Brisbane, Autumn 2026. Walking out of a shopping centre, delighted to see rain cutting through the heat. I feel the first drops on my skin. They're hot. The air is thick and the rain is hot.

So pleased for Jacob Bethell. That century will live longer in the memory than most. #AUSvENG #Ashes2025 My mind flashed back to Greg Matthews at the Gabba in 1985 playing the same big shot to mid-wicket to bring up his first Test ton. Mo's went for six but the thrill was the same today.

Even after 8 years, it's still jolting to see cricket on Channel 7 and summer tennis on Channel 9. #AustraliaSport

Surprised to see that Alex Carey is the first Australian to score a 100 and a 50 in a men's Test match. #Ashes #AUSvENG #Cricket

Last night's #AFLW Draft saw the first time that Brisbane Lions did not select a Queensland-based player. #QAFLW players know the Lions and Suns are not state league rep teams, but seeing no non-Academy QAFLW draftees will rock the confidence of a lot of excellent footballers.

In 2026, there will be two dates that produce Aussie Rules scorelines: 4.2.26 (4 February) 3.8.26 (3 August) plus four more in the USA's middle-endian format (MM/DD/YY): 1.20.26 (January 20) 2.14.26 (February 14) 3.8.26 (March 8) 4.2.26 (April 2)

For the Queensland students who studied Augustus instead of Julius Caesar, here's a 12-minute summary. Ironically, this was first played to me by my Ancient History teacher at Brisbane State High School. www.youtube.com/watch?v=nIdJ...

Although there wasn't the commentary facilities for us to broadcast the Gold Coast Suns v Western Bulldogs #AFLW match from Mackay, our own Daniel Viles flew up and interviewed Western Bulldogs' footballer Isabelle Pritchard after the Dogies big 66 point victory.

North Melbourne-Tasmania break the record for most effective disposals by one team in a match for the third time this season. The stat will surprise no-one, but sometimes it's good to see things like this in writing. @NMFCofficial #AFLW

Another #AFLW record for WARF Radio. We look forward to hearing more from these commentators in the future.

On Sunday, St Kilda became the first team to record 50 one-percenters in an AFLW match. Previous record was 48 by Brisbane in their 2022 (S6) loss to Melbourne at the MCG. Next on the list is 47 by Melbourne in the same match.

I've had the pleasure of watching Tayla Gregory in the QAFLW since 2022. We have a running gag that I have to mention she's from Newcastle every time she scores. Today, she signed with @goldcoastsuns.bsky.social. The AFLW is going to love her.

Very grateful that Malcolm Knox wrote this. I was second-guessing my response to finding out what the text message actually was. www.theage.com.au/sport/afl-tu...

I'm assuming I'm not the first person to realise this, but I just worked out that the first three winners of the #WorldTestChampionship are the same as the first three winners of the men's #RugbyWorldCup.

The recent Toyota AFL Open, combined tournament for wheelchair and intellectual disability Aussie Rules footballers, gave me the chance to write my first ever articles for the main AFL website. This one is about WA wheelchair captain Ben Green: www.afl.com.au/news/1262527...

So, what will the #WBBL be like with the Harris sisters playing against each other. Sep 2020 at Graceville. Holly Ferling (Wests) bowls to Laura Harris (UQ). Laura is hit; turn the sound on and see if you can work out who bursts into laughter. Source video at: youtu.be/t-rkLa3hsLM #cricket

This is my last #AFLW match preview for the Brisbane Lions website this year. Despite the commissioned bias in this article, what I really want to see a great match. Although I'll see it on Monday because I'm MCing tonight and at a family function tomorrow. www.lions.com.au/news/1699954...

The #AFL Pacific Cup at Maroochydore Women's tournament has been insane. The margins in the five matches to date have been: 2, 0, 11 (winner trailed at all breaks), 3 and 3. Match 6 is effectively a semi-final between Tonga Storm and New Zealand Kahu. Winner to play Nauru Aroeni in the final.

Very. Big. Deal. Congratulations Paramatildas.

#AFL history to be made at 4pm Qld time: the women's open-age national teams of New Zealand and Nauru will play in an international tournament for the first time. Live stream of the AFL Pacific Cup clash between Kahu and Aroeini at: www.youtube.com/watch?v=INn8...

PAPUA NEW GUINEA KURAKUMS win the 2024 #AFL #PacificCup U17 Girls division finishing with a 10.8 (68) to 1.3 (9) demolition of Fiji Junior Vonu. Leading goalkicker: Oriana Waraningi (PNG) 7 in 3 matches My very unofficial Player of the Tournament would be PNG midfielder Mackelyn Hendingao.

Tonga Storm with a 35-point upset victory over Nauru Angels in the #AFL #PacificCup Under 17 Girls tournament. Just one game left, Fiji Junior Vonu v Papua New Guinea Kurakums. Starts at 4:30 in Qld and Port Moresby, 6:30pm in Fiji. www.youtube.com/watch?v=2MT_...

#AFL #PacificCup U17 Boys final day is underway with South Africa Lions and Tonga Storm. Commentary from Chris Yeend. www.youtube.com/watch?v=81Wa... The big one is at 3:30pm Qld time with PNG needing to beat Nauru by plenty to take the title after being upset by South Africa on Friday.

#AFL #PacificCup U17 Girls finishes today. Papua New Guinea only needs to draw to secure the title. 3pm (Qld time): Nauru Angels v Tonga Storm www.youtube.com/watch?v=c7Yg... 4:30pm: Fiji Junior Vonu v PNG Kurakums www.youtube.com/watch?v=2MT_... Commentary from some middle-aged bald git.

Last year, Nauru U19s upset PNG U19s on the Gold Coast in both men's and women's. On Friday, the PNG U17 girls extracted some kind of revenge. Today, the boys U17 "rematch" will decide the #AFL #PacificCup in that division.

#AFLW Preliminary Final coaches: Matthew Clarke: ex-Brisbane Bears Craig Starcevich: ex-Brisbane Bears Lauren Arnell: ex-Brisbane Lions Darren Crocker: ... um... knows how to locate Brisbane on a map. 🤷‍♂️

#AFL #PacificCup U17 Girls. Tonga has just defeated Fiji 3.10 (28) to no score playing in Lions Academy jerseys and borrowed boots (the Tongans arrived at 2am, their luggage did not). Next match: PNG v Nauru www.youtube.com/watch?v=sajP...

Round 2 of the #AFL #PacificCup Under 17 Girls tournament is about to get underway in Maroochydore. Tonga Storm v Fiji Junior Vonu beginning in a few minutes. www.youtube.com/watch?v=og5U... Then at 4:30 pm Qld time, the battle of this morning's winners Nauru v PNG.

A few people on here with concerns about using the word "tweet". I think it's fine. Lots of are here because it reminds us of what Twitter once was, so why not claim that word from the site that was taken from us? Besides, the alternative would be something like "blueing" or "bleeting". Blyuck.

At the #AFL #PacificCup in Maroochydore, we have a new URL for the U17 Girls Nauru v Fiji live stream. www.youtube.com/watch?v=XbWA...

#AFL Pacific Cup U17 Boys Day 2 is underway in Maroochydore. Some of yesterday's games rescheduled after lightning cancelled play. Today's games with Qld time (AEST) 9:30am South Africa v Fiji www.youtube.com/watch?v=2q6y... 11am Tonga v PNG www.youtube.com/watch?v=s5wc...

#AFL Pacific Cup U17 Girls tournament gets underway at 10am Qld time after lightning cancelled play yesterday. 10am Nauru v Fiji www.youtube.com/watch?v=TkXr... 11:30am PNG v Tonga www.youtube.com/watch?v=1Q1j...

Today's U17 Girls games in the #AFL Pacific Cup 𝘸𝘦𝘳𝘦: 3pm (Qld time): PNG Kurakums v Tonga Storm www.youtube.com/watch?v=1Q1j... 4:30pm: Nauru Angels v Fiji Junior Vonu www.youtube.com/watch?v=TkXr... but the Tongans missed their flight. Bit of rescheduling happening.

The #AFL Pacific Cup starts today in Maroochydore with the U17 series. I'm commentating the females while Chris Yeend calls the males. Sadly, we'll be in a studio in Brisbane but we'll do our best to fake it. All matches live streamed on YouTube. www.youtube.com/@AFLPlay/str...

My favourite sports teams, noting that my commentary ambitions are driving me towards neutrality: WBBL: Bris Heat County Ch: Gloucestershire AFL: Brisbane NRL: Newcastle EPL: Everton SPL: Hearts A-Lg: Newcastle Jets Ligue 1: Montpellier Bundesliga: Wolfsburg Most other things I watch for beauty.

First Bluesky post. I'm Daniel from Brisbane. Middle-aged dad who hasn't achieved very much in life so I'm trying to become a sports commentator. Mostly in Aussie Rules with the QAFLW right now. I love music, once wanted to study composition, and regularly MC for the Ignite Choir.