Umpires are using the 50m penalty to punish players
Umpires have weaponised the 50m penalty, writes Graham Cornes, and are using against players for just looking at them wrong way.
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There are many questions still unanswered in Hawthorn’s racism scandal, but something in particular stands out, writes Graham Cornes.
Cornes: Pressure doesn’t usually come with a $1m AFL contract
Please excuse the cynicism when we read of AFL coaches struggling under the burden of the job, writes Graham Cornes.
Cornes: Blatant Vic bias leaves Crows out in the cold — again
If anyone still needed proof of the AFL still thinks it’s the VFL, this game was it, writes Graham Cornes.
Why the ‘fabric of the game’ will never be destroyed
The fabric of the AFL will be tested, stretched, strained and maybe even torn. Over generations it may look different, but it will never be destroyed. It will survive, writes Graham Cornes.
Tassie pride stirs divisive memories of SA’s biggest AFL moment
Tasmania will enter the AFL while riding a wave of goodwill. It wasn’t like that for the Crows, writes Graham Cornes.
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Successful footy coaches all share one trait. And Matthew Nicks has it in spades, writes Graham Cornes.
Cornes: I admit it, I was wrong
Fortunately my myopia was not shared by the AFL, our state government, the hordes of interstate visitors and the local supporters, writes Graham Cornes.
Free kick that sums up everything wrong with AFL
AFL needed to change – but these over-officiating umpires just cut all aggression from footy, writes Graham Cornes. Just take this week’s farcical Giants game.
Bias prevails: Obvious problem in Crows’ appeal for justice
One line used to justify upholding Shane McAdam’s ban makes absolutely no sense, writes Graham Cornes.
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