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PERTH, AUSTRALIA - JULY 01: Cameron Rayner of the Lions celebrates after a goal during the round 15 AFL match between the Fremantle Dockers and the Brisbane Lions at Optus Stadium on July 1, 2018 in Perth, Australia.  (Photo by Paul Kane/Getty Images)

Hodgey’s help guides Rayner to Rising Star

CAMERON Rayner would get home from training and be tempted by a packet of chips or chocolate bar. That was until the Brisbane Lions No.1 draft pick and Round 15 Rising Star started picking the brains of 2001 No.1 draft pick Luke Hodge.

Bulldogs
AFL Round 14. 23/06/2018. Western Bulldogs vs North Melbourne at Etihad Stadium.  Western Bulldogs Ed Richards celebrates his goal in the fourth quarter   . Pic: Michael Klein

Special Ed comes up trumps in frantic minutes

IN last year’s frantic countdown to the 2pm trade deadline, the Western Bulldogs were extra busy as nine draft picks flipped around, but with livewire Ed Richards now at the club those crazy few minutes seem well worth it.

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Jordan De Goey, Paddy McCartin and Angus Brayshaw together during an impromptu game of draftee basketball at Kurrawa Beach on the Gold Coast

Brayshaws, McCartins help each other through

ANGUS Brayshaw and Paddy McCartin’s mothers have supported each other through their sons’ concussion battles with hypnotherapy a helpful tool. Meanwhile, Richmond’s Nick Vlastuin has copped a one-match ban.

Richmond
AFL 2nd Qualifying Final. Geelong v Richmond at the MCG . Richmond's Jacob Townsend celebrates a last qtr goal with Jack Riewoldt  . Pic: Michael Klein

Why isn’t Tigers v Swans at the MCG?

AS of Friday Richmond boasts over 97,000 members, the most of any club in the AFL. So why are the Tigers taking on the Swans at Etihad Stadium instead of the MCG? Sam Landsberger reveals why clubs are angry.

Nrth Melb
HOBART, AUSTRALIA - MAY 19: Ben Brown of the Kangaroos celebrates a goal  during the 2018 AFL round nine match between the North Melbourne Kangaroos and the GWS Giants at Blundstone Arena on May 19, 2018 in Hobart, Australia. (Photo by Adam Trafford/AFL Media/Getty Images)

Is the race for the Coleman Medal over?

WITH Jeremy Cameron’s looming suspension, Ben Brown is now the raging favourite to take out this year’s Coleman Medal. Can anyone catch him? Sam Landsberger looks at the rise of the star Roo.

Lions
LAUNCESTON, AUSTRALIA - DECEMBER 19: Hugh McCluggage of the Lions is tackled by teammate Dayne Zorko during the Brisbane Lions AFL pre-season training session at University of Tasmania Stadium on December 19, 2017 in Launceston, Australia. (Photo by Michael Willson/AFL Media/Getty Images)

Lions ’enjoyed’ radical rule trial

ANCHORED full-back and full-forwards in giant goalsquares have been trialled by Brisbane Lions players with captain Dayne Zorko revealing he enjoyed the radical rule changes.

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