Many thought the AFL could err on the side of caution and postpone the start of the season. But chief executive Gillon McLachlan’s brave decision to forge ahead with the Round 1 fixture was the correct one, Mark Robinson writes.
With 30 trades and a shortened fixture of 17 rounds, this KFC SuperCoach season is going to be like no other. But there is little time to plan. The Phantom looks at six players whose value might rise on the back of the changes
Need a little help with your footy tips? Even in these uncertain times, our experts have run the rule over the Round 1 AFL matches and come up with the teams they think will rule. Here’s who they have tipped.
With a shortened AFL season ahead, the value of nailing your mid-price selections in KFC SuperCoach is about to skyrocket. To help, The Phantom ranks the top-5 mid-pricers – and those next in line – in every position.
IT WILL be embarrassing if Max Gawn and Brodie Grundy aren’t both in this year’s All-Australian team, but who should be the No.1 ruckman? SEE ROBBO’S ALL-AUSTRALIAN SIDE.
AUGUST and September can bring the highest of highs and the lowest of lows for footballers. Natalie Von Bertouch writes about the important role clubs can play in helping players find their feet when they hang up the boots on their lifelong pursuit.
ENOUGH is enough. The on-field football violence must stop, says Crows ruckman Sam Jacobs.
AUSTRALIAN soccer this week saw the beauty of a Cup competition as APIA-Liechardt upset A-League champions Melbourne Victory. Is this the magic the AFL needs rather than AFLX?
HE is Port Adelaide’s quiet achiever who is a man of so few words that he has been nicknamed “Humphrey’’ by his teammates. Now Justin Westhoff is on the verge of getting the recognition he deserves.
CAN Essendon finish its season on a high and knock Port Adelaide out of the finals race? Who will win the finals shaping clash between Sydney and Hawthorn? See who our experts are tipping in Round 23 here.
OUR Odd Couple Chris “Bone” McDermott and Michelangelo “Rooch” Rucci hand out their awards for the 2018 AFL season.
FOR the first time since 2011, both the Crows and Port Adelaide will close their AFL seasons without finals appearances. And then the membership sales will hinge on delivering new hope.
AFTER the disappointment of 2018 for SA’s two AFL clubs, it is time for clear, outside eyes to examine what went wrong and bring a fresh outlook in time for next season.
PORT Adelaide has paid the price for rolling the dice on the fitness of ruckman Paddy Ryder. If the club was aware its developing ruckmen were not ready for the AFL it should have recruited a back-up.
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