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A defiant Ken Hinkley has backed Port Adelaide to thumb their nose at history by qualifying for finals from a dire 0-4 start to the season. Only two VFL/AFL teams in the past 60 years have successfully achieved the feat. North Melbourne, under Ron Barassi, endured an identical 0-4 start to 1975 before rallying spectacularly and claiming their maiden flag. […]
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Until Melbourne got everything right in 2021 their decision to use about $1.6 million of their salary cap on two key defenders Steven May and Jake Lever was questioned. How could they invest more than 10 percent of their total player payments in a duo that sat behind the ball? Now that call appears, if not ahead of the game, […]
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Phil Gould has revealed that he – rather than Canterbury coach Trent Barrett – has been responsible for managing Kyle Flanagan’s return to the NRL, declaring: “He’s our highest-paid playmaker in the club, he’s ready.” Flanagan will return to first grade for the first time since August of last year in Sunday’s clash against Penrith at CommBank Stadium. Some critics […]
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Hawthorn forward Chad Wingard is at risk of missing several weeks of football due to a calf injury sustained against Carlton but defender Jack Scrimshaw is in line to play despite an injury scare. Ruckman Ned Reeves is under an injury cloud in what could be a further test of the Hawks’ big man stocks. Chad Wingard is nursing an […]
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Immortal Kombat The wrestle is back. I hate it. The footy’s been good so far this year, but the stats suggest wrestling is creeping back. I watch the game for the skill, the ball movement, the offloads. I don’t want to watch WrestleMania III. It’s become such a huge part of rugby league: if you win that ruck, either slowing […]
Continue reading »Former Hawthorn captain Luke Hodge has questioned whether Hawthorn did enough to support their Indigenous players in the past, after his four-time premiership teammate Cyril Rioli spoke out about racist incidents which left him estranged from the club. Hodge’s comments came as AFL chief executive Gillon McLachlan said he had spoken to people around the club and internally at the […]
Continue reading »St Kilda coach Brett Ratten has declared young forward Max King “elite” and a rare talent who can turn games on a day his remarkable four-goal burst in the final term sunk Richmond. King, as he did with four goals against Fremantle last week, produced a game-turning effort by booting 4.3 in the final term, as the Saints booted 10 […]
Continue reading »Storm fullback Ryan Papenhuyzen raced in four tries as Melbourne, ruthless and efficient as ever, ran riot over Canterbury in a dominant second half, surging to a 44-0 romp to return to winning ways after their narrow AAMI Park loss to Paramatta last weekend. His 28-point haul was the second-highest by a player in Storm history, a converted try shy […]
Continue reading »Storm fullback Ryan Papenhuyzen raced in four tries as Melbourne, ruthless and efficient as ever, ran riot over Canterbury in a dominant second half, surging to a 44-0 romp to return to winning ways after their narrow AAMI Park loss to Paramatta last weekend. His 28-point haul was the second-highest by a player in Storm history, a converted try shy […]
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Melbourne coach Simon Goodwin has praised in-form ruck-forward Luke Jackson and says the club is comfortable with the current state of contractual negotiations with the out-of-contract 20-year-old. Jackson starred with two goals and 22 touches in Melbourne’s win against Gold Coast on Saturday night and his current deal expires at the end of this season. “We’ve had some really good […]
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