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Kevin Sheedy and Leigh Matthews at the Shrine of Remembrance this week.

How Kevin Sheedy’s 1977 miskick sparked a 30-year Anzac Day tradition

Kevin Sheedy was pottering in his garden and focusing on ways to promote the game when he had the brainwave that birthed a blockbuster.

  • Scott Spits

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Airing his frustration: Melbourne president Brad Green has called on the Demons to get busy against Fremantle on Saturday.

‘Not the standard we expect’: Dees president backs coach, players despite horror start

Brad Green has moved to ease the frustration fans are experiencing amid a winless start to the season, coming as an AFL great says coach Simon Goodwin is on the ropes.

  • Jon Pierik
Collingwood influencers Paul Licuria (front left), Jodie Sizer , Eddie McGuire, Jordan De Goey (back left), and Sally Capp.

‘Never talked about this’: The power struggle that moved a Collingwood great to tears

Money is not a pressing concern for Collingwood, but the Magpies have grappled with a more destructive force.

  • Stephen Brook
Melbourne coach Simon Goodwin.

Enough is enough: Simon Goodwin on personal attacks and the Demons’ culture

In an exclusive interview, Melbourne coach Simon Goodwin speaks about club culture, the allegations haunting the Demons, his personal hurt, and attempting to get the Dees back on track.

  • Caroline Wilson
Dejected Magpies after the loss to the Swans.

Do Collingwood have a premiership hangover or is this their sober reality?

The pageantry of their premiership celebrations has not masked Collingwood’s sluggish start to 2024. The question is, can they recover, or has their moment passed?

  • Greg Baum
Collingwood coach Craig McRae.

McRae of sunshine: The Lion bringing his winning ways to Collingwood

If Collingwood win, Craig McRae will have turned this gargantuan powerhouse yet perennial bridesmaid club into a word that he likes to use and which has seldom been attached to them for decades: winners.

  • Jake Niall
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Burying the Colliwobbles for good? How the Pies keep making the deal without sealing it

Collingwood lug a historic deadweight of losing grand finals into this year’s decider. Will a new and different style of coach and team bring a change of luck?

  • Greg Baum
Michael McLean with Andrew Dillon in Darwin on Friday.

Meeting the godfather: Why incoming AFL boss sought a touch of ‘Magic’

Michael McLean has been fighting racism on the footy field for 30 years, and he’s still doing it in his own, quiet but profoundly effective, way.

  • Jake Niall
Jagga Smith (left), playing for Vic Metro last month.

The Scoop: Uproar as coach Matthew Lloyd sends a tagger to Jagga

If you haven’t heard of teenager Jagga Smith by now, write the name down. You’re going to get used to it.

  • Sam McClure
Damien Hardwick.

Buckley ‘no’ to Tigers as coaching merry-go-round heats up

What does the future hold for Ken Hinkley? Is Brett Ratten set for a return to senior coaching ranks? Will Richmond go with a previously untried coach? Damien Hardwick’s resignation at Punt Road threatens to set off another round of coaching dominoes.

  • Jon Pierik and Peter Ryan

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