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Jon RitsonSenior Sport Producer

Jon Ritson is a sports news producer specialising in football (soccer). He has more than a decade’s experience covering the English Football League and the A-League.

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Shattering blow for Giants star

The GWS Giants have received some unwelcome news about star tagger Matt De Boer.

AFL News

Giants Matt de Boer in front of Carlton's Patrick Cripps during the AFL match GWS Giants and Carlton Blues at Giants Stadium. Picture. Phil Hillyard

Master tagger to miss two months

GWS has been rocked by news midfield stopper Matt de Boer will miss eight weeks of footy. Plus the latest on Tom Liberatore and Jake Stringer.

Giants won’t give Shaw any favours

North Melbourne caretaker coach Rhyce Shaw takes on his former club but GWS ruckman Shane Mumford says the Giants aren’t going to help their ex-teammate’s bid for the Roos’ top job.

Davis dismisses ‘now or never’ flag talk

GWS co-captain Phil Davis has helped steer the club into a position where a first flag is a very real prospect but the window of opportunity is far from closing, he tells Jon Ritson in this exclusive interview.

GWS

Toby Greene of the Giants reacts during the Round 10 AFL match between the Melbourne Demons and the GWS Giants at the MCG in Melbourne, Sunday, May 26, 2019. (AAP Image/Julian Smith) NO ARCHIVING, EDITORIAL USE ONLY

Giants hit back at AFL legend’s Greene criticism

After AFL Hall of famer Malcolm Blight quipped Toby Greene ‘should never have been born’, GWS has launched a staunch defence of its star small forward.

AFL News

Tim Taranto of the GWS Giants during a training session in Sydney, Tuesday, June 11, 2019. The Giants will play North Melbourne on June 16. (AAP Image/Joel Carrett) NO ARCHIVING

The secret of Tim’s giant success

Giants midfield coach Lenny Hayes says Tim Taranto sometimes plays a blinder, but the emerging star refuses to be satisfied. Ahead of game 50, he reveals what makes the GWS star so good.

Sydney

Hewett embraces growing stopper status

Sydney tagger George Hewett added another scalp last weekend and has credited two greats of the game for his development as one of the league’s top shut-down players.

AFL News

AFL - ROUND 12 - Adelaide Crows v GWS Giants at Adelaide Oval. Josh Kelly celebrates his goal. Picture SARAH REED

Giants: ‘Good teams bounce back’

Leon Cameron’s men could find no answer late against Adelaide, and after surrendering their grip on an all-important top-two spot, the Giants know they need to hit back.

Swans to channel spirit of Goodes and Grundy

Sydney’s Callum Mills says Adam Goodes and Heath Grundy will be at the forefront of the players’ minds when they take on reigning premiers West Coast.

AFL News

GEELONG, AUSTRALIA - JUNE 01: Isaac Heeney of the Swans marks the ball during the round 11 AFL match between the Geelong Cats and the Sydney Swans at GMHBA Stadium on June 01, 2019 in Geelong, Australia. (Photo by Darrian Traynor/Getty Images)

Heeney: We can still play finals

Isaac Heeney is ‘100 per cent’ convinced the Swans can surge up the ladder in the second half of the season, but a four-quarter performance is a must against West Coast.

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