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Malthouse: Is your captain made for finals?

Malthouse: Is your captain made for finals?

A captain doesn’t win or lose games but a good leader can change of the course of a contest and inspire teammates to perform. Mick Malthouses assesses the captains still in the finals hunt.

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Cats housemates Esava Ratugolea, Brandon Parfitt  and Quinton Narkle  at home for a feature story. Picture: Alison Wynd

How Cats recruits became close mates

Esava is the messy one, Quinton is the forgetful one and Brandan is the master chef. But they all just go together. And on Sunday, they will all run out together in Narkle’s designed indigenous jersey.

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MELBOURNE, AUSTRALIA - APRIL 07: Gold Coast players celebrates the win on the final siren during the round three AFL match between the Western Bulldogs and the Gold Coast Suns at Marvel Stadium on April 07, 2019 in Melbourne, Australia. (Photo by Michael Dodge/Getty Images)

How did your club lose this one?

Losing to Gold Coast in Round 3 could cost the Bulldogs a finals spot, but every team has had at least one ‘what the?’ defeat in 2019. Here are the worst from every side.

AFL
AFL Round 23 results predictions graphic.

Ultimate guide to where your club can finish

How can Richmond finish as minor premier? Would the Bulldogs hold onto eighth if they lost? We’ve crunched the numbers on every possible scenario for your team in Round 23 to find out the best and worse-case scenarios.

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Tom Bellchambers of the Bombers runs with the ball during an Essendon Bombers training session at the Hangar in Tullamarine, Melbourne, Wednesday, August 7, 2019. (AAP Image/Scott Barbour) NO ARCHIVING

Dons ring Bellchambers, Rough won’t travel

Essendon could bring in big gun Tom Bellchambers for its blockbuster with Collingwood, but Hawthorn didn’t quite “shoot Bambi”, even though retiring great Jarryd Roughead won’t make the trip to WA. EVERY CLUB’S INJURIES

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