Footy united: AFL’s first step in 153-game journey
AFL boss Gillon McLachlan says players and the footy industry as a whole wants “to get moving”, the league unveiling its plans for Round 1 in the face of the coronavirus pandemic.
AFL boss Gillon McLachlan says players and the footy industry as a whole wants “to get moving”, the league unveiling its plans for Round 1 in the face of the coronavirus pandemic.
The AFL is preparing for ‘ghost matches’ to be played behind closed doors in Round 1 due to the coronavirus threat. Here’s what it means if you bought a ticket for any opening round game.
A new footy season means every club starts with one key ingredient – hope! But as Titus O’Reily quickly discovers, there is certainly different levels of it out in supporter land. Check out his hilarious supporter guide.
A young ruckman is set to be given a big chance at the Tigers, while a number of top draft picks will be unleashed throughout the competition. Which new faces will be given a chance at your club?
LAST year Eagle Josh Kennedy entered the Grand Final ranked No.1 and finished it as No.43. This year it’s Lance Franklin and if he fires, look out Dogs.
IT could have been so different for Luke Dahlhaus. The star Bulldog feared he may have suffered an ACL injury just three months ago.
WE have a winner in the Herald Sun expert tipping for 2016. But who do all our tipsters think will win the big one. Plus see why and get their Norm Smith medal selections!
AS his beloved team prepares for the big dance, Danny McGinlay – the brains behind the Bulldogs’ brilliant banners – gives a gift to fans whose teams missed out: every club’s season on a banner.
IT’S been decades of pain for Bulldogs fans. Now they are showing their true colours — and some are going to extremes to prove they bleed red, white and blue.
ROSS Lyon called it “The Blast”. Whatever name you give it, the first 20 minutes of football in every Sydney game is brutal, writes Dermott Brereton.
DOUBT over the fitness of Western Bulldogs defender Matt Suckling has increased after the superboot failed to get out of a jog on Thursday.
PREMIERSHIP POSTERS REVEALED: Herald Sun’s cartoonist Mark Knight shows off his Swans and Bulldogs designs. FIND OUT WHERE TO BUY
PUNTERS are split down the middle over the winner of Saturday’s Grand Final and there is big money on the first premiership to be decided in extra-time. WHERE IS THE MONEY GOING?
FOR Susan Alberti – a lifelong Western Bulldogs fan, the club’s vice-president and benefactor – it’s been an exhausting and exhilarating week.
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