Tag: NMFC

For Clarko And The Boys – LEARNING FROM THE GIRLS – (And From Ned)

A chance meeting last week with North Melbourne Kangaroo’s Irish AFLW players lead to me creating this today for the ‘Roos men’s team using the Scottish Gaelic origins of North Melbourne’s theme song:

A small fragment of the mostly lost movie The Story Of The Kelly Gang (which was the first feature film in the world) with a new soundtrack sung and put together by me. The first words in this song are from Harry Lauder’s smash hit of 1911 “Just a wee deoch an doris”. The North Melbourne football club theme song uses the melody of Lauder’s hit. I want to hear a better singer than I am perform this.

At the moment the North Melbourne women are the best team in the AFLW competition, whereas the men are beginning to climb the ladder after consecutive wooden spoons in 2021 and 2022.

What can the guys learn from the girls and from Ned?

Geoff Fox , October 17, 2025. West Footscray, Australia

ROO-FAST FOOTY LOOKS GREAT

One reason the North Melbourne Football Club women are on top of the ladder underfeated with a percentage of 331.5 is because they work hard at training doing things to make them react quicker than their opponents.

Look at Blaithin Bogue’s brilliant tap into the goalsquare for proof:

Blaithin on the burst ……..

And look how Tahlia Randall’s Richmond opponent is left flat-footed by Tahlia’s evasive skills:

This is beautiful.

Geoff Fox, October 13, Melbourne, Australia