Best of friends become enemies for a day
ADELAIDE’S Jake Kelly and Port Adelaide’s Darcy Byrne-Jones will today have the unusual distinction of facing their best mate in a Showdown.
ADELAIDE’S Jake Kelly and Port Adelaide’s Darcy Byrne-Jones will today have the unusual distinction of facing their best mate in a Showdown.
PORT Adelaide captain Travis Boak may have “looked tired” and Adelaide captain Taylor Walker may have been “shorter” than expected, but the South Australian footy champions have still thrilled a group of their littlest fans ahead of Showdown 44.
COLLINGWOOD has named Scott Pendlebury for Sunday’s clash against Geelong despite the captain remaining in serious doubt, while a host of big names will return this weekend including Gary Ablett. SEE ALL THE TEAMS ROUND 8 TEAMS
EXPECT the blowtorch to be turned on Essendon coach John Worsfold this week as The SuperFooty Podcast panel discuss the big issues from Round 7.
THE AFL has given the OK to a controversial goal review decision that saw Kangaroo Billy Hartung awarded a goal that proved crucial to the final result on Saturday night despite Swan Jarrad McVeigh claiming he had touched it.
ADELAIDE coach Don Pyke said running defender Wayne Milera had soreness behind his knee but it was too soon to know whether he was a casualty of the club’s current hamstring curse.
GARY Ablett was declared “ready to go” but Geelong has taken a cautious approach with the little master, while a number of players return from suspension. SEE ALL THE TEAMS
AS the clamp comes down on scoring and free-flowing football, defenders took centre stage in Chris McDermott’s Team of the Week in Round 6. BLOG LIVE WITH BONE NOW.
ST KILDA coach Alan Richardson says he might have to ignore fitness concerns to spend more time working on his team’s terrible skills. The Saints kicked 7.12 against Hawthorn including the ‘miss of the century’. Recap all Saturday’s AFL action here.
COLLINGWOOD has named Chris Mayne and Jarryd Blair for their first games of 2018 as Essendon and Melbourne make a combined 10 changes for their must-win clash. SEE ALL THE INS AND OUTS
MELBOURNE coach Simon Goodwin has heeded the call in inject some speed into the Demons team by recalling Jayden Hunt, while Collingwood has named an unchanged side for Anzac Day.
WE ALL laughed at North Melbourne over the pre-season when Brad Scott said Jarrad Waite’s best footy was ahead of him and Jamie Macmillan said they’d be “shattered” not to play finals but is the joke on us? NEW SUPERFOOTY PODCAST UP NOW
RICHMOND midfielder Jack Graham has been banned for one match after his appeal at the AFL Tribunal failed. Earlier, Bulldog Lachie Hunter accepted his suspension.
DID Melbourne get ahead of itself? Adam Cooney joins The SuperFooty Podcast as our panel of experts dissect all the big issues from a pulsating Round 4 of AFL footy. LISTEN HERE
NATHAN Buckley has praised his side’s “strong four-quarter performance” against Adelaide saying the “significant” win can build belief in what the club is trying to achieve. BLOG RE-CAP
HAWTHORN rookie David Mirra has finally got his AFL chance almost 10 years since first nominating for the draft while St Kilda has made four changes. SUNDAY TEAMS CONFIRMED
INAUGURAL AFLW premiership coach Bec Goddard is returning to Canberra for career reasons after a two-year stint as Adelaide Crows boss.
WHEN Crows midfielder Hugh Greenwood laces up his football boots on Friday night, he’ll remember his late mother Andree.
EDDIE Betts might just be one of the classiest men in Australia. He’s said sorry to the selfie-wanting fan he turned down — because he was busy watching his daughters being born.
MOVE over Collingwood-Essendon … there’s a newer, bigger blockbuster in town. At least that’s what our SuperFooty Podcast team believe as they review the big issues of Round 3 and cast an eye ahead. LISTEN TO THE SUPERFOOTY PODCAST NOW
AFTER another morale-sapping loss, St Kilda coach Alan Richardson is looking for answers. And one might lie at the selection table next week. RECAP THE ACTION HERE
RICHMOND make three changes but Dion Prestia is not one of them, while Geelong has left out Scott Selwood and the Western Bulldogs snub Tom Boyd again. SEE THE TEAMS
JUST two games into the 2018 season Collingwood coach Nathan Buckley faces one of the biggest games of is career against Carlton. THE SUPERFOOTY PODCAST
RICHMOND star Josh Caddy will miss Sunday’s blockbuster against Hawthorn after accepting a one-match ban while Sun Jack Bowes has been offered the same penalty with a host of fines handed out.
THERE’s officially another Rioli in the AFL after West Coast revealed it will unleash Willie Rioli for his debut against the Bulldogs on Sunday. SEE ALL THE TEAMS FOR ROUND 2
ADELAIDE has put away some significant question marks that lingered from the Crows’ grand final loss to Richmond with a stirring win in the rematch with the Tigers at Adelaide Oval
ROUND One leaves the Crows and Power with big – but simple – decisions to make at their football meetings on Monday morning, writes Sports Editor at Large, Michelangelo Rucci.
IT would be fair to say Channel 7 commentator Brian Taylor doesn’t have a lot of time for esports. ‘I’m not quite sure what it is you do’ was just a small part of his exchange with the Bomers’ esports team. WATCH HERE
WATCH LIVE: Patrick Dangerfield is officially out for Geelong but Gary Ablett will face Melbourne. Nic Naitanui and Cyril Rioli will also make their long-awaited returns. SEE THE TEAMS HERE
WESTERN Bulldogs confident of retaining free agents Luke Dahlhaus and Tom Liberatore while the Sun Tom Lynch and Eagle Jeremy McGovern are gaining plenty of interest. SEE FULL FREE AGENCY LIST
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