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Russell Gould is a senior sportswriter with nearly 20 years’ experience across a wide variety of sports including AFL, cricket, golf, rugby league, rugby and horse racing. Starting as a sports reporter at MX, then the Herald Sun, he has written news and in-depth features as well as covering major events in both Melbourne and around the world, from the 2003 rugby World Cup, though to the 2019 Ashes in England, two US Masters at Augusta and every Boxing Day Test since 2010. Having also spent four years as the Herald Sun sports chief of staff, he is now the founding sports editor of NCA NewsWire.

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AFL Round 10. 22/05/2021. Carlton vs Hawthorn at the MCG. Hawthorn assistant coach Sam Mitchell . Pic: Michael Klein

The man Pies would be ‘crazy’ not to talk to

Names are flying around thick and fast to replace Nathan Buckley, and one former Hawthorn premiership star should be high on the list.

Autralia's Steve Smith plays a shot during the third and last one day international (ODI) cricket match of a three-match series between India and Australia at the M. Chinnaswamy Stadium in Bangalore on January 19, 2020. (Photo by Manjunath KIRAN / AFP) / ----IMAGE RESTRICTED TO EDITORIAL USE - STRICTLY NO COMMERCIAL USE----- / GETTYOUT

Tour carnage as Smith set to join Aussie withdrawals

Australia are expected to be without up to six frontline players for their upcoming dual T20 tours of West Indies and Bangladesh as injuries and time in biosecurity bubbles take a brutal toll.

GOLD COAST, AUSTRALIA - JUNE 09: Matt Rowell of the Suns runs during a Gold Coast Suns AFL training session at Metricon Stadium on June 09, 2021 in Gold Coast, Australia. (Photo by Chris Hyde/Getty Images)

Rookie gun ‘absolutely ready’ for return

Not many second-year players can spend 11 games out with a serious knee injury and then be rushed straight back into an AFL team, but this young star can.

Hawthorn v Sydney Adam Goodes & Josh Kennedy Picture:Wayne Ludbey

Goodes an ‘absolute champion in our eyes’

Adam Goodes may have knocked back an offer to join the AFL Hall of Fame, but he will always be a legend at the Sydney Swans according to his teammates.

Collingwood is imploding big time.

Collingwood implosion claims another victim

Collingwood coach Nathan Buckley’s decision to quit as coach is the latest in a long line of 2021 moments that have unravelled the power club.

SYDNEY, AUSTRALIA - JUNE 04: Max Gawn of the Demons is congratulated by team mates after kicking a goal during the round 12 AFL match between the Melbourne Demons and the Brisbane Lions at GIANTS Stadium on June 04, 2021 in Sydney, Australia. (Photo by Cameron Spencer/AFL Photos/via Getty Images)

Ladder-leaders caught in a tricky situation

Last year Melbourne played five games in 21 days, but now the AFL ladder-leaders have to keep winning momentum going with just one game over the next 23.

MELBOURNE, AUSTRALIA - MAY 28: Max Gawn of the Demons celebrates a goal with Luke Jackson of the Demons during the 2021 AFL Round 11 match between the Western Bulldogs and the Melbourne Demons at Marvel Stadium on May 28, 2021 in Melbourne, Australia. (Photo by Dylan Burns/AFL Photos via Getty Images)

Demons young gun gets stunning compliment

He hasn’t even played 20 AFL games, but rookie Melbourne ruckman Luke Jackson has already been compared to one of the best big men in the game.

GEELONG, AUSTRALIA - JUNE 08: Patrick Dangerfield of the Cats arrives ahead of a closed training session at Kardinia Park on June 08, 2021 in Geelong, Australia. (Photo by Daniel Pockett/Getty Images)

Big fixture news for AFL amid Covid crisis

Government exemptions have allowed the AFL to lock in games in South Australia, Queensland and Tasmania this weekend with Melbourne on the verge of coming out of lockdown.

PERTH, AUSTRALIA - MARCH 21: Matt Rowell of the Suns leaves the field with coach Stuart Dew during the 2021 AFL Round 01 match between the West Coast Eagles and the Gold Coast Suns at Optus Stadium on March 21, 2021 in Perth, Australia. (Photo by Will Russell/AFL Photos via Getty Images)

Rookie sensation gets OK to return

The AFL was robbed of it’s best young player for a second straight season when he went down in Round 1 with a knee injury but now this Gold Coast star has given the green light to return.

PARIS, FRANCE - JUNE 07: Dylan Alcott of Australia lifts the winners trophy following victory in their quad wheelchair mens singles final against Sam Schroder of The Netherlands during day nine of the 2021 French Open at Roland Garros on June 07, 2021 in Paris, France. (Photo by Julian Finney/Getty Images)

French Open three-peat for Aussie star

For the third year in a row in France, and 13th time in his career, Aussie ace Dylan Alcott is a Grand Slam champion.

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