Cornes: Pre-season predictions? Port have got problems
Even the most optimistic, passionate Power fan must be a little concerned, writes Graham Cornes.
Even the most optimistic, passionate Power fan must be a little concerned, writes Graham Cornes.
The AFL has compensation for permanent injury but scaled to age and future earnings. And who knows how much opportunity has really been lost, writes Graham Cornes.
The ‘Magic Round’ festival of footy – and bringing all the Victorians into SA – is just another AFL grab for cash, writes Graham Cornes.
In a team full of good players on the day, Dangerfield was clearly the best player on the ground, writes Graham Cornes.
Should Carey lose everything – his jobs, his standing in the football world and a reputation that he had steadily rebuilt, asks Graham Cornes.
The Crows are optimistic. The Power are disappointed. Now all eyes are on the new recruits both sides think can put 2022’s troubles to rest, writes Graham Cornes.
He’s a Brownlow medallist and premiership hero, and Mark Ricciuto doesn’t deserve the heat he’s getting surrounding the Crows camp, writes Graham Cornes.
As inexcusable as parts of the Crows’ infamous camp were, its psychological toll on most players sounds benign compared with other clubs’ experiences, writes Graham Cornes.
An old photo of Neil Kerley depicts a sadness behind the eyes of SA footy’s toughest man. Graham Cornes remembers his mentor, revealing, at 88, ‘Knuckles’ was still cutting his own wood.
Friday night’s Showdown was supposed to be about Power reasserting its dominance, but the plucky Crows hadn’t read the script, writes Graham Cornes.
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