The AFL is close to releasing the next fixture block after Round 13, and the league isn’t ruling out another festival of footy if the players give it the green light. Here’s a few hints what the next few rounds may contain.
Who predicted this at the start of the season? St Kilda is sitting pretty in second spot on the ladder with the club set to play finals for the first time since 2011. But don’t be too focused on the top eight. A double chance inside the top four is within their grasp.
Ben and Max King’s mum thought she was doing the right thing when she sent a care package up to the twins. But there was one problem the rising Suns star pointed out very quickly – and it’s set the scene for the boys’ first battle on an AFL field.
GWS will be without star forward Toby Greene for some time after the extent of his hamstring injury was worse than first predicted. And he’s not the only Giant set for a stint on the sidelines.
JON Ralph has rated every club’s trade and free agency recruits after seven weeks of the season. Does your club fall under the boom or bust category?
GOLD Coast chairman Tony Cochrane concedes it will be Port Adelaide that decides who gets the next invitation to be its AFL rival in China. But the Suns won’t change jumpers to get the nod next year.
YOU would swear the Power and Suns were the first sporting teams from Australia to ever bravely leave our fair shores given all the carry on, writes Greg Davis.
DID your team nail the 2016 trade period? Jon Ralph takes a look at who the big winners and losers were in the off-season deals.
NORTH Melbourne has a dream draw but West Coast didn’t get any favours. Champion Data rates the fixture difficulty of every club in the run to finals. How did your team fare?
IT probably went right over the heads of the Chinese media at the first bilingual AFL press conference, but not the Port Adelaide delegation.
COLLINGWOOD should really be knocking on the door of the top eight but another Melbourne club has also paid a high price because of its goalkicking woes. How does your team rate?
“WE’VE got to get the job done!” With those words in-form Port Adelaide midfielder Brad Ebert summed up the players’ attitude to Sunday’s groundbreaking clash against Gold Coast in China.
UPSETS have gone to a whole new level this year, which is good news for West Coast and the Bulldogs but ugly reading for Collingwood and Melbourne.
GOLD Coast took travel out of the equation when making the bold decision to recall defender Rory Thompson for the clash with Port Adelaide in China.
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