ADFA Rams are hosting ANU Griffins in Round 3 of the Canberra AFL 2022 season on Saturday 23rd of April. This match is part of the ANZAC round and will be played at Manuka Oval starting at 9 o'clock and ending at 4 o'clock. 

Register for your FREE ticket here. Everyone who wishes to come must register including those who are playing.

These matches are in support of Soldier On which is Australia's only national fully integrated and holistic support services provider for our Defence personnel, contemporary veterans, and their families. With this match being played in ANZAC round and being played by defence personnel, it is a perfect opportunity to support an organisation that helps many Australian veterans. 

Donations to Soldier On can be made through the following here.

We look forward to seeing the Bradman Stand filled to the brim to mark one of the biggest days in the calendar.

 

To say last week was the toughest I’ve personally endured in football would be an understatement. To say I couldn’t be prouder or moved by the response of this club, to an event that should never happen to a footy club, would also be an understatement.

If everyone at the club had put up their hand and said, I’m not up to it this week, no one would have blinked. Instead, all bar none have stepped up, opened their arms and pulled each other through.
 
On a day like last Saturday football was the least important event and yet somehow to a lot of us the most important thing we could be doing. A chance to come together and strive toward a goal, while remembering a mate who brought so much joy to so many people and left us far, far too young.

From a footballing perspective – Griffo’s got the win. A big first half set the scene and then a collective effort to hold steady as the emotional fatigue of the week started to make itself felt through the second half. The result though didn’t matter, all that mattered was that we were there together, as a team and as a club.
 
Over the next few weeks, we will all grieve and remember in different ways. For me, however, that looks and feels, I know that behind each of us sits a club that values community above all else and there is a lot of comfort to be taken from that.

Vale Chitts

We might not be able to physically stand on the same field together, but I know you’ll take the field with us for as long as the rest of us can still strap on the boots.

Disclaimer: Note that the titles and pronouns used below are relevant to the time this Griff Tale was written (Victorian era). This story was based on true events, except for the parts that simply weren’t true.
 
Dear readers,
 
As you may be aware, the footy season is upon us and this author finds herself compelled to share the most curious of news that took place in the Southern region of Stirling over the weekend. Whilst the hunt for the Diamond of the Season continues, an even rarer jewel was found at Stirling Oval (ACT, not SA). Her Excellency, Karen Short, played her 150^th game for the ANU Women’s AFL team – a rather impressive milestone indeed. No fan was spared from the eminent goals, nor the knee-grazing marks that helped secure her team a deafening 115-0 victory against the enemy’s flightless Air Force, the Gungahlin Jets. It was whispered that Lady Grifferton herself (Adela Michelson) proudly announced this score to be the bane of her existence, the object of her all desires and the thing that she most desperately burns for.
 
My reliable sources tell me that the match was similar to the Anglo-Zanzibar war – over before Lady Kate Brien and her esteemed physiotherapist could reach a firm conclusion on the ‘Curly Girl’ hair method. But, like any great war, there were triumphs and tribulations. Craftmanship was evident from the goals of Lady Iman Koutsoukou and our illustrious debutant, Lady Bridget O’Sullivan, who bestowed the pill in its rightful place – amongst the grandest of poles. But, dear reader, don’t be fooled, for there was also great treachery present in the deep, dark corners of the oval. Lady Eliza Shoulders’ low centre of gravity saw her rise like a phoenix from the opposing shoulder of a Jet – an act of infuriation to many. Another slanderous act was the unjust penalty against Countess Elizabeth Hill (number 69), who was accused of causing two Jets to crash mid-air when she herself wasn’t even in the flight zone – a true act of witchery indeed. However, worry not, for all is fair in love and war, and desperate times may call for desperate measures. Our other remarkable debutante, Lady Rachel Arthur, ensured justice was restored through her impressive art of flirting with death and being awarded countless penalties. Lady Beth Coster used other – rather curious and peculiar – instruments to fend off the opposition, which she trialled during the warm-up to great effect.
 
It would also be a deep oversight of me failing to recognise the absence of such steadfast forces during the battle. Queen Ine Beerens reportedly came down with a mild case of the Spanish Flu, which saw her tending to her impeccable rose garden. Not only can she play football and keep an Eden of unblemished roses, but she can also speak 6 languages, drink 37 VBs and even read and write – a truly accomplished young lady if I’ve every laid eyes on one. Furthermore, a rather duly noted absence in the enemy’s frontline was their superior aircraft and most valuable defender – Lady Patricia the Plover. Perhaps Lord Gerry Patron’s unforgiving strike with his steadfast sword (a tackling bag) in the last battle made her and her filthy offspring fly North for this bitter winter.
 
The match celebrations continued at the Royal Hellenic Soirée, which was both a sombre and sweet occasion. Stories were shared, the finest Carlton and wine was drunk from the bottle (Duchess Caitlin Roy) and the most heart-warming of waltzes were performed that even this jaded author must applaud. Like any good soirée, there were tales of suitors and matches, any the ladies’ dowries were enquired upon by many. Lady Abby Battersby, a true artist of the swoon, must be truly commended for her seamless introduction into the Grifferton society, where her ballroom talents were as full as the dance card that draped from her wrist. Speaking of appreciation of the arts, Lord DJ Shaun Nelson’s impressive one-man-band was also warmly welcomed amongst many ballroom dancers, similar to the reception Lady Georgia Moody gave to the batch of patriotic cupcakes that were bestowed upon her at the fields.
 
Anyway, my dear loyal readers, that’s ample Griff Tales to see this week through. But stay tuned, as where a ‘Scandol(ous)’ story goes, I will surely follow, with eyes to the horizon and ears to the ground. You’ll never know who lies behind this pen. But, rest assured, if you’re reading these papers of record: I certainly know you…
 
Sincerely,
Lady Whistledown
 

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