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Are 'junk time' goals and injuries the only thing stopping Jack Darling being dropped?

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AFL NEWS: Noble hits back at 'untrue' rumours of woes at North, Lyon opens up on fallen Saint

North Melbourne coach David Noble has fronted the media to respond to allegations about the club's recent off-field turmoil. Three members of the club's…

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Joshua Makepeace

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Joshua Makepeace

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Musings of an AFL idiot after watching their first ever game

Yep, that’s me, I’m the AFL idiot. Before last weekend, I had never seen an Aussie rules game. It must be mentioned, however, that…

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Musings of an AFL idiot after watching their first ever game

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AFL NEWS: Fyfe return in state league, Docker banned for 'chicken wing', Dangerfield on ice, Ziebell hits 250th

Fremantle's dual Brownlow medallist Nat Fyfe could make his long-awaited comeback from injury in state league ranks this weekend. Fyfe hasn't played an AFL game this…

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AFL NEWS: Fyfe return in state league, Docker banned for 'chicken wing', Dangerfield on ice, Ziebell hits 250th

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'Piss off!' David King's emphatic response to Jason Horne-Francis trade rumours

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'Piss off!' David King's emphatic response to Jason Horne-Francis trade rumours

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AFL top 100: The milestone twins

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Jakson Bertoli

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A back line Taylored around one man

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AFL takeaways: How your club fared in Round 10

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Chicken-wing tackle earns Docker AFL ban

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The Fremantle bubble has burst, and they could be in freefall

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The Fremantle bubble has burst, and they could be in freefall

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AFL top 100: Danger’s big game?

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'Don't kill the golden goose!' Robbo on AFL's whistle-happy approach

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AFL NEWS: Riewoldt's plea after Fisher drug charge, Docker faces 'serious misconduct' ban, Dangerfield out

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The rise of the flood defence: An AFL malaise

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2022 AFL season: Round 11 preview

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AFL top 100: Round 10 round-up

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Dusty to Sydney, Tex to Port - How a mid-season trade period could spice up the AFL and 12 moves we'd love to see

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As a Swans supporter, you suggest a large part of our young team for a 30yo Dusty?.
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Dusty to Sydney, Tex to Port - How a mid-season trade period could spice up the AFL and 12 moves we'd love to see

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Brett Geeves

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Dusty to Sydney, Tex to Port - How a mid-season trade period could spice up the AFL and 12 moves we'd love to see

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As a Swans supporter, you suggest a large part of our young team for a 30yo Dusty?.
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AFL NEWS: 'You're losing the fans'- Action demanded after 'whistle-fest', reports of mass ejection in Dreamtime chaos

Former AFL player David King has urged the league to correct the spiking numbers of free kicks paid during games, after a 'whistle-fest' marred…

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AFL NEWS: 'You're losing the fans'- Action demanded after 'whistle-fest', reports of mass ejection in Dreamtime chaos

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AFL NEWS: 'You're losing the fans'- Action demanded after 'whistle-fest', reports of mass ejection in Dreamtime chaos

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Tim Miller

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Six Points: Giants would be mad to give Hird the top job, and time to throw the book at throwing elbows

Best round of the year? Just when you thought you had this 2022 season worked out, along came Round 10 - and specifically, Sunday…

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Six Points: Giants would be mad to give Hird the top job, and time to throw the book at throwing elbows

Tim Miller

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Six Points: Giants would be mad to give Hird the top job, and time to throw the book at throwing elbows

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Tim Miller

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Tim Miller

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AFL Saturday Study: Light at the end of the tunnel for North, and brilliant Bradley Hill finally arrives as a Saint

North Melbourne were never going to beat Melbourne at Marvel Stadium on Saturday evening. But that's not the point. Upsets of this magnitude rarely…

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AFL Saturday Study: Light at the end of the tunnel for North, and brilliant Bradley Hill finally arrives as a Saint

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AFL Saturday Study: Light at the end of the tunnel for North, and brilliant Bradley Hill finally arrives as a Saint

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Tim Miller

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Tim Miller

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AFL Friday Footy Fix: The Blues are the AFL's clutchest team... but it can't last

We're only at round ten, and already half of Carlton's wins in this remarkable 2022 season have followed near-identical patterns. Utter domination in the…

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AFL Friday Footy Fix: The Blues are the AFL's clutchest team... but it can't last

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AFL Friday Footy Fix: The Blues are the AFL's clutchest team... but it can't last

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AFL NEWS: Beloved Bomber calls time, AFL lock in 2:30pm grand final start time

Essendon star Anthony McDonald-Tipungwuti has retired. The small forward, who has become one of the AFL's most loved figures since making his debut for…

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AFL NEWS: Beloved Bomber calls time, AFL lock in 2:30pm grand final start time

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AFL NEWS: Beloved Bomber calls time, AFL lock in 2:30pm grand final start time

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Dem Panopoulos

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Don't let their winning streak fool you, Port are still bang average

With a 4-5 record after nine rounds, Port Adelaide have been one of the AFL’s most disappointing teams in 2022. If ever we needed…

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Don't let their winning streak fool you, Port are still bang average

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Don't let their winning streak fool you, Port are still bang average

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Giant win proves GWS are not a broken club and there's still a pulse in their season

In the lead-up to the weekend's game against the West Coast Eagles, GWS Giants caretaker coach Mark McVeigh insisted that they are "not a…

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The 'midfielder's sweet spot' is why Brisbane can win and the Kangas can't in 2022

In 2019, GWS Giant Steve Coniglio asserted that he and fellow Giants mid Josh Kelly were each in the “sweet spot” of their AFL…

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The Dreamtime is back at the G, but which Essendon side will show up?

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The first third of the 2022 AFL season told through Batman quotes

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Who is Mark McVeigh? An insight into the Giants' new coach

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Umpire dissent is just the latest AFL unnecessary overreaction

Geez, umpire dissent is just about the stupidest penalty that the AFL has ever brought in. Just about. There have been so many kneejerk…

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Don’t let the Sun go down on Dew

It’s easy to mock the Gold Coast Suns, from their lack of success both on and off-field, to their crappy team song, to the…

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Mismatch of the season? Demons return to premiership Perth to take on grounded Eagles

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Analysing the 2022 flag contenders

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Love him or hate him, Leon Cameron has left a Giant legacy

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As a basketball state is born, will the AFL ever join the party in Tasmania?

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Docker marched straight to tribunal for this overlooked chicken wing on Jack Ginnivan

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A couple of weeks off for being a fool. Also gives him a dirty player nametag.

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Docker marched straight to tribunal for this overlooked chicken wing on Jack Ginnivan

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Auskick star lights up the MCG with incredible solo play

How good was the crowd's reaction too!

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Auskick star lights up the MCG with incredible solo play

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Auskick star lights up the MCG with incredible solo play

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WATCH: Jack Ginnivan's celebration BEFORE kicking match-sealing goal

This couldn't be more on brand for Jack Ginnivan!

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WATCH: Jack Ginnivan's celebration BEFORE kicking match-sealing goal

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WATCH: Jack Ginnivan's celebration BEFORE kicking match-sealing goal

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Craig McRae's hilarious reaction to Jeremy Howe's latest screamer

Another mark of the year contender from the best high mark ever- not that the coach liked it much!

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Craig McRae's hilarious reaction to Jeremy Howe's latest screamer

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Craig McRae's hilarious reaction to Jeremy Howe's latest screamer

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Commentators in stitches as big Lion goes full ruckman on the goal line

Poor Darcy Fort didn't just embarrass himself once on the line- but twice!

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Commentators in stitches as big Lion goes full ruckman on the goal line

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Commentators in stitches as big Lion goes full ruckman on the goal line

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'Wouldn't be a free in Auskick': Is this the softest call of the year?

Lachie Neale couldn't believe he got done for this- after copping an identical hit from Jai Newcome ten seconds earlier!

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'Wouldn't be a free in Auskick': Is this the softest call of the year?

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'Wouldn't be a free in Auskick': Is this the softest call of the year?

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Giant's gigantic torp all but sends the ball into orbit

What a kick from Harry Himmelberg!

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Giant's gigantic torp all but sends the ball into orbit

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Giant's gigantic torp all but sends the ball into orbit

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That time Warney set up a one-handed SCREAMER in club cricket

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That time Warney set up a one-handed SCREAMER in club cricket

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Rare Aussie Rules send off after player slams opponent into boundary fence

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Rare Aussie Rules send off after player slams opponent into boundary fence

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Schoolboy footy star's sensational high-flying grab is majestic

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Schoolboy footy star's sensational high-flying grab is majestic

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Drop punt gets ridiculous bend to split the goal posts

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2020

Drop punt gets ridiculous bend to split the goal posts

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Local footy player morphs into Malcolm Blight with monstrous goal

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2020

Local footy player morphs into Malcolm Blight with monstrous goal

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Insane 70-metre worm-burner makes an absolute fool out of everyone

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Insane 70-metre worm-burner makes an absolute fool out of everyone

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