At the end of a savage week which typified a challenging season, GWS somehow found the will to hold off Collingwood’s last-quarter surge in the best preliminary final since Carlton’s epic 1999 win over Essendon.
Get ready for two hours of trench warfare. Richmond has been the AFL’s best team for the past three years and is primed for another premiership. But GWS is up for the fight, says Mick Malthouse.
Whenever the Grand Final rolls around, text messages and calls fly around begging for tickets and the players competing get bombarded. Richmond’s Nick Vlastuin reveals the truth behind some people’s requests.
The headlines will be all about Tom Lynch’s five goals but an inspiring play from captain Trent Cotchin early in the third quarter was the catalyst for Richmond’s win, writes Mark Robinson.
DON Pyke has — as he wanted — the lowest profile of any of the seven Crows coaches since 1991. The attention on his AFL team’s demise put him under the searchlight for the next nine weeks
ADELAIDE has many questions to answer on why so much promise with the Crows has delivered so little on the field. See how Michelangelo Rucci rates the season so far and give your own grade in our poll.
WHY isn’t Jack Watts the star performer that his the No.1 selection in 2008 suggested that he might be? DERMOTT BRERETON says the answer is power and it’s nothing to do with Port Adelaide.
PORT Adelaide superstar Robbie Gray in a league of his own, having had more 20-plus disposal, three-plus goal games in the past five seasons than any other player.
DEBATE on fixing the “look of the game” in Australian football might need to focus on removing recent changes rather than creating new rules.
PORT Adelaide won’t recall high-profile recruit Jack Watts to face his former Melbourne team-mates in Friday Night Football. But when Watts does return to the Power line-up, his best role might be away from attack.
LUNCH is on the line as our Odd Couple, Chris “Bone” McDermott and Michelangelo “Rooch’ Rucci, look at the big issues in the AFL, including the prize on the line in Friday night’s blockbuster and where the Crows are at during bye week.
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AFTER an outstanding 2017 season ended with a horror grand final loss, the Crows have been plagued by poor decision making which has resulted in their 2018 season coming off the rails, writes Warren Tredrea.
AFL talent ambassador Kevin Sheehan says he cannot wait for the day South Australian excitement machine Izak Rankine puts together a “complete’’ game of football.
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