Posts Tagged "AFL"

Inspired by doubters and Gold Coast’s first year display, Greater Western Sydney recruit Rhys Palmer can’t wait for the AFL season to get underway so he and his new team-mates can show what they’re all about.

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Mick Malthouse says losing an assistant coach to a rival club during a finals campaign is a minor issue and everyone should just move on.

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Richmond goalkicking great Matthew Richardson says Jack Riewoldt can only improve after having a successful season in 2011 despite carrying injuries.

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I sat and watched a Fox Sports News segment on St Kilda’s captain and leadership group the other day just shaking my head.

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For a player who’s never played a game of senior AFL footy, North Melbourne rookie Majak Daw sure gets a lot of attention.

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Richmond’s star midfielder Trent Cotchin says it’s time for the Tigers to take the next step after showing steady improvement in the past two AFL seasons.

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Reappointed St Kilda captain Nick Riewoldt hopes this is his last AFL season in the job. The five-time best and fairest was confirmed on Wednesday as the Saints’ leader for a seventh season and said he had never been more excited about the honour.

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In our society, the number 18 represents growth, responsibility and change and should be no different for the AFL on the birth of its 18th club.

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Having been a haphazard reader of The Roar over the last few years, I always presumed that my first published piece would be a cunning, searing and revolutionary work that the common man would not have the critical faculties to comprehend.

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In a rare show of solidarity, AFL boss Andrew Demetriou and NRL boss David Gallop were photographed together yesterday walking through the corridors of power on Capital Hill.

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This Sunday marks the 120th anniversary of Australia’s most famous sporting club. Unfortunately, Collingwood intends to celebrate it. As if supporters of other clubs haven’t had enough of hearing about Collingwood from its President.

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North Melbourne have suspended AFL rookie Majak Daw indefinitely. The club said in a statement on Wednesday Daw had breached team rehabilitation protocols.

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After shaking off the effects of hip surgery to post a new personal best in the three kilometre time trial, Fremantle skipper Matthew Pavlich is primed for a big AFL season.

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Author and leadership expert Leroy Eimes once said: “A leader is one who sees more than others see, who sees farther than others see, and who sees before others see.”

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Heath Shaw is a very good footballer who is vital to the success of the Collingwood Magpies. But is he a footballer with the right leadership credentials?

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A super-fit Jonathan Brown aims to play three of the Brisbane Lions’ four NAB Cup games as he looks to put the injury horrors of 2011 behind him.

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On Friday the 17th of February, to coincide with the commencement of the pre-season NAB Cup, Foxtel will launch a new AFL-dedicated channel called Fox Footy, which will prove to be the equivalent of heaven on earth for AFL fans.

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When Nathan Buckley was interviewed by Mark Stevens for the Herald Sun last week, inevitably the topic of Scott Pendlebury’s future came up.

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The debate around tanking in the AFL is about to flare up again. Yesterday, it emerged that the competition is set to review its controversial priority pick system ahead of the first uncompromised draft in three years.

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In all honesty I can’t see the day when there will ever be a female AFL coach.

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