Huge injury blow for star Docker Hogan
Gun forward Jesse Hogan’s trip to the specialist in Melbourne has delivered the worst possible news for the Fremantle Dockers as they cling on to a season that is fast slipping away. EARLY ROUND 18 INJURY NEWS
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It’s OK to leave game alone, great tells AFL
The AFL is open to reducing interchange rotations as a way to cut tackle numbers but a premiership star says the game doesn’t need more rule changes.
The Tackle: Has Woosha saved his job?
Three weeks ago, John Worsfold was on the brink — his papers weren’t quite stamped, but unless there was a decent push for a finals spot, he was unlikely to coach next year. What a difference three wins makes.
‘What in the hell was Gold Coast thinking?’
As Gold Coast languishes at the bottom of the AFL table, an ex-Sun the club didn’t want is flourishing at its top-placed neighbour. Jon Anderson assesses every AFL club after Round 17.
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Brownlow runner-up Priddis now needs more
MATT Priddis’s shot at building one of the great AFL resumes could hinge on the Grand Final after he fell just three votes short of back-to-back Brownlow Medals.
Who will top your club’s Brownlow votes?
THEY might not get the medal but the battle is on for Brownlow bragging rights at every club. Who will the umpires favour at your club?
‘Plasticine Man’ a running joke
JEREMY McGovern has established himself as a star of the competition, but he’s also become known for something less desirable.
What your team has to do to win
FIELD MARSHAL: THEY are the deal-breakers, the non-negotiables that must be met if a side is to advance. Sam Edmund breaks down each final.
A footy club’s worst nightmare
OFF-field injuries can strike at any time. Matthew Richardson remembers some of the worst — and the one he kept secret from Richmond his entire career.
Drugs ‘not a big issue at West Coast’
DANIEL Kerr says he’s surprised at the belief there was a “huge group of West Coast Eagles players” doing drugs during his time at the club.
10 things you didn’t know about Chris Judd
A SHEEP wore Judd’s number, his mum wrote a song about him and he was pipped by Brad Pitt in a “peachiest” backside survey. It gets weirder.
The game that made Chris Judd
CHRIS Judd had 46 three-vote games in his AFL career but it was a day he didn’t receive best-on-ground honours many remember most fondly.
Who’s on your club’s father-son radar
THEY’RE the giftwrapped AFL young guns who promise everything their dads did and more. Here are your club’s father-son prospects for season 2016.
Trade moves: did your club nail it?
THEY’RE the players that can either lift a team to premiership success or cost it dearly. We assess each AFL club’s trade recruits through the first six rounds.
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