Port coach Ken Hinkley has copped it for his team’s ‘terrorising’ tactics against Brisbane ball magnet Lachie Neale. But do it again against Richmond — just be better and more focused, Mark Robinson writes.
It is haunting and shameful. It makes you wince. It’s makes you sad and angry. And it hurts. Did this really happen? How could this happen? We aren’t the Lucky Country, we are a country with an undeniable undercurrent of racism, writes Mark Robinson.
The Gold Coast Suns are hellbent on improving their list and they have set their sights on Hawthorn great Shaun Burgoyne to play a Luke Hodge-type role in 2020, Mark Robinson writes.
Speculation that St Kilda had already chosen its man before it sacked Alan Richardson is just that, president Andrew Bassat says, with the Saints’ figurehead insisting no decision has been made on the club’s next coach.
HAWTHORN legend Jason Dunstall might be the butt of jokes on TV but has helped deliver premierships on and off the field.
IT was a preliminary final more than epic. It was historic. The Kennett Curse is over, the Hawks are into the Grand Final.
PREMIERSHIPS are earned and not deserved but Matthew Pavlich might be the exception to the rule.See Robbo’s likes and dislikes.
IS there one person at the AFL who believes the Essendon saga has been handled fairly or transparently, asks Mark Robinson.
PAUL Chapman might get lucky with a negligent and low-impact match review panel ruling, but if not, he’s gone.
MATCH REPORT: THE fairytale is over for Port Adelaide, the legend continues for Geelong and Hawthorn.
JANE Wines talks like her son Ollie plays footy: Without pretension. She hated draft day but has come to love Port Adelaide.
IN Wednesday’s Final Word, Robbo, Ralphy and Ando take a close look at the Sydney-Carlton clash.
ROBBO says back Tom Hawkins in, Ralphy says it will blow up in Geelong’s face. Our big names answer the big semi-final questions.
THE TACKLE: NO-NAMES rise to occasion, Collingwood’s culture problem and Robbo’s hits and misses from every final.
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