Missing the Grand Final in 2005 and 2006 was Robert Shirley’s biggest regret in football. The specialist tagger, responsible for shutting down players like Chris Judd and Gary Ablett Jnr, played every ...

In this instalment of Where are they now? we venture to the Eyre Peninsula to catch up with respected club man, Robert Shirley. The tough onballer overcame a number of obstacles, including being ...

Robert and Shirley were a typical retired suburban couple. Robert was a former engineer for a water-treatment plant and Shirley was a retired schoolteacher. Their days were filled with farmers ...