Bombshell Buddy Franklin report stuns AFL
Reports Buddy Franklin is about to leave Sydney and continue at a rival club has been met with surprise by the Swans club boss.
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Play for 300 or not? Swan ‘living in moment’
A big decision looms for Sydney Swans champion Josh Kennedy on whether he plays on next year but he is focused for now on regaining his senior spot.
Swans respond to star’s nude photo leak
The Sydney Swans have thrown their support behind young gun Chad Warner after lewd images were leaked online without his consent.
Swan who’s ‘obsessed with getting better’
The Swans’ climb up the ladder in the past two seasons has been driven by an exciting batch of youth – and Chad Warner might be the best of the lot.
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Is this the year of ending hoodoos?
CAN the Bulldogs snap a long run of outs at Kardinia Park? Will St Kilda finally end years of pain against Sydney? It’s likely to happen if this year is anything to go by.
Get ready for a wildcard weekend
A TEAM that finishes 10th could play off for a finals spot as early as next year under a wildcard system that surprisingly had the support of clubs. How would it work?
Has the ladder ever looked like this?
ONLY one win separates first from ninth on the ladder with the past three rounds resembling a game of snakes and ladders. Who have been the biggest movers and sliders?
AFL fixture does not need to be fixed
THIS season there has been an average of 3.5 upsets a round and 11 games decided by under a goal, so a radical restructure of the fixture is just lunacy, writes JON RALPH.
Why Dusty isn’t worth $1m a year
FIELD MARSHAL: Dustin Martin’s suitors are lining up but there’s something missing. We reveal the players that can’t handle the tag and those that thrive under the pressure.
Barometer: Crameri in for surgery, Bob back
WESTERN Bulldogs forward Stewart Crameri to undergo surgery while the injury toll at GWS mounts and Hawthorn is in a world of pain. FULL INJURY LIST
Which clubs can’t nail the close ones
WINNING the tight ones can be the difference between finals and failure. So what would the AFL ladder look like if the one-goal thrillers were reversed?
Buckley just can’t take a trick
THE TACKLE: Recap Robbo’s live chat about all the big football issues including Collingwood, Buckley, Richmond and sledging plus check out this week’s likes and dislikes.
Richmond: Play for your team and not yourself
COLLINGWOOD has dropped to second last on the AFL ladder in Nathan Buckley’s make or break year, while Richmond missed a huge opportunity. WHERE YOUR CLUB SITS
Is the sleeping giant finally awake?
THEY were rated as the best bottom in history when they were winless but Sydney may well be back in town after Josh Kennedy and Dan Hannebery powered the Swans to a big with over North.
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