Cute secret turns AFL star’s season around
Cameron Zurhaar went five games without a goal to start the season but he’s revealed the secret weapon which turned his season around.
Cameron Zurhaar went five games without a goal to start the season but he’s revealed the secret weapon which turned his season around.
Alastair Clarkson used the cattle-prod to motivate Sam Mitchell, but the pair’s relationship reached crisis levels after a brutal text from the master coach.
Western Bulldogs coach Luke Beveridge says he is reluctant to put a date on the return of in-form forward Aaron Naughton.
Some unwanted visitors caused chaos in the match between the Bulldogs and North Melbourne, leaving a TV presenter worse for wear.
In the search for the next Tim Kelly, who was a revelation for Geelong last season, AFL clubs have mined the state leagues for more gold nuggets. Here are six players to look out for this year.
The Silvagni name is synonymous with the Carlton Football club, so it comes as no surprise that the latest member of the family, draft pick Ben SIlvagni, would inherit a legendary Blues guernsey number. See every club’s guernsey numbers for 2019.
Mates of AFL star Majak Daw say he was “calm” and appeared in good spirits just last week, days before his plunge from the Bolte Bridge into the Yarra River on Monday night.
Plan to arrive at the footy earlier in 2019. The VFL curtain-raiser is making a comeback with up to 12 matches fixtured before AFL games next year. And some familiar old grounds will also feature.
Majak Daw recently told a documentary crew he found it lonely being an AFL pioneer. The Sudanese star is preparing for surgery on hip injuries after plunging from the Bolte Bridge into the Yarra. This is what he said weeks before the incident about his determination to overcome his demons.
Majak Daw’s journey from refugee to AFL footballer has been followed by so many people inside and outside of footy, so there was an outpouring of emotion and shock with the news he had fallen from the Bolte Bridge.
Footy great Wayne Schwass has called on AFL bodies to forget ‘agendas and outcomes’ and focus on providing better mental health support for footballers, in wake of North Melbourne star Majak Daw’s Bolte Bridge incident.
North Melbourne ruckman Todd Goldstein has dropped weight over the off-season in a bid to get the best out of his body next season, determined to help lift the Kangaroos back into the finals after missing out by one spot this year.
It doesn’t matter where your team finished on the ladder or who it recruited, fans of the 18 AFL clubs are already looking to 2019 with a nervous mix of anticipation and anxiety. So what will your club be asking for from Santa for Christmas?
Money to play, an all-indigenous side and superhero-themed teams. That’s some of the highlights footy fans and players can look forward to for a revamped AFLX Series in 2019.
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