After Mason Cox took control of last year’s preliminary final, Nick Riewoldt was in awe. But can the Collingwood star repeat his heroics in 2019? Ahead of his Top 50, MARK ROBINSON reveals one of his biggest decisions.
Carlton has always said it expected the third and fourth years of its rebuild to be the toughest but is that just giving coach Brendon Bolton and his players an easy out? Mark Robinson on what he likes and dislikes at every club as we head into the 2019 season.
If there was a ladder of rumours, the Saints would be on top with the double chance. It’s a nasty world social media and the Saints have copped it. But talk of drama is a little overplayed.
Days after it was announced the AFL’s drugs policy was to be reviewed, St Kilda champion Nick Riewoldt dropped a bomb about drug use among players. Was anyone at headquarters listening? Mark Robinson on the drugs issue in the AFL.
IT was boring and almost effective. For the neutral fans, it was the former. For Melbourne fans, it was the latter. For Pies fans, it was both.
WESTERN Bulldogs coach Brendan McCartney bristled slightly on Wednesday at the suggestion his team was irrelevant or invisible.
THE question is: Who’s to blame at Richmond? Coach or players? It’s always the question, as Tigers are masters at laying blame. CAST YOUR VOTE
PUT a fork in Richmond and Carlton. So how do they approach the rest of the season now that they are done? Replay Robbo’s chat
THERE’S a simple reason Collingwood’s Travis Cloke isn’t kicking goals — his teammates aren’t kicking it to him. RELIVE ROBBO’S LIVE CHAT
JACK Riewoldt won’t be traded from Richmond at the end of the year. It’s a nonsense to suggest the club should consider it.
LAST year it was the Collingwood president, last Friday it was an Essendon member, on Monday it was a bunch of cyber rednecks.
IN April last year, life was so good for Richmond coach Damien Hardwick he waxed lyrical about making love to his wife.
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