Bad luck Bevo, AFL stands firm on rules
If Luke Beveridge is waiting for the AFL to backflip on its new runner rule, he might be waiting a while. MARK ROBINSON reports that there will be no change to any rule prior to Round 1.
Mark Robinson
Robbo: Will the AFL listen to its fans in twilight debate?
The fans don’t want it. The players don’t want it. But will that stop the AFL from bringing in a twilight Grand Final? MARK ROBINSON calls on the league to listen to its fans.
Robbo: why Joe must be Velvet Sledgehammer 2.0
There’s a lot of similarities between Joe Daniher and Matthew Lloyd and if Essendon is to go deep into September, the Bombers’ current spearhead must find his physical edge, Mark Robinson writes.
AFL has embarrassed itself with LED boards
Clubs won’t publicly say the new LED bench boards are a joke because they don’t want to embarrass headquarters. They don’t have to, the AFL has already embarrassed itself, writes Mark Robinson.
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It’s not the Collingwood Football League, Ed
EXTENDED VERSION: EDDIE McGuire’s request for compensation from the AFL is nothing more than whingeing. RECAP ROBBO’S LIVE CHAT
Rolling maul of lawyers and processes
If Friday’s Federal Court hearing was the first quarter of a match between Essendon and ASADA, it clearly was bogged down by too many processes.
Browny was a player loved by all
WHEN I remember Jonathan Brown I think of that mark. It was 2002 against Hawthorn and Brown launches himself and takes a high chest mark.
The Tackle: Blues, Tigers in crisis
EXTENDED VERSION: THE crisis on the field at Richmond and Carlton has no boundaries, says Mark Robinson. Replay Robbo’s live chat
Robbo: Do something, Bucks
DO bogey sides really exist? Or is it slapdash rhetoric to ignore the fact one team is simply better than the other?
Someone’s bluffing at the drugs saga table
IT’S a game of poker. At the table is Essendon, ASADA, the AFL, the players, WADA and Stephen Dank. They look at their cards and each other.
Robbo: Bombers must stand and fight
ESSENDON’S D-Day has arrived. Now it’s time for chairman Paul Little to launch D-Day himself, as the club strongly considers filing a Federal Court challenge today.
The Tackle: Tigers lack leaders, depth, discipline
THIS hurt all involved with Richmond more than some of the insipid performances already consigned to history this season.
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