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Mark RobinsonChief Football Writer

Mark Robinson is News Corp’s and CODE Sports chief football writer. He has covered AFL in Melbourne for the Herald Sun for 25 years. Robbo is an award-winning journalist and an institution in Melbourne with his hard-hitting columns, analysis and news breaking in the AFL space. He has reported on coaches coming and going and players reaching the greatest heights. He is also a founding co-host of Fox Footy’s AFL 360.

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Robbo: ‘Very average’ Dees don’t look like a premiership team

The Demons’ issues inside forward 50 makes it very hard to make a case for them to win another premiership, writes Mark Robinson

AFL News

Robbo: Pie’s throwback motivation for sledgehammer hits

Brayden Maynard was a self confessed ‘frother’ when it came to watching old-school footy hits and tackles on Youtube and it shows in the way he goes about his business.

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Robbo: Will Bombers try to headhunt Hardwick?

Richmond’s season may be over but their era is not. However, that won’t stop a rival club asking the question of their coach and his plans for the future.

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Robbo: What changed at Geelong after finals failures

Geelong took a fresh look at its game plan this pre-season and the result was a dominant home-and-away season. Will it work in September? Mark Robinson investigates.

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Big footy names who helped Laidley find her true self

From the terrifying moments she thought her secret would be revealed to being welcomed back into the AFL fold, Danielle Laidley reveals the footy legends who helped her.

OpinionAFL

Robbo: Why Laidley deserves all our acceptance and admiration

Danielle Laidley will become a hero to many and deserves acceptance and admiration from us all, writes Mark Robinson.

ExclusiveAFL

Fear, addiction and salvation: Laidley’s fight for life

Danielle Laidley had never used drugs until seven years ago, yet since then, she let them almost destroy her. Read her story on how she came back from the brink.

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Robbo: The rule changes that saved footy

Mick Malthouse hates the stand rule. Sorry Mick, it is one of several changes from AFL House that have made footy fun to watch again, writes Mark Robinson.

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‘Completely insane’: AFL great’s ice binge

AFL great Danielle Laidley has revealed her lowest moment after an eight-day ice binge. And what saved her life.

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Tigers 2.0: What does the Kingsley stamp on GWS look like?

Adam Kingsley will lead the GWS Giants in the post-Leon Cameron era, and resident expert Mick McGuane has used his crystal ball to figure out what that might look like.

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