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The ball is bounced to start the second half of the preliminary final and the Tigers trail 50-29.
The ball is bounced to start the second half of the preliminary final and the Tigers trail 50-29.
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.
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?
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.
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.
There are five minutes left in the grand final. The Western Bulldogs lead by nine points.
There are five minutes left in the grand final. The Western Bulldogs lead by nine points.
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?
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.
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.
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.
The ball is bounced to start the second half of the preliminary final and the Tigers trail 50-29.
2020
J.T. you are missing the point about home ground advantage in finals. It goes to the higher-ranked team. Yet Richmond (a…(more)