Winners and losers: Every club’s fixture rated
Matches at the MCG? Not many interstate trips? Double up matches against finalists or bottom eight sides from 2019? See the positives and negatives of your club’s 2020 fixture.
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AFL games you can’t miss in 2020
Rematches, grudge matches and an outlandish prediction for Eddie Betts’ return to Adelaide Oval. We take a look at the match-ups fans won’t want to miss in 2020.
Dons get dream fixture, Pies’ nightmare run
Essendon, Western Bulldogs and Melbourne have been handed very favourable fixtures for 2020 but preliminary finalists Collingwood are facing a tough start and even tougher double up games.
Round 1 draw revealed: Dees face horror start
Melbourne has been given no favours by the AFL in its bid to quickly forget a horrific 2019 season, handed the toughest task in football to begin 2020. FULL ROUND 1 FIXTURE
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‘Baby Bombers’ are vets next to GWS
WHEN Essendon’s band of whiz kids were dubbed ‘The Baby Bombers’ way back in 1993, they boasted almost double the finals experience GWS have now.
Whitfield furore puts Gubby in hot seat
RIGHTLY or wrongly, the Lachie Whitfield furore has left Graeme “Gubby” Allan with a target on his back, writes Mark Robinson.
Ex-girlfriend tipped ASADA off on Whitfield
THE whistleblower in the Lachie Whitfield drugs case tipped off ASADA after two months of inaction by Greater Western Sydney football boss Graeme Allan.
Did scorned lover dob in Giant?
GWS Giants star Lachie Whitfield, who is at the centre of an AFL probe, claims he is the victim of revenge. His ex-girlfriend, meanwhile, admitted she “might” be the source of the allegations and called him a ‘c***’.
Why the Giants can stun the AFL
THE GWS Giants team entering the first Sydney Derby final will not be comprised of a bunch of gun kids on work experience. It will be a formidable outfit, a genuine threat, a premiership contender.
AFL final or not … ‘It’s still footy’
I CAN’T wait for next Saturday and the chance to take on the Swans in September, writes PHIL DAVIS. Like 15 of my teammates, I’ll be making my finals debut.
Women’s AFL stars’ salary revealed
THE AFL is proposing to pay the majority of players in the inaugural national women’s league $5000 in their debut season.
Patton’s arrival perfect timing for Giants
JEREMY Cameron has long been tagged as the superstar forward to rival Lance Franklin in Sydney but his forward-line partner is quickly making a name for himself.
ASADA to rule on GWS drug probe
UPDATE: THE AFL has completed its investigation into Lachie Whitfield and two GWS staff members over claims the No.1 draft pick avoided drug testers.
Swans v GWS grand final would rock AFL
IT’S time for Melbourne to eat humble pie and get behind the possibility of an all-Sydney AFL grand final for the good of the game, writes BEN HORNE.
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