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Kicking off a premiership defence with five wins on the trot is a good thing, yeah? Maybe not, says Gigs.
Men's AFL is back, and so is Micro Noises. Andrew Gigacz looks at Hawthorn's one-point win and invokes Mozart to describe Gold Coast's AFLW loss.
Gigs looks back at the 2020 AFL season by the numbers, and explains why a Richmond-Geelong Grand Final was inevitable.
With just days to go until the 2019 AFL National Draft, Gigs has a look at some of the boys who are likely to be taken early.
Think you know all there is to know about what happened in this year's trade period? Gigs is here to try and prove you wrong.
Gigs celebrates the Tigers twelfth V/AFL premiership with a comprehensive mix of numbers and letters.
It's Grand Final week and Gigs has got the Brownlow lowdown, the premiership omens, and a Grand Final anagram.
Gigs marks the 200th edition of Micro Noises by celebrating the 250th occurrence of the score 12.11.83 in V/AFL history.
Gigs celebrates the 199th edition of Micro Noises with a look back at the players who were left stranded on 199 V/AFL games.
In this week's Micro Noises, Gigs reveals the impressively innovative philosophy behind the appointment of new coach Rhyce Shaw.
Gigs reports that Luke Beveridge is on the verge of repeating a feat he achieved in 2015 — one no other Bulldogs coach has managed.
Many fans are lamenting the new age of lower-scoring footy, but Gigs has found that it's had at least one positive side effect
While lamenting the loss of 90s football Gigs comes up with a premiership plan that involves kicking badly for goal.
Brisbane were thrashed last weekend, but Gigs finds a historical omen which suggests that might be just what the Lions needed.
AFLW returns for a second season this week, and Gigs takes a look at a host of records that are ripe for the breaking.
It's not quite a case of "no more gaps" yet, but as Gigs reports, there are now only two V/AFL end-of-career player game totals under 300 that have not been recorded.
If you think you know all the ins and outs of the 2017 AFL Draft, think again. Gigs has some quirky draft facts of which you almost certainly weren't aware.
It's Presentation Night at Micro Noises! Gigs reveals the winners of Score Wars, The Marginal Medal and other arcane awards for 2017.
Footy has a date with destiny, and it is June the 2nd next year! Gigs explains all as he goes through the 2018 AFL fixture.
Gigs uncovers another drought that was broken on Grand Final day and casts an anagrammatic eye over the trade period.
The Tigers are premiers! Gigs has all the obscure numbers and anagrams that explain Richmond's victory, and reveals how their win was great for Brisbane!
Surely Dustin Martin winning the Brownlow Medal is a great thing for Richmond? Maybe not. Gigs explains why.
Gigs reports that, regardless of this weekend's Preliminary Final results, we're about to see a Grand Final phenomenon not seen in more than two decades.
Tears of Tiger joy are flowing, and the Richmond premiership omens keep coming, too. Gigs takes a typical quirky look back at week one of the AFL finals.
Is the pre-finals bye a disadvantage for top four sides who win their first final? Gigs looks back to a past era in an attempt to find out.
Media Release: Eight new members have been inducted into the Australian Football Hall of Fame.
In response to a question from a fan, Andrew Gigacz looks at past V/AFL teams that have flown out of the blocks before falling short of finals.
Happy 150th birthday to Geelong and Carlton's Harry McShane. One of six brothers to play at footy at the highest level, McShane played 78 VFA/L matches for Geelong and 82 for the Blues in a career that spanned 1894 to 1904. — Andrew Gigacz
Happy 120th birthday to North Melbourne's Frank Melville. Melville's 13-game VFL career with the Shinboners came in two stints – five games in 1925 and eight in 1929. He tasted victory only once, against Hawthorn in Round 6, 1925. — Andrew Gigacz
GEEL 20.13 (133) | SYD 8.4 (52) Grand Final
GOALS Geelong: Stengle 4; Hawkins, Smith 3; Cameron, Close 2; Blicavs, De Koning, Duncan, C. Guthrie, Parfitt, Selwood Sydney: Warner 2, Hayward, McLean, P. McCartin, Mills, Heeney, Papley BEST - AFL.COM.AU (Callum Twomey) Geelong: Smith, ..
SYD 14.11 (95) | COLL 14.10 (94) Second Preliminary Final
GOALS Sydney: Papley 3; Franklin 2; Clarke, Heeney, McDonald, McInerney, Parker, Reid, Rowbottom, Stephens, Warner Collingwood: Elliott, Hoskin-Elliott, McCreery 2; Bianco, Cameron, Crisp, N. Daicos, J. Daicos, Ginnivan, Mihocek, Sidebottom ..
GEEL 18.12 (120) | BRIS 7.7 (49) First Preliminary Final
GOALS Geelong: Hawkins 4; Stengle 3; Dangerfield, Miers, Rohan 2; Cameron, Close, Guthrie, Holmes, Selwood Brisbane: Hipwood 2; Ah Chee, Bailey, Berry, Cameron, McCarthy BEST - AFL.COM.AU (Callum Twomey) Geelong: Dangerfield, Miers, Hawkin ..
COLL 11.13 (79) | FREO 9.5 (59) First Semi-final
GOALS Collingwood: Ginnivan 3; Elliott, Crisp, Mihocek 2; Cox, De Goey Fremantle: Logue, Schultz, Walters, Frederick 2; Mundy BEST - AFL.COM.AU (Josh Gabelich) Collingwood: Crisp, De Goey, Pendlebury, N. Daicos, Howe, Ginnivan Fremantle: Sero ..
MELB 11.13 (79) | BRIS 14.8 (92) Second Semi-final
GOALS Melbourne: Pickett, Fritsch, Neal-Bullen, Langdon 2; Melksham, Brayshaw, Petty Brisbane: Hipwood 4; Cameron 3; Bailey, McStay 2; Ah Chee, McCluggage, Fort BEST - AFL.COM.AU (Riley Beveridge) Melbourne: Harmes, Petracca, Petty, Langdon, Ol ..
GEEL 11.12 (78) | COLL 10.12 (72) First Qualifying Final
GOALS Geelong: Cameron, Rohan 3; Close 2; Hawkins, Duncan, Holmes Collingwood: De Goey, Johnson 2; Crisp, J. Daicos, Elliott, Hoskin-Elliott, Lipinski, Mihocek BEST - AFL.COM.AU (Josh Gabelich) Geelong: Cameron, Stewart, Atkins, Dangerfiel ..
FREO 11.7 (73) | WBULL 8.12 (60) First Elimination Final
GOALS Fremantle: Walters 3; Lobb, Amiss 2; Brayshaw, Serong, Logue, O'Driscol Western Bulldogs: Bontempelli, Johannisen 2; Darcy, Dunkley, Weightman, R.Smith BEST - AFL.COM.AU (Nathan Schmook) Fremantle: Serong, Brayshaw, Walters, Young, ..
MELB 10.9 (69) | SYD 14.7 (91) Second Qualifying Final
GOALS Melbourne: Fritsch 3; Oliver 2; Brown, Gawn, Pickett, Spargo, Sparrow Sydney: Hayward, Lloyd, Papley, Reid 2; Heeney, Hickey, Mills, Parker, Rowbottom, Stephens BEST - AFL.COM.AU (Callum Twomey) Melbourne: May, Oliver, Fritsch, Viney, Pet ..
BRIS 16.10 (106) | RICH 16.8 (104) Second Elimination Final
GOALS Brisbane: Cameron, Daniher, Hipwood 3; Ah Chee, Bailey, McCarthy, McCluggage, McStay, Robertson, Wilmot Richmond: Lynch, Riewoldt 3; Bolton 2; Cotchin, Cumberland, Martin, McIntosh, M.Rioli, D.Rioli, Ross, Sonsie BEST - AFL.COM.AU (Mic ..