Hawthorn will bounce back after a disappointing season this year but can they improve enough to be a premiership contender? List guru Gary Buckenara analyses the Hawks’ list and why Jon Patton will be an important recruit.
Melbourne must draw a line in the sand. It’s time for action, not words but recruiting and list expert Gary Buckenara has some very real concerns about the Demons and what their list is capable of.
Essendon will have both Joe Daniher and Orazio Fantasia in its forward line next year despite it looking like both would be traded. But it makes little difference to their prospects of winning a premiership in 2020, list guru Gary Buckenara writes.
There is always plenty of talk about Geelong’s veterans but list guru Gary Buckenara has loved what he’s seen from the young guns too. Find out which ones he thinks are ready to become A-graders.
HIS Bombers are all but out of the finals race but Brendon Goddard isn’t giving up. Just moments after Saturday’s loss to Hawthorn the veteran wrote about his team, his costly blue and his own football future.
IT is the most remarkable rivalry — with the most remarkable finishes, this time making Crows key forward Josh Jenkins finding his place in Showdown history.
THE AFL’s rule of not having a rule to determine which teams deserve a home final, will see two different sets of rules apply in September this year.
WE’VE reached the business end of the season. Is your club a contender or a pretender? MICK MALTHOUSE runs his eye over all the remaining teams and gives his ultimate top eight, top four and flag chances.
LANCE Franklin is barely training because of a heel injury but he is the least of Sydney’s problems. The Swans are playing like a bottom-four team and the stats are damning.
ON the day Taylor Walker was named Adelaide’s new captain in the 2015 pre-season, he reiterated one point more than anything else — and it is now happening exactly as he predicted.
SANFL leaders need to reconsider their recruiting rules for the Crows and Power teams in the State League as they are hurting the AFL clubs — and teenage draft prospects.
RICHMOND’s backline collapses with the discipline of the RAF Roulettes and what the opposition thought was a goal-scoring opportunity is quickly swallowed by the Yellow and Black Hole, writes David King.
TRAVIS Boak and Taylor Walker will lead Port Adelaide and the Crows respectively to Showdown 45 on Saturday – but will they have the same roles for the 46th derby next year?
OUR Odd Couple — Chris “Bone” McDermott and Michelangelo “Rooch” Rucci — look at the big issues ahead of Showdown 45 at Adelaide Oval on Saturday.
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