Richmond is hot favourite to win another premiership in 2020 but 12 of the Herald Sun’s footy experts are predicting another team to pinch the cup, including one massive boilover tip from ex-Cat Cam Mooney.
Hawthorn’s season hit a new low in Launceston but the Hawks’ rebuild could get a big talent injection at the top end of this year’s draft.
Carlton has dropped three players head of its clash with Melbourne, while a Demon will play his first senior game of the season. TEAMS NEWS
There have been wild scenes as North Melbourne left a rival club at breaking point as they snapped the longest losing streak in football.
From returning stars to your team’s wishlist. We take a look at every match this weekend in our Round 11 previews — a week when more than one player is looking to make a statement.
For the first time in 26 years, the AFL will hold a mid-season rookie draft. So who will your club pick up? Draft expert Matt Balmer puts his neck on the line with his PHANTOM DRAFT.
Essendon and Melbourne never looked like winning but found some intensity in the last quarter when all was lost. Why wasn’t the effort there for three quarters? Mark Robinson reveals his likes and dislikes from Round 10.
Collingwood ruckman Brodie Grundy racked up a monster 64 hit-outs and Sydney forward Sam Reid kicked a career-best six goals. Who was BOG? Vote for your best players in Round 10.
Former Brisbane Bear Simon Luhrs was one of six SANFL players called in the last mid-season AFL draft, in 1993. Out of loyalty to Central District, Luhrs declined an immediate move and was later delisted by the Hawks and 26 years on, holds no regrets
Hawthorn says Jack Gunston’s six-goal haul against Port Adelaide has not posed a setback to the possible return of former skipper Jarryd Roughead.
Port Adelaide had everything to play for against Hawthorn. So why didn’t the Power show up until the second quarter? Now locked at 5-5 and in a battle to make the finals, the club will be looking back on the 25 point headstart it gave up.
The Power — and particularly its host of youngsters — have plenty to learn from a 31-point loss to Hawthorn in Tasmania. Plus: recap quarter-by-quarter reviews here.
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