Teams: Eddie’s classy response to shock axing
Adelaide has made a statement at selection by dropping much-loved veteran Eddie Betts but the Crows aren’t the only team to drop a selection bombshell. SEE ALL THE ROUND 19 TEAMS
Adelaide has made a statement at selection by dropping much-loved veteran Eddie Betts but the Crows aren’t the only team to drop a selection bombshell. SEE ALL THE ROUND 19 TEAMS
Adelaide is one game clear of four teams with five rounds remaining and in the box seat to secure a finals berth. Champion Data’s predictor suggests the chasing pack face an uphill battle to catch the Crows. FINAL LADDER
Ross Lyon was emphatic when he said he was committed to Fremantle, but we’ve heard this all before. Mark Robinson ponders whether this time it’s different.
Ross Lyon remains the centre of coaching speculation and with Nick Riewoldt considering joining St Kilda’s coaching subcommittee, the questions linger. But it will take something extraordinary for Lyon to ditch the Dockers.
CHRIS Scott refuses to be seduced by Geelong’s unbeaten start and ladder-topping status, declaring he is “pretty sure” the Cats are not the best team in the competition.
HAVING used three first-round picks to snare Patrick Dangerfield and Zach Tuohy, Geelong is allowed to trade another future selection after the AFL clarified future-pick trading rules.
FREMANTLE’S Harley Bennell has been kicked off a flight from Melbourne to the Gold Coast by Virgin staff for being intoxicated.
PATRICK Cripps will have a light week on the track as he attempts to ease some of the soreness that hampered him in the loss to Gold Coast. RECAP SATURDAY’S ACTION
THE enigma that is the Melbourne Football Club resurfaced and the two-point loss to a more desperate Fremantle was the result that long-suffering Demons fans feared.
COLLINGWOOD has named Jamie Elliott to face St Kilda but Chris Mayne has been dumped for the forward, while St Kilda has axed Paddy McCartin. RECAP OUR SUPERCOACH CHAT
WILL the Cats recall a key duo? Is a young Sun set for a break? Get all the last minute team news, whispers and tips ahead of Round 4 of the AFL season.
AFL DAILY: HAWKS star Jack Gunston says playing upfield this season has impacted his goalkicking but he’s not concerned ahead of clash with Geelong.
AFL DAILY: THE troubled EJ Whitten Foundation has turned to a former Hawthorn star to lift it back to its former glory. RECAP TODAY’S NEWS
AFL DAILY: Christian Petracca knows there will be a flow-on effect after losing Max Gawn for three months but the Demons are confident they can lift.
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