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Jack Crisp again the cream of Collingwood crop

Collingwood midfielder Jack Crisp is quickly forging his place in Magpies’ history, claiming his second-straight E. W Copeland Trophy in a tight count on Friday night. Crisp, 28, collected 291 votes, polling in every home-and-away match and throughout the finals series when the Magpies finished just shy of the grand final. He finished runner-up to Patrick Dangerfield in the AFL […]

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How the Koori Knockout became ‘a modern-day corroboree’ over five decades

More than 30,000 players and spectators will travel to the NSW south coast this weekend for the 50th anniversary of the Koori Knockout, with Castlereagh All Blacks president Dewayne Sampson labelling Australia’s biggest First Nations sporting event “a modern-day corroboree”. The Knockout, which was put on hold between 2019-20 because of the pandemic, is being hosted in the Nowra area […]

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Low respect, unpaid overtime: AFLW issues highlighted by report

A new report has found AFLW players have been required to undertake unpaid weekly overtime, face low levels of respect across club staff and have unequal access to resources, including medical staff and facilities. Data released on Thursday by the AFL Players Association in the Insights and Impacts Report canvassed AFLW players last season, prior to the recent collective bargaining […]

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‘Concerning’: AFLPA survey finds widespread experience of racism

An AFL Players’ Association survey of AFL players has reported “concerning” incidences of racial vilification from people within the football industry among players’ experiences of racism. Only 17 per cent of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander or people of colour surveyed said they felt that racism experienced while listed as AFL players was dealt with to their satisfaction, according to […]

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