Time for a 'best of three' grand final series
Tom Harley wants it. Don Pyke thinks it’s a cool idea. But is it time to bring in a ‘best of three’ grand final series in the AFL?
So long as we're shaking up the AFL draft, why not make it an auction?
Next week’s AFL Draft will be the latest incarnation of an event that has evolved rapidly and indelicately in recent years.
Bookend brothers to rise the Suns
With picks 2 and 3 in the 2018 National Draft, the structure of the draft lies in the hands of the Gold Coast Suns.
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Trade period and draft analysis: Brisbane Lions
For fans of lower-ranked teams, often the best part of the year is the off-season, where every team is even and seeds of hope can be sewn.
Trade period and draft analysis: Gold Coast
‘The more things change, the more they stay the same’.
The winners, the losers and other insights into the 2019 AFL fixtures
Christmas comes but once a year, and in my very particular case, a day later than usual. It’s time to unwrap the 2019 AFL fixture, and see who got lumped with this year’s coal.
AFL reveals fixture for 2019
The AFL has today revealed the 2019 fixture, with Melbourne and Essendon rewarded for their encouraging offseasons in the form of plenty of primetime matches.
Trade period and draft analysis: Adelaide Crows
Like Port Adelaide (who I looked at in my last analysis), cross-town rival Adelaide looms as one of the clubs most likely to shape this year’s draft order, with picks 8, 13, 16, and 21.
Freo: Moving forward, or staying docked?
I wrote an article early on in the trade period criticising Freo for their stance in the Jesse Hogan negotiations.
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AFL ladder predictions: Round 5
The first derby of 2019 was predicted to be a hot, exhilarating contest in Round 4.
The comprehensive end-of-year review: Melbourne Demons
With the home-and-away season, the finals series and the trade period all completed, it’s time to do not only a review of each club’s 2018 season (complete with expectation comparisons), but the likelihoods and expectations for the coming 2019 campaign.
The broken AFL fixture - and the solution
What if I told you that AFL House got it right with conferences, they just put them in the wrong league?
An early sample of 2019's best 22s
Being stuck somewhere in limbo during the off-season comings and goings, I have decided to pen an article looking at the best 22s of certain teams heading into 2019.
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2016 Premiership hero gets humbled by his wife during kicking contest
How about that celebratory jig at the end
Eddie Betts 'almost struck by lightning' while nailing impossible kick
Some trickery with the camera or did this actually happen? Either way Eddie Betts is still kicking freakish goals, even in Adelaide’s offseason.
The inspirational story of Collingwood's Sam McLarty
“Grit, optimism, resilience and loyalty. These are the values we play by.” The Collingwood Football Club and CGU have stood by these core Australian values, and the club is now enjoying a resurgence as they head to the 2018 finals.
The values that the Collingwood Football Club lives by
“Grit, optimism, resilience and loyalty. These are the values we play by.” The Collingwood Football Club and CGU have stood by these core Australian values, and the club is now enjoying a resurgence as they head to the 2018 finals.
Brodie Grundy talks about how football can make a difference
Collingwood’s Brodie Grundy took time out to visit a remote community and spread the values of football.
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Destiny makers: How the Eagles re-wrote their story and seized the premiership
There are three minutes left in the grand final. Collingwood have been hanging on for dear life for an hour now, but a ticking clock has tightened their grip on the premiership.
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There are three minutes left in the grand final. Collingwood have been hanging on for dear life for an hour now, but a ticking clock has tightened their grip on the premiership.
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Thanks MF, that makes a lot of sense. I didn’t get that was how the club academies worked and that mechanism for them to…(more)