AFL champion Brendon Goddard has rated every club’s midfield, forward line, defence and ruck stocks and is bullish about Melbourne’s chances of rebounding from a horror year. Where did your club rate?
Victorian clubs have seen success in recent years but there are a trio who are lagging behind the rest. And premiership coach Mick Malthouse believes its not just their work on-field that needs to be fixed.
No scandal has dominated the past decade like the Essendon supplements saga. But there have been plenty of times where footy has found itself in the headlines for the wrong reasons. Nick Smart rates the top-10 AFL scandals of the decade.
It won’t surprise that Lance Franklin, Dustin Martin and Patrick Dangerfield produced some of the best individual games of the decade. Relive their extraordinary performances and find out who else has joined them in the top 10 list.
EXCLUSIVE STATS: Geelong simply didn’t work hard enough against the Tigers. And here’s the numbers that show part of the reason why cracks are appearing. EACH TEAM’S DATA
A FREE kick paid to Eagle Luke Shuey late in his side’s stunning win over Port Adelaide has been given the green light from the AFL. HAVE YOUR SAY
THE Advertiser’s Chief Football Writer Michelangelo Rucci looks at the AFL semi-final match-up between the struggling Giants and the soaring Eagles.
How Houdini acts against Adelaide and Port Adelaide have built West Coast’s finals confidence.
RETIRED St Kilda star Nick Riewoldt says it’s time for the AFL to completely do away with the draw after the thrilling extra-time final between Port Adelaide and West Coast Eagles.
EVERYONE will debate that free kick to Luke Shuey, but Port Adelaide have to look at themselves and rue the finals chance that got away on Saturday night.
THERE have been only three AFL finals go to extra-time and now Luke Shuey has added to the list of thrilling September finishes. POST-SIREN HEROES AND VILLAINS
LUKE Shuey has brushed off accusations of ducking after kicking the match-winning goal in arguably the most dramatic finish in AFL finals history. WATCH IT
IF ADAM Simpson had to choose, it would be Luke Shuey. So the West Coast coach was quietly confident when Shuey kicked at goal to save the Eagles’ season.
PORT Adelaide’s dream of a miraculous run on the long road to the AFL premiership ended in heartbreaking circumstances as Eagle Luke Shuey kicked Port out of the finals.
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