AFL 2020
Opinion
Hawthorn Hawks
Hawthorn need a fresh start without Kennett
Three-time premiership player James Morrissey says it’s time for change on the Hawthorn board, following the club’s treatment of Alastair Clarkson and other key decisions.
- by James Morrissey
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Hawthorn’s Clarkson-Mitchell succession plan off to a shaky start
The proposed Hawthorn handover between Alastair Clarkson and senior-coach-in-waiting Sam Mitchell is off to a rocky start.
- by Sam McClure
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Collingwood Magpies
Collingwood fall short against Port Adelaide in MCG nail-biter
Collingwood coughed up a golden opportunity to turn their season around, giving up a 13-point three-quarter-time lead to fall short by the narrowest of margins against Port Adelaide.
- by Damien Ractliffe
Bubbles, hubs and isolation: a chronicle of an AFL season like no other
What emerges from Amazon’s impressive seven-part documentary series Making Their Mark are the raw portraits of heroic individuals.
- by Debi Enker
COVID vaccine not set to be mandatory for AFL players
The AFL is unlikely to make vaccinations for COVID-19 mandatory for players in 2021 as the vaccine is rolled out.
- by Jake Niall
Richmond blast Geelong to ring up first win
The Tigers produced a dominant performance under lights at GMHBA Stadium with victory in the Djilang Game of the AFLW’s inaugural Indigenous round.
- by Sarah Burt
Do Better report has ‘changed football forever’: Lumumba
Former Collingwood premiership player Heritier Lumumba says the report is a major milestone for the game but no one should be patting themselves on the back.
- by Peter Ryan
‘Making us better’: Weitering caps rise with maiden Nicholls medal
Young star Jacob Weitering completed a fine 2020 season by belatedly being named as the Blues’ best and fairest while another young talent finished just behind him.
- by Jon Pierik
‘Not OK’: Collingwood seek to correct dearth of Indigenous players
Collingwood board member Jodie Sizer admits it is “not OK” that the club presently does not have an Indigenous player on its men’s AFL list.
- by Michael Gleeson
Lumumba’s stance vindicated, says lawyer, as senator calls for McGuire to go
A scathing report that details systemic racism at Collingwood Football Club vindicates claims made by ex-Magpie Heritier Lumumba, according to Lumumba’s lawyer.
- by Peter Ryan
Opinion
Concussion crisis
They thought we’d wreck the game: Inside the AFL’s efforts to protect the head
Wayne Campbell was umpires boss when the AFL decided on a simple rule change to protect the head. One coach hated it, players used it to milk free kicks and commentators said the game had gone soft.
- by Wayne Campbell
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