‘Driven to be perfect’: Essendon’s diamond in the rough
Kaine Baldwin was once considered the country’s best key forward prospect but his journey to a round 1 debut went on a wild detour
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Bomber blow as star ruled out of round 1
An interrupted pre-season has left one star Bomber short of fitness for round 1.
AFL legend’s secret health battle revealed
Football icon Matthew Lloyd has revealed he was given a shock diagnosis recently after an episode where he lost control of parts of his body.
Hird’s dad: Demetriou’s take on Bombers ‘hypocrisy on stilts’
James Hird’s father Allan has launched a scathing attack on Andrew Demetriou’s most recent account of the Essendon supplements saga and his ‘crocodile tears’ for Jobe Watson.
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SuperLadder: Demons back on track
ADELAIDE is the only unbeaten team as GWS climb above Geelong and Richmond and Melbourne sneaks back into the top eight. How is your club placed after Round 6?
Anzac Day a distant memory for Joe
JUST when Joe Daniher seemed about to announce himself as a genuine star, he produced a performance that was part black comedy, part farce in Essendon’s 38-point loss to Melbourne.
‘Players are not target of umpires’
UMPIRES’ boss Peter Schwab has rubbished claims players with bad behaviour records are targetted after Toby Greene was heard being told he had been getting “close to the edge”.
Good, bad and ugly of your AFL club
WHO’S been good, who’s struggling and who has question marks over them? After five rounds of the AFL season, JON ANDERSON looks at every club.
The Barometer: Star Swan sidelined
UPDATE: JOHN Longmire on Kieren Jack, likely Tiger changes for its trip to Adelaide, a serious blow for Fremantle and how will Melbourne cover its ruck crisis? INJURY LIST
Anzac Day ‘make or break’ for Pies, Dons
DEFEAT in today’s Anzac Day clash is curtains for the Magpies and if the Bombers lose it makes things very tough, MICK MALTHOUSE writes.
Rioli leads Hawks’ unlikely game changers
THE TACKLE: THERE was plenty to like about the Hawks unheralded list of match winners yesterday — and then there was Cyril, MARK ROBINSON writes.
Timeline: How Essendon drug saga unfolded
AFTER 36 months, the saga looks to have finally concluded. The saga of the Essendon 34 has dominated headlines for three years, here are the key milestones.
Essendon saga ‘will end up killing me’
MARK Thompson says he has been left “bitter and twisted” by the Essendon supplement saga which ruined his marriage and is “probably going to end up killing me”.
‘Worst free kick in the history of the game’
DEBATE rages over the deliberate out-of-bounds interpretation, leaving plenty of AFL pundits confused and bemused, MARK ROBINSON writes.
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