In stark contrast to what happens on the field, Sydney’s biggest AFL names have found common ground at one North Bondi hot spot – where coffee, steaks and footy gossip flow freely in rugby league heartland.
Leek Aleer faces the chop after eight straight games as the Giants prepare to welcome three big names back for the Sydney Derby, but Adam Kingsley remains adamant the out-of-contract defender is still wanted by the club.
From free-flowing compliments to a social media blackout, this week’s Sydney Derby could be one of the ‘nicest’ build-ups to a rivalry game this year. But with so much on the line for both, the game is bound to explode.
Isaac Heeney’s record-breaking display stole the show, but it’s the Swans’ midfield revolution that has driven their late-season rise – with one key area shaping their recent dominance.
Isaac Heeney had one of the best individual games this century to light up a dour affair between the Swans and Roos, with the Sydney superstar proving how far off the pace the Roos truly are.
Behind Brodie Grundy’s stunning return to All-Australian form lies an obsessive preparation regimen that has not only turned the 31-year-old into the AFL’s most dominant big man, but one of the most in-form players.
Hearts were in mouths when Tom McCartin came from the field with concussion symptoms against St Kilda, but Dean Cox says the defender is on the path back to playing.
In sensational form and feeling settled in Sydney, Jake Stringer concedes his hunger for finals football helped drive his decision to leave the Bombers, as he prepares to meet his former teammates for the first time.
With two years of injury frustration behind him, Sydney skipper Callum Mills says the thought of playing in September again is driving the Swans through their do-or-die stretch.
Australian Olympic 50m freestyle champion Cam McEvoy has welcomed his first child into the world with his wife Maddi giving birth to their son.
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