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A big week in football – how Eddie exited the Magpies

When an emotional Eddie McGuire took to the podium at an abruptly called media conference to announce the end of his Collingwood presidency on Tuesday, he had already felt, however faintly, the hands of fellow Magpie board members on his back. The Collingwood board was due to meet the next day, Wednesday. Had Eddie not stood down voluntarily at that […]

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Geary and Steele to co-captain the Saints

Star St Kilda midfielder Jack Steele says he is looking forward to the responsibilities of top leadership after being named as co-captain alongside Jarryn Geary. Steele, the 25-year old All-Australian, has joined Geary in a seven-man leadership group, including new vice-captains Dougal Howard and Tim Membrey, with Seb Ross, Jack Billings and Callum Wilkie rounding out the group. Jarryn Geary […]

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The contenders for the top job at Collingwood

The Collingwood board will meet this week to discuss who takes over as club president following Eddie McGuire’s resignation. Here are the likely contenders. The top candidates Peter Murphy Peter Murphy is a highly regarded figure internally, having orchestrated significant change at the start of 2018 when he led an internal review that helped the Magpies go within a kick […]

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Tigers in talks to renew Hardwick’s contract

Richmond has started early talks with Damien Hardwick and his management about renewing the triple premiership coach’s contract, which expires at the end of this season. Richmond chief executive Brendon Gale confirmed that the Tigers had been in discussions with Hardwick and his manager since the post-season of last year, expressing confidence that a new deal would be struck. “We’ve […]

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NRL CEO Andrew Abdo vows to come down harder on repeat offenders

NRL CEO Andrew Abdo hasn’t ruled out increasing fines for misbehaving players despite hitting Broncos star Payne Haas with the heaviest fine allowed under NRL rules following the prop‘s altercation with a police officer. Haas’ reputation copped another blow on Monday when the NRL integrity unit fined him $50,000 and rubbed him out for the first three rounds of the […]

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