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Jay Croucher

Expert

Jay Croucher

Expert

It's Richmond's league now: The unstoppable Tigers confirm their place in history

The ball is bounced to start the second half of the preliminary final and the Tigers trail 50-29.

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AJ73 said Roar Rookie

Feb

J.T. you are missing the point about home ground advantage in finals. It goes to the higher-ranked team. Yet Richmond (a…(more)

AFL

Oct

It's Richmond's league now: The unstoppable Tigers confirm their place in history

Jay Croucher

Expert

Jay Croucher

Expert

It's Richmond's league now: The unstoppable Tigers confirm their place in history

The ball is bounced to start the second half of the preliminary final and the Tigers trail 50-29.

AFL

Oct

Jay Croucher

Expert

Jay Croucher

Expert

It's Richmond's league now: The unstoppable Tigers confirm their place in history

The ball is bounced to start the second half of the preliminary final and the Tigers trail 50-29.

AFL

Oct

Jay Croucher

Expert

Destiny makers: How the Eagles re-wrote their story and seized the premiership

AFL

2018

Destiny makers: How the Eagles re-wrote their story and seized the premiership

Jay Croucher

Expert

Loyalty and continuity have propelled Collingwood back into the premiership discussion

AFL

2018

Jay Croucher

Expert

Where lesser teams might have imploded, Collingwood's resilience is paying dividends

AFL

2018

Where lesser teams might have imploded, Collingwood's resilience is paying dividends

Jay Croucher

Expert

True Grit: The Magpies have added class to their toughness to become a contender

AFL

2018

True Grit: The Magpies have added class to their toughness to become a contender

Jay Croucher

Expert

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.

AFL

2018

Jay Croucher

Expert

Loyalty and continuity have propelled Collingwood back into the premiership discussion

The popular refrain when criticising Nathan Buckley’s Collingwood was simple: what was his team’s identity? Or rather; why didn’t it have one?

AFL

2018

Jay Croucher

Expert

Where lesser teams might have imploded, Collingwood's resilience is paying dividends

It’s the hope that gets you, not the despair – or in Collingwood’s case the past couple of years, it’s not the bitterly underwhelming starts to the year that get you, but the promising finishes.

AFL

2018

Jay Croucher

Expert

True Grit: The Magpies have added class to their toughness to become a contender

The irony of Nathan Buckley’s coaching career has been that so many of his players have been deficient in the area of the game that he was most exquisite in.

AFL

2018

Paul Nicholls

Roar Guru

The murky origins of Australia’s football codes

AFL

2017

The murky origins of Australia’s football codes

Jay Croucher

Expert

Do you believe in miracles? Remembering the Bulldogs' journey to the top

AFL

2017

Do you believe in miracles? Remembering the Bulldogs' journey to the top

Jay Croucher

Expert

The Exorcists: How the Western Bulldogs beat history

AFL

2016

The Exorcists: How the Western Bulldogs beat history

Ryan Buckland

Expert

The AFL has plenty more than a trophy at stake in 2016

AFL

2016

Paul Nicholls

Roar Guru

The murky origins of Australia’s football codes

I’m heading south on a date with sports history.

AFL

2017

Jay Croucher

Expert

Do you believe in miracles? Remembering the Bulldogs' journey to the top

There are five minutes left in the grand final. The Western Bulldogs lead by nine points.

AFL

2017

Jay Croucher

Expert

The Exorcists: How the Western Bulldogs beat history

There are five minutes left in the grand final. The Western Bulldogs lead by nine points.

AFL

2016

Ryan Buckland

Expert

The AFL has plenty more than a trophy at stake in 2016

How much will the AFL’s players get paid with the new broadcast agreement coming into effect in 2017? When will players qualify for free agency? Should draftees be tied to their first club for longer? Will there be a player-driven lock out?

AFL

2016

Jay Croucher

Expert

Jay Croucher

Expert

Destruction Tour: How the Tigers eviscerated the rest of the AFL and everything we thought we knew

Richmond. 6am Sunday morning. The first day of October. The streets are bare, the light is grey, the sun about to rise. An empty Punt Road Oval is to the right, Melbourne’s largest church behind it.

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Roy66 said Roar Rookie

Oct

Jay, I stumbled across this via your 2019 article, It’s Richmond’s League Now. What an enjoyable trip down memory lane f…(more)

AFL

137

2017

Destruction Tour: How the Tigers eviscerated the rest of the AFL and everything we thought we knew

Jay Croucher

Expert

Jay Croucher

Expert

Destruction Tour: How the Tigers eviscerated the rest of the AFL and everything we thought we knew

AFL

137

2017

Jay Croucher

Expert

Jay Croucher

Expert

Destruction Tour: How the Tigers eviscerated the rest of the AFL and everything we thought we knew

AFL

137

2017