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Bob Murphy is the former Western Bulldogs captain and an Age columnist.

Premiership pickle: Why all the winning club’s players – not just the 23 – should get a medal

Premiership pickle: Why all the winning club’s players – not just the 23 – should get a medal

After the grand final, all the winning club’s players should be given a medal as acknowledgement for what great teams are – a collective. A gang. One.

  • by Bob Murphy

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He’s not the Messiah, he’s the Bont: How we knew Bontempelli would be a star
Opinion
AFL 2021

He’s not the Messiah, he’s the Bont: How we knew Bontempelli would be a star

At the risk of over-reaching, Marcus Bontempelli is a football Moses. We knew we had a special one at the Bulldogs almost as soon as he got to the club.

  • by Bob Murphy
Fierce and proud: Being the Bulldogs’ runner has helped me get women’s footy
Opinion
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Fierce and proud: Being the Bulldogs’ runner has helped me get women’s footy

Last season one of our players calmly asked me, “are my teeth knocked out?” There was not a hint of panic in her voice. These girls are tough.

  • by Bob Murphy
The moments that keep footballers awake at night
Analysis
AFL 2020

The moments that keep footballers awake at night

If winning is king in Australian football, bravery might run a close second. Everyone is a judge now and the verdicts are increasingly acidic, especially online.

  • by Bob Murphy
'It's OK to be jealous, Cal': Bob Murphy talks to injured GWS captain

'It's OK to be jealous, Cal': Bob Murphy talks to injured GWS captain

Bob Murphy and Callan Ward were teammates and great friends at the Western Bulldogs. With Ward out injured as the Giants look to win their first flag, the two have much in common.

  • by Bob Murphy
Holding a single fist high for a big-hearted Saint
Opinion
AFL 2019

Holding a single fist high for a big-hearted Saint

Danny Frawley was in the process of blowing up the stereotypes of what it was to be a man in this modern world. For a person who lived a life as big as Spud, it might turn out to be his enduring legacy.

  • by Bob Murphy
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Entering a season of optimism, except for those teams not in the hunt

Entering a season of optimism, except for those teams not in the hunt

"Cocktails and dreams" from the 1980s movie Cocktail was the preferred diet of the fictional Doug Coughlan and the eventual name Bryan Flanagan, also fictional, bestowed upon his own bar as an homage to his flawed friend.

  • by Bob Murphy
Roos acted on what they could see, but will the Blues?
Analysis
AFL 2019

Roos acted on what they could see, but will the Blues?

North liked what they saw and hired Rhyce Shaw. But there is a lingering feeling the Blues aren't sure they've got their man.

  • by Bob Murphy
Identity on the line as season approaches home straight
Opinion
AFL 2019

Identity on the line as season approaches home straight

A stirring victory to the Birregurra Saints, spurred by an equally stirring pre-match address, got me thinking about who the AFL premiership contenders really are as the finals come into view.

  • by Bob Murphy
After touching the stars, can the Dogs now scale the mountain?

After touching the stars, can the Dogs now scale the mountain?

This year marks the 50th anniversary of the moon landing. It's been half a century since Neil Armstrong took that giant leap for mankind.

  • by Bob Murphy
When the smell of jasmine is a long way off

When the smell of jasmine is a long way off

Out Footscray way, we often referred to “the July test”, the month where the true believers dig deep to forge ahead and leave the pretenders behind.

  • by Bob Murphy

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