Cornes: Spooked AFL missed key detail in Powell-Pepper over-reaction
Anyone with half a football brain can see that Powell-Pepper’s initial aim was not to bump, writes Graham Cornes.
Anyone with half a football brain can see that Powell-Pepper’s initial aim was not to bump, writes Graham Cornes.
You can’t tell much from a trial game but Sam Powell-Pepper won’t be the only one with something to think about this weekend, writes Graham Cornes.
The AFL is up to its old tricks again tweaking a series of rules ahead of the season. As Graham Cornes writes, most of them simply fix problems caused by previous changes.
We like to think we are an egalitarian society, when in reality we are increasingly a population of haves and have-nots, writes Graham Cornes.
The response to Cricket Australia’s efforts to water down our patriotic pride show why sport needs to stay out of politics, writes Graham Cornes.
Toward the end of Graham Cornes’ career a famed motivational speaker spoke to his beloved Glenelg Football Club and the unforgettable experience could still help today’s new-age coaches.
Pre-season training may have changed over the years but the unique humour and the fellowship of the locker room is what old footballers miss, writes Graham Cornes.
If you put Dave Warner’s baggy green in a Salvos charity bin, they’d throw it out without a second glance, writes Graham Cornes.
There’s one key factor that makes the Bay Sheffield one of the most exciting events on our sporting calendar – even if it does confuse the outsiders, writes Graham Cornes.
He never had the storied career that Neville Hayes, who we also lost this week had, but they both share a place in this old footballer’s heart, writes Graham Cornes.
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