Steele Sidebottom finished runner-up in last year’s Brownlow Medal, but hasn’t been able to repeat his heroics for Collingwood this year. Mark Robinson ponders whether the star Magpie needs a role change. See all of Robbo’s Round 19 likes and dislikes.
Everyone thought he was retiring after 2017. Then everyone thought his playing career at Brisbane would last just two years. Now, Mark Robinson writes, the question is coming again.
Ross Lyon was emphatic when he said he was committed to Fremantle, but we’ve heard this all before. Mark Robinson ponders whether this time it’s different.
Mick Malthouse has put up his hand to coach again but the ‘disrespectful’ reaction of a former Carlton player gives an indication of the mood surrounding the former Pies and Blues mentor’s hopes of a return.
JANE Wines talks like her son Ollie plays footy: Without pretension. She hated draft day but has come to love Port Adelaide.
IN Wednesday’s Final Word, Robbo, Ralphy and Ando take a close look at the Sydney-Carlton clash.
ROBBO says back Tom Hawkins in, Ralphy says it will blow up in Geelong’s face. Our big names answer the big semi-final questions.
THE TACKLE: NO-NAMES rise to occasion, Collingwood’s culture problem and Robbo’s hits and misses from every final.
AFTER a forgettable week, it was up to Paul Roos to ensure football felt good about itself again.
AS Paul Chapman prepares for his 250th game in what could be his last month of AFL football, he contemplates what brought him here.
ESSENDON assistant Mark Thompson is yet to fully commit to coaching the Bombers in the wake of the supplements saga.
THE TACKLE: Carlton enter the finals with a little luck but played September-worthy football on Saturday.
ESSENDON is consigned to being the all-time AFL villain after the most dramatic day in AFL history.
PREMIERSHIP coach Mark Thompson is expected to become Essendon’s interim coach in place of the suspended James Hird.
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