He put on a masterclass against Richmond on Saturday and as MARK ROBINSON writes, Western Bulldogs star Marcus Bontempelli deserves to be in the conversation as one of the AFL’s best players. ROBBO’S LIKES, DISLIKES
Luke Beveridge cuddled a broken club in 2015 and won the premiership in 2016 but, when once he was walking on water, now he is trudging through mud. Mark Robinson on why the Bulldogs coach remains football’s man of mystery.
GWS sent tagger Matt De Boer to a half-back flanker in Jake Lloyd during the Sydney derby. As Mark Robinson writes, there’s a damaging Tigers defender other teams should use the same tactic to quell. ROBBO’S LIKES, DISLIKES.
At 1-5, North Melbourne’s season is already a mess. They are in a rebuild, they need draft picks and they might have to trade big names. All the while, Brad Scott is coaching for his future, writes MARK ROBINSON.
THE 1961 flag was Hawthorn’s first, 1983 was emphatic and 1989 was brutal. But the Hawks’ 2014 premiership is something else writes Mark Robinson.
NOT much has been missed in the GF dissection of Lance Franklin but on the day of the big dance against his ex-sweetheart, we reveal a radical change in Buddy’s footy.
LOST somewhat in Buddymania is that Luke Hodge could elevate from a Hawthorn great to a Hawthorn legend by the end of today.
IT IS Grand Final week and yet again the Sydney Swans have to defend their COLA position.
SYDNEY’S twin towers, Gus’s courage, the new Brad Sewell and that smother. All Robbo’s hits and misses from preliminary final weekend. REPLAY LIVE CHAT
IT SHOULD be a Grand Final for the ages. There is rivalry, romance and — standing above it all — there is Buddy. Replay Robbo’s live chat.
JAMES Hird is wounded, perhaps fatally. The players must now decide if they want to fight on, and if even one doesn’t, Hird is finished.
THE tantalising occasion of Cyril Rioli’s potential return will be tempered by the deep disappointment of the player he replaces.
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