Port Adelaide failed to properly review its humiliating 2007 grand final performance, starting a poisonous culture of blame that tore the club apart. Greater Western Sydney’s coaches can’t afford to make the same mistake, writes Kane Cornes.
He has an exquisite skill set and a powerful, intimidating physical presence. And after adding a second premiership and Norm Smith Medal, Richmond star Dustin Martin can lay claim to being the AFL’s best player.
Like sands through the hourglass, so are the days of Richmond’s lives. The stunning story of the Tigers’ 2019 premiership year is a recount of individual agony and ecstasy, with a fairytale ending, Mark Robinson writes.
For one man, it was always going to end in elation and for the other, devastation and heartbreak. Mick Malthouse writes the Tigers coach pulled all the right moves — and reaped the ultimate reward.
THE 2018 World Cup has been a feast of colour and action but please don’t call the Socceroos ‘brave’ – they didn’t win a game because they refused to attack the opposition until it was too late, says Graham Cornes
TO the east and west of Adelaide, major decision loom on the structure of Australian football under the elite AFL. This makes planning the SANFL’s future very tricky.
ONE of the secrets to Port Adelaide’s mid-season charge has been revealed, with Ken Hinkley’s unit producing pressure numbers never before seen in the AFL.
PLAYING Richmond at the MCG has become the toughest task in the AFL – with Adelaide on Friday night entering the grand final rematch with the Tigers looking to their 17th straight win at the G
OUR Odd Couple – Chris McDermott and Michelangelo Rucci – are searching for the Crows, Port Adelaide coach Ken Hinkley’s whiteboard and where the big money is going in the AFL.
NOT every win needs to be a work of art and the Power’s “ugly” win over the struggling Blues last week has kept it in the race for a high ladder position at the end of the home-and-away series, says Warren Tredrea
AFTER Richmond and the Bulldogs won AFL premierships with low goal tallies, the competition followed suit. But now the tide is again starting to turn in favour of more attacking football, writes dual Crows premiership skipper Mark Bickley.
RECAP: IT’S time to trade Nat Fyfe. With the Dockers star to miss at least four weeks, we don’t have a choice. These are the situations you hopefully left trades for. The Phantom looks at replacement options.
HOW has Collingwood gone from potentially sacking Nathan Buckley to second on the ladder? How concerned should Carlton be? Which team can challenge Richmond for the flag? Recruiter GARY BUCKENARA analyses every club’s season and list.
PREDICTIONS on the numbers needed for a top-four finish and a place in the AFL’s finals in September leave big challenges for Adelaide and Port Adelaide. See how Champion Data guru Ted Hopkins sees the final ladder.
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