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Saints surge to upset win against Bulldogs

Ross Lyon’s second coming at Moorabbin has St Kilda surging, and Saints fans buckling up for the ride. The Saints are the early season bolters, and the Western Bulldogs are stuck in the starters’ box after Lyon engineered another upset victory at Marvel Stadium. Dogs coach Luke Beveridge has plenty of questions but few answers after another ordinary performance by […]

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‘I feel sorry for you blokes’: The Wayne Bennett speech that got Dolphins flying

Key points The classic Wayne Bennett speech after the Dolphins’ win over the Roosters. Roosters almost resigned to Joseph Suaalii going to rugby. The Dragons have cranked up the NRL coaching merry-go-round earlier than normal. The easiest storyline this side of Suncorp Stadium this week is about Wayne Bennett versus the Brisbane Broncos. Not the Dolphins versus the Broncos, but […]

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Blues believe they are making ground in photo finishes

With one minute 42 seconds left on the clock, Mitch McGovern marks a speculative kick into Richmond’s goal square. As forward Tom Lynch forlornly pleas for a free kick for a block, McGovern launches what appears to be the passage of play that will ensure Carlton hold on and exorcise their demons in close games. Less than a minute later, […]

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AFL must consider rule changes to discourage ‘bumps’

One round, three “bumps” and once again the debate turns to whether the AFL is really doing enough to protect players’ heads. On any other weekend, it might have gone unremarked when Melbourne’s Kysaiah Pickett, Sydney’s Lance Franklin and Adelaide’s Shane McAdam dealt out varying quantities of kinetic punishment to their unwitting opponents and were in turn rewarded with varying […]

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