Posts Tagged "AFL"

It was a ruck contest just like any other. Two men, both giants in stature, eyed each other from opposite sides of the centre circle and then charged together, bodies clashing, arms reaching, striving to give their respective teams first use of the football.

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This is a dream scenario played out in the backyards of nearly every kid who kicked a Sherrin in their youth.

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AFL talent manager Chris Johnson fears the stabbing of Essendon’s Nathan Lovett-Murray will put a negative slant on the league’s indigenous round.

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Having shared a house with Kurt Tippett for the majority of the former Adelaide star’s stay in Sydney, Swans midfielder Dan Hannebery knows his frustrations well.

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Essendon’s Nathan Lovett-Murray is fortunate to have escaped serious injury when stabbed in what the AFL club says was an unprovoked attack.

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Sydney midfielder Dan Hannebery credits last year’s AFL grand final as the tonic that helped lay the platform for his breakthrough 2013 campaign.

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Kevin Sheedy recently infamously said the immigration department was responsible for stunting the growth of AFL in Western Sydney, with arriving migrants sticking to the one sport they know, football/soccer.

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The bump is dead. The marking contest is dead. Contact footy is dead. Or so we’ve been told recently. To my eyes, it all looks much the same.

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Essendon AFL footballer Nathan Lovett-Murray has been stabbed in a domestic dispute in Melbourne.

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Collingwood have suffered their most serious injury blow this year with the possible loss of star midfielder Dale Thomas for the rest of the AFL season.

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With Indigenous Round approaching, I thought it would be good to take a look at the Indigenous contribution to our game.

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AFL Round 8 threw up some interesting results as we begin to get a clearer indication of the ladder.

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Essendon continue to excite then crumble in typical fashion as they frustrate club membership as a football team that dazzle then disintegrate.

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I empathised with Alistair Clarkson when he called a reporter from the AFL’s website a not-so very nice name.

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AFL great Nicky Winmar is sad to see indigenous players still being abused 20 years after he made his symbolic stand against racism in sport.

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Sydney coach John Longmire doesn’t like talking about hoodoos whether he breaks them or not.

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Gold Coast ruckman Zac Smith is the latest player to have his season cut short as part of a plague of serious knee injuries that has swept the AFL.

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Brisbane coach Michael Voss has backed his team’s aggression against Essendon, despite losing defenders Daniel Merrett and Justin Clarke to AFL suspensions.

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I applaud Cameron Rose’s article on the Western Bulldogs this morning and without looking like I am doubling up, I had planned to write about the Dogs after last Saturday’s shocker against the Gold Coast.

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Coach Scott Watters appealed to St Kilda supporters to keep the faith after the Saints’ downward spiral continued with a 40-point away loss to Adelaide on Sunday.

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