Baby ‘blessing’ driving Port star after inconsistent year
Aliir Aliir is coming off what he describes as an inconsistent year. But now he has a special ‘blessing’ driving him. He opens up on that and being reunited with family in Perth.
Aliir Aliir is coming off what he describes as an inconsistent year. But now he has a special ‘blessing’ driving him. He opens up on that and being reunited with family in Perth.
Several clubs would move heaven and earth to secure this rising Power forward. But the club remains confident they can ward off rival interest.
A month after having his board bid denied, Port Adelaide legend Warren Tredrea returned to the fold for the club’s night of nights. Here’s what went down.
Todd Marshall was worried he was about to be dropped. Then came a chat that turned the trajectory of the young forward’s career. DANIEL CHERNY reports.
A South Australian Senator is calling for a freeze on taxpayers’ funds going to AFL clubs Port Power and the Adelaide Crows. He argues it could help on-field performance if the clubs’ boards were picked by members not “over lunch at the Adelaide Club”.
Ben Brown was dropped, then when he regained his place in the North Melbourne team he didn’t last one quarter. Injured and out of contract, will he be at the Kangaroos next year? Robbo’s Round 10 likes and dislikes.
Port Adelaide’s bold bid to join the AFL split South Australian footy. The journalist who broke the story reveals how the AFL played the situation to its advantage and why he admired the Port leadership. DIVIDED PODCAST: LISTEN TO EPISODE 2
The Chad Wingard trade was seen as the final piece of Hawthorn returning to premiership contention and Port Adelaide conceding it was time to go back to the drawing board. But things haven’t turned out like that.
AFL commentator Jason Dunstall caught footy fans’ attention with two very different takes on similar incidents in the same game.
A Rising Star nomination in the morning, a gutsy victory against the Bulldogs in the evening. That was just Mitch Georgiades’ Monday – and he’s revealed Brad Ebert has been the mentor that is helping him settle in at Port.
Footy fans waited four long months to get back to Adelaide Oval. However, since the resumption of the AFL season, crowd numbers have not reached the maximum and capacity at the ground is about to be cut in half.
Ross Oakley, the former AFL CEO from 1986-1996, says Port Adelaide’s bid 30 years ago to join the AFL ultimately created the Adelaide Crows. DIVIDED PODCAST: LISTEN TO EPISODE 1
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