events (such as the release of Footballistics) we didn’t get a chance to get to all 18 teams. But, with the eight finalists locked in, we thought it

In 1998 English big beat one-hit-wonders The Propellerheads posed an interesting question that would far outlive any other memory of the band itself: Is this just another case of history repeating? Unintentionally, the lads* stumbled onto the theories of historic recurrence and eternal return; philosophical schools of thought that outline

Collingwood is real. No amount of denialism will change that. You can get a beer at Stomping Grounds (or The Tote), watch the footy team at the ‘G or the ressies at Victoria Park, or even glance at houses and apartments that you have no hope of affording to buy. Collingwood,

Football players aren’t machines. Not every player wants to play until their body can take no more, until their body is a sinewy mess. Not every football player feels compelled to make football their only focus, which is a great thing in our honest opinions. Most players study or undertake

Usually in pissing contests about national pride there are many ideas on what the most Australian thing is. HPN won’t indulge in that debate, but there is little doubt that the humble suburban football club is one of the key markers of 20th century Australia. For the past two years,

HPN Chat is definitely the second in a series of pieces where HPN chats about the big and small issues of the day. This week, we talk about when games are played, the role of football in the cultural fabric of Australian society and Chris Judd’s ghostwriter. Cody Atkinson (cody), Sean

Hammersley Chat is hopefully the first in a series of pieces where HPN chats about the big and small issues of the day. This week, we talk about the game’s scoring drought, and whether rule change is coming to “fix” it. Cody Atkinson (cody), Sean Lawson (arwon) and Ryan Buckland

It is a function of any comparative exercise, from sport to food to beer to literature, that some things are good and others are not so good. Indeed, some things in any category of thing are bad. Many professional sporting competitions try to limit the extremes of excellence and shithousessness