Collingwood’s coaching succession plan was well-known by the 2011 finals series. While rumours swirled of a player push to keep Mick Malthouse in charge, the coaching great says he never put pressure on the board. SACKED PODCAST
North Melbourne had Collingwood jumping at shadows last Saturday night and the Roos’ renewed toughness under Rhyce Shaw has the competition talking.
The very least Alan Richardson has done is prepare the groundwork for an eventual St Kilda premiership tilt, as his mature-agers, high picks and rising ruckman shone in a fighting loss to the Tigers.
After Carlton sacked Brendon Bolton, which assistant coaches will lead the race to replace him? From a return for Brett Ratten to Sam Mitchell, Jon Ralph analyses the senior coaches-in-waiting.
REPLAY CHAT: THE AFL will only be truly inclusive when a player comes out as openly gay and no one really cares, says Jon Ralph.
LISTEN NOW: HOST Anthony Hudson, Sam Edmund and Jon Ralph wrap up a fascinating weekend of footy.
IF Carlton denies Bryce Gibbs’ request about its future, that tells him everything he needs to know about how they value him.
JONATHAN Brown charged back with the flight of the ball on Saturday, knowing a collision could spell the end of his AFL career.
TAKE a look back at Jon Ralph’s piece from August last year, in which he explained why Tania Hird is James’s Michelle Obama.
JON Ralph rates all 58 free agents for 2015, revealing who is a chance to move, who might be a bargain, and who is battling for another deal.
PAUL Roos has stats boffins scratching their heads after crazy numbers in first NAB Cup game.
ESSENDON coach Mark Thompson has lost his most important player for the toughest stretch of the season.
NEW Carlton recruit Cameron Wood was seen to have written his own football obituary late in the 2012 season.
AS recently as last year the pre-season draft was a vehicle for lashings of suspense and controversy.
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