HPN promises you that there is no “ShinBonar” pun in the title for the Aiden Bonar piece…oh wait

HPN promises you that there is no “ShinBonar” pun in the title for the Aiden Bonar piece…oh wait

Fun fact: one of the origin stories (probably apocryphal) for the nickname “shinboner” for the North Melbourne Football Club derives from the dire early Hotham/North Melbourne sides and Irish lads playing hurling in the same area. The story goes that some spectator shouted that the “shinboners” (a colloquial name for hurlers) would do better out there than the footy players. Aiden Bonar does not hurl. Bonar has shown some real flashes at AFL level, but his ultimate position...

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4 years ago, HPN

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