SERENA Williams has broken her silence on the US Open women’s final saga maintaining her stance that female players should be held on a level playing field to their male counterparts and that she did not receive coaching.
JARRYD Roughead will play at Hawthorn next year as Alastair Clarkson declared the club’s bottom tier must improve if it is to continue to contend. Recap Clarko’s take on his side’s straight sets finals exit.
WHO stood tall and who crumbled under the pressure of finals? Key Demons were brilliant while some experienced Hawks had games they’d rather forget. Get every player’s rating here.
WESTERN Bulldogs president Peter Gordon believes a US-style class action against the AFL relating to concussion would fail. Listen to the new Beyond Reasonable Clout podcast here.
FOR Alastair Clarkson it’s never been about the individual. But as the Hawks coaching great strives for more AFL glory, LAUREN WOOD visited Kaniva — where the locals will all be right behind one man.
VERSATILE Demon Tom McDonald has made a stunning transition from rugged backman to star forward, but it may not have happened without his tireless work ethic and an oven timer at the family farm in country Victoria.
MELBOURNE co-captain Nathan Jones has endured his share of football pain, so much so that he pondered leaving the Dees “a million times”. But he tells Lauren Wood he’s not one to walk away.
AFL great Matthew Lloyd has called for Toby Greene’s studs up marking style to be outlawed despite the dynamic Giant escaping penalty for his controversial action. VOTE HERE
THE prospect of a two-against-one battle doesn’t daunt Max Gawn, with the All-Australian ruckman relishing the prospect of taking on what he sees as one of the most dominant duos in the game.
THEY hit the 2018 season with high hopes but the Bombers couldn’t live up to the hype. Is this just short term pain or will Essendon fans be waiting a while for a flag tilt? Lauren Wood looks at how to make the Bombers great again.
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