Richmond coach Damien Hardwick expects Dustin Martin to play in the preliminary final against Collingwood, despite suffering a serious cork that affected his training this week – but says he will not be a soft target.
Richmond coach Damien Hardwick expects Dustin Martin to play in the preliminary final against Collingwood, despite suffering a serious cork that affected his training this week – but says he will not be a soft target.
Seemingly unperturbed by 18-metre goal squares, the footballing gods have delivered a preliminary final weekend for the ages.
The stage is magnificent – 90,000-plus in the stands and a challenger whose greatest strength is the champion’s greatest ‘weakness’.
It’s been heard before. Certain ways to beat Richmond can be said, listed. Yet nothing has troubled the Tigers in Victoria throughout the 2018 season.
One week down and spring football is in full bloom. Here’s the first instalment of my AFL finals diary.
You’d have to have been living under a rock, or absolutely dedicated to not reading or watching anything about the AFL, to not have heard the name Tom Lynch over the last twelve months.
The Richmond Tigers have begun their surge towards a second consecutive premiership with a comprehensive victory over the Hawthorn Hawks at the MCG in the first qualifying final.
The Richmond Tigers and Hawthorn Hawks meet in the AFL’s first qualifying final at the Melbourne Cricket Ground. Join The Roar for live scores and commentary from 7:20pm (AEST).
The AFL finals are upon us, and only the Hawthorn Hawks stand in the way of the Richmond Tigers moving to within one game of a second straight grand final. This is The Roar‘s guide to streaming the match online and watching it on TV.
The AFL Finals series is officially underway, Richmond having won their way through to a home preliminary final with a comfortable 31-point victory over Hawthorn. Here’s my five talking points from the match.
The AFL Finals series is officially underway, Richmond having won their way through to a home preliminary final with a comfortable 31-point victory over Hawthorn. Here’s my five talking points from the match.
The AFL Finals series is officially underway, Richmond having won their way through to a home preliminary final with a comfortable 31-point victory over Hawthorn. Here’s my five talking points from the match.
If you were looking for proof that the nature of the game has changed, then there’d be no better example than the fact that Richmond and Hawthorn are top four teams this year.
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Teaming at the G gives Hawks a huge chance!
If you were looking for proof that the nature of the game has changed, then there’d be no better example than the fact that Richmond and Hawthorn are top four teams this year.
If you were looking for proof that the nature of the game has changed, then there’d be no better example than the fact that Richmond and Hawthorn are top four teams this year.
Are you ready for the most compelling AFL finals series ever? I hope so, because it starts tonight, and here’s everything you need to know.
They are two of the AFL’s great mates, and also two of its fiercest competitors. So even though he was on the family basketball run this week, Alastair Clarkson knew better than to enter the Hardwick home. Thursday night’s qualifying final is not only the first Hawthorn-Richmond final, but also the first time that Clarkson […]
The Richmond Tigers will look to move within one match of a second straight grand final as they play the Hawthorn Hawks in an AFL qualifying final. The first bounce is scheduled for 7:20pm (AEST) on Thursday, September 6 at the Melbourne Cricket Ground.
At the conclusion of the 2018 AFL home-and-away season Jack Riewoldt has three Coleman medals to his name.
A bullish Damien Hardwick has declared Richmond ready to recapture the frenetic intensity that led them to AFL premiership glory last September.
This is probably going to be a procession. When you have to squint this hard to find a real challenger, the favourite is likely all but home.
The mercurial utility Roy ‘Crackling’ Pork and journeyman maverick Wayne ‘Spanks’ Spankle give the straight dope on sport’s most pressing issues.
On Monday morning, the AFL announced the 40-man All-Australian squad for 2018.
With the home-and-away season done and dusted, it’s finals time and awards season.
With the home-and-away season done and dusted, it’s finals time and awards season.
With the home-and-away season done and dusted, it’s finals time and awards season.
Richmond coach Damien Hardwick expects Dustin Martin to play in the preliminary final against Collingwood, despite suffering a serious cork that affected his training this week – but says he will not be a soft target.