Ryan Buckland

The 1/3 of the Year 2018 All Australian Team

Writer’s note: Before we get to the takes, my sincere apologies for a month-long absence from Onballers.com. I can explain. I was just this week discharged from…… Read more “The 1/3 of the Year 2018 All Australian Team”

A beautiful thing happened last Saturday night: Nat Fyfe, football perfection, recorded this season’s third Ablett. He followed on from Steele Sidebottom the week prior, and Tom…… Read more “Introducing: The Ablett, Australian football’s triple double. Only much rarer, and better”

Friends, I have a confession. I am sick and tired of mainstream media pundits twisting the knife they have all inserted into the spine of the Carlton…… Read more “Enough with your bullshit Carlton takes”

It has been Lance Franklin Week in the AFL media, as each and every media outlet takes its turn feting the greatest goal kicker of our generation.…… Read more “Lance Franklin’s hidden AFL talent: Kicking clutch goals”

Call it ducking. Call it a lowering of the centre of gravity. Call it evading a tackle. Call it a shoulder shrug. Call it whatever you will.…… Read more “The AFL must save Joel Selwood and his kin from themselves”

There is already little doubt Shaun Burgoyne is a future member of the Australian football hall of fame. This season, any lingering case against will be extinguished.…… Read more “Revelling in the maestro Shaun Burgoyne’s AFL greatness”

Sydney is, fundamentally, a boring football team. Not for the way they play, which can be quite exciting. Lance Franklin plays for the Sydney Swans, and one…… Read more “The Sydney Swans are now so boring nobody considers them a premiership threat”

West Coast are not going to win this year’s premiership unless, the good fortune they have somehow been endowed with over the past three weeks continues. The…… Read more “West Coast must pick Nic Naitanui, their best and only chance at AFL finals success”