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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.
A summary of the awards and honours bestowed in the 2020 AFL season, compiled by Andrew Gigacz.
Fitzroy Pete, aka Peter Carter has released a book that will warm the cockles of all Lions' fans, young and old.
Across 126 V/AFL seasons, 24.5 has been a final score just once, recorded by North Melbourne in 2012. Its reverse — 5.24 — has been registered twice. — Andrew Gigacz
Happy 130th birthday to Fitzroy's Henry Anderson. In his only season as a Maroon, 1913, Anderson played six matches. All were wins, but Anderson could not find a place in the team that went on to win that year's Grand Final against St Kilda. — Andrew Gigacz
FREO 6.8 (44) | COLL 12.8 (80) Round 10
GOALS Fremantle: Brayshaw, Brodie, Lobb, Mundy, Switkowski, Walters Collingwood: Henry 4; Ginnivan, Hoskin-Elliott, Mihocek 2; Cameron, Crisp BEST - AFL.COM.AU (Nathan Schmook) Fremantle: Brodie, Mundy, Darcy, Young Collingwood: Crisp, Henry, ..
HAW 18.9 (117) | BRIS 17.10 (112) Round 10
GOALS Hawthorn: Lewis 4; Wingard 3; Butler, Moore 2; Breust, Frost, Lynch, Mitchell, Morrison, Newcombe, Shiels Brisbane: Cameron, Prior 3; McCarthy 2; Berry, Fort, Fullarton, McInerney, Neale, Payne, Rayner, Rich, Zorko BEST - AFL.COM.AU (Trent ..
GWS 21.12 (138) | WCE 13.8 (86) Round 10
GOALS Greater Western Sydney: Peatling 3, Bruhn 2, de Boer 2, Green 2, Greene 2, Hogan 2, Sproule 2, Brander, Hill, Himmelberg, Perryman, Riccardi, Wehr West Coast: Winder 3, Cripps 2, Dixon 2, Waterman 2, Clark, Darling, Duggan, Shuey, BEST - AF ..
NTH 8.5 (53) | MELB 14.16 (100) Round 10
GOALS North Melbourne: Zurhaar 3; Goldstein, Horne-Francis, Larkey, Xerri, Ziebell Narrm: McDonald, Fritsch 3; Pickett 2; Langdon, Rivers, Bedford, Melksham, Sparrow, Gawn BEST - AFL.COM.AU (Sarah Black) North Melbourne: Davies-Uniacke, S ..
RICH 11.14 (80) | ESS 7.6 (48) Round 10
GOALS Richmond: Riewoldt 4; M. Rioli, Bolton 2; Castagna, Edwards, Soldo Essendon: Hobbs2, Francis, Bryan, Shiel, Waterman, Perkins BEST - AFL.COM.AU (Josh Gabelich) Richmond: Prestia, Baker, Riewoldt, Short, Nankervis, D. Rioli, Tarrant, Vlast ..
ADEL 9.15 (69) | STK 14.6 (90) Round 10
GOALS Adelaide: McAdam, Dawson 2; Thilthorpe, Soligo, Rowe, Rachele, Walker St. Kilda: King 6; Membrey 2; Hill, Crouch, Sharman, Wood, Ryder, Marshall BEST - AFL.COM.AU (Michael Rogers) Adelaide: Smith, Keays, Dawson St Kilda: King, Cro ..
GEEL 11.16 (82) | PORT 7.5 (47) Round 10
GOALS Geelong: Stengle, Cameron 3; Hawkins 2; Close, Kolodjashnij, Selwood Port Adelaide: Farrell, Marshall, Gray 2; Finlayson BEST - AFL.COM.AU (Ben Somerford) Geelong: C. Guthrie, Stewart, Close, Duncan, Stengle, Cameron Port Adelaide: Farr ..
WBULL 15.16 (106) | SUNS 13.9 (87) Round 10
GOALS Western Bulldogs: Naughton, Bontempelli 3; McComb, McNeil, Williams 2; Dunkley, Treloar, Smith Gold Coast: Jeffrey 5; Ainsworth 3; Chol, Ellis, Farrar, Rosas, Rankine BEST - AFL.COM.AU (Michael Whiting) Western Bulldogs: Bontempelli, ..
CARL 15.12 (102) | SYD 13.9 (87) Round 10
GOALS Carlton: Curnow 6; Durdin, Fisher 2; Cripps, De Koning, Kennedy, Motlop, Owies Sydney: McDonald, Papley 3; Franklin, Hayward 2; Gulden, McInerney, Parker BEST - AFL.COM.AU (Callum Twomey) Carlton: Curnow, Walsh, Weitering, Hewett, Saad, D ..