Pies fans laughing after great trade heist
Just over a year after a trade period from hell, Collingwood fans are celebrating one of the great steals of recent years after Pat Lipinski’s inspired debut in black and white. Round 1 review.
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Debut rankings: Why Crow deserved Rising Star nod
The Rising Star selectors faced a thankless task this week after so many dazzling debuts. We rank the best and find Josh Rachele might be the unluckiest debutant in history.
Lions skipper avoids serious injury
He heard a “pop” in his calf, but Brisbane Lions captain Dayne Zorko has been cleared of a serious injury.
It’s absurd: Robbo on the gut punch debacle
The AFL made it clear four years ago that they would take a tougher approach to players punching each other. And, yet, already we are letting a player off after one round.
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‘I had some pretty dark thoughts’
BRUSHED off as a bit of fun to keep the new upstart grounded in 1981, former Essendon superstar Paul Salmon tells MARK ROBINSON he saw his teammates’ antics another way.
‘Napoleon Dynamite with size 13s’
PEOPLE ask me what I made of James Kelly when I first laid eyes on him at Geelong? Try Napoleon Dynamite with size 13 feet, writes Paul Chapman.
‘I thought I was done, completely’
MOVING into retirement wasn’t easy for James Kelly but a second chance with Essendon and reaching 300 games has the classy defender in the promised land.
Trade Talk: Did your club get it right?
JON Ralph has rated every club’s trade and free agency recruits after seven weeks of the season. Does your club fall under the boom or bust category?
Who is the recruit of the year?
DID your team nail the 2016 trade period? Jon Ralph takes a look at who the big winners and losers were in the off-season deals.
Winners and losers in run home
NORTH Melbourne has a dream draw but West Coast didn’t get any favours. Champion Data rates the fixture difficulty of every club in the run to finals. How did your team fare?
Which team should be in the top four?
COLLINGWOOD should really be knocking on the door of the top eight but another Melbourne club has also paid a high price because of its goalkicking woes. How does your team rate?
Why 2017 is the AFL’s year of upsets
UPSETS have gone to a whole new level this year, which is good news for West Coast and the Bulldogs but ugly reading for Collingwood and Melbourne.
Confirmed: AFLW to expand in 2019
THE AFL has confirmed the AFL Women’s will expand in 2019. The league will remain an eight-team competition in 2018 with successful teams notified mid-year.
Sheedy’s top-10 country legends
LOCKETT, Ablett Snr, Ablett Jnr, Barassi? Kevin Sheedy has named his top-10 best VFL/AFL footballers to have come out of country Victoria. VOTE
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