Opinions

Collingwood Magpies: 2012 season preview
_{By Cameron Larkin}
Collingwood are an obvious player on the finals poker table. ...
_{Sport Name - AFL 23/02/2012}
Kevin Sheedy: Father, Teacher and Madman
_{By Andrew Sutherland}
Simon Madden once called Kevin Sheedy: “An enigma. ...
_{Sport Name - AFL 23/02/2012}
Carlton Blues 2012 season preview
_{By Cameron Larkin}
High expectations.
_{Sport Name - AFL 21/02/2012}
Can Israel Folau match Karmichael Hunt’s lengthy strides?
_{By Vince Rugari}
Saturday was a big day for the two money men poached from rugby league to join the AFL expansion army. ...
_{Sport Name - AFL 21/02/2012}
2012 AFL season preview: Richmond
_{By Michael DiFabrizio}
What does 2012 have in store for Richmond supporters? Our next AFL season preview takes a look. ...
_{Sport Name - AFL 21/02/2012}
Reviewing the rucks: GWS, Demons, Hawks
_{By Damo}
Lets take our look at the next lot of ruck divisions for the 2012 season, starting with the new kids on the block, GWS Giants. ...
_{Sport Name - AFL 20/02/2012}
Which AFL teams won’t feature in 2012 finals action
_{By Michael Filosi}
This time of year in the winter football codes, you’d be forgiven for thinking every team was destined for premiership glory. ...
_{Sport Name - AFL 20/02/2012}
2012 AFL season preview: Hawthorn
_{By Michael DiFabrizio}
Welcome to the first of a full series of detailed, comprehensive AFL previews for each club for the 2012 season, starting with Hawthorn. ...
_{Sport Name - AFL 20/02/2012}
Adelaide will improve long-term, not in 2012
_{By Cameron Larkin}
I guess that the Adelaide Crows can technically claim they’re the pride of South Australia, but fans of either South Australian team will likely tell you that ...
_{Sport Name - AFL 18/02/2012}
GWS releases its club song
_{By The Cattery}
The last piece of the GWS puzzle is now in place, perhaps the piece that will leave the most lasting legacy. ...
_{Sport Name - AFL 17/02/2012}
The AFL announces a loss for 2011
_{By The Cattery}
The AFL has released its financial results for 2011, announcing a loss of $23. ...
_{Sport Name - AFL 17/02/2012}
Reviewing the rucks: Freo, Geelong and GC
_{By Damo}
Before this next lot of reviews, it’s worth pointing out some of my criteria for these gradings. ...
_{Sport Name - AFL 17/02/2012}
2012 AFL season preview
_{By Cameron Larkin}
2012 is shaping up to be an intriguing AFL season. ...
_{Sport Name - AFL 16/02/2012}
The delicate balancing act of Supercoach
_{By The Cattery}
A brand new AFL season is upon us, which can only mean one thing. ...
_{Sport Name - AFL 16/02/2012}
The mystery and tragedy of Andrew Krakouer
_{By Andrew Sutherland}
Mick Malthouse described Andrew Krakouer as “such a beautiful kid. ...
_{Sport Name - AFL 16/02/2012}
Reviewing the rucks: Adelaide and Brisbane
_{By Damo}
When the new substitute rule was introduced, essentially forcing clubs to think harder about their on field structures and concoct plans on how best to use their ...
_{Sport Name - AFL 15/02/2012}
GWS Giants look to the future with captaincy
_{By Will McCloy}
The new Greater Western Sydney co-captains spent some time with Aussie cricket legend Steve Waugh after the captaincy announcement this morning, and let’s hope they were listening. ...
_{Sport Name - AFL 14/02/2012}
Will free agency open up the premiership window?
_{By Redb}
2011 was the final year the draft and trading windows operated under the current system, before free agency will hit the AFL player trade system in 2012. ...
_{Sport Name - AFL 14/02/2012}
Heady task awaits Saint Nick and his merry men
_{By Vince Rugari}
It’s just as well that St Kilda’s new leadership group is the size of a small army. ...
_{Sport Name - AFL 14/02/2012}
NAB Cup banished from free to air
_{By Andyc}
The AFL rarely give an inch, so the banishing of the NAB Cup from Free To Air television will come as a major surprise to fans and ...
_{Sport Name - AFL 13/02/2012}
AFL clubs’ leadership groups getting out of hand
_{By Redb}
I sat and watched a Fox Sports News segment on St Kilda’s captain and leadership group the other day just shaking my head. ...
_{Sport Name - AFL 10/02/2012}
Who’s to blame for the Majak Daw beat-up?
_{By Michael DiFabrizio}
For a player who’s never played a game of senior AFL footy, North Melbourne rookie Majak Daw sure gets a lot of attention. ...
_{Sport Name - AFL 09/02/2012}
Crows changing, but will this AFL preview change your life?
_{By S120}
Having been a haphazard reader of The Roar over the last few years, I always presumed that my first published piece would be a cunning, searing and ...
_{Sport Name - AFL 09/02/2012}
AFL’s most hated club turns 120 years old
_{By Andrew Sutherland}
This Sunday marks the 120th anniversary of Australia’s most famous sporting club. ...
_{Sport Name - AFL 09/02/2012}
Has the AFL captain become irrelevant?
_{By Ben Waterworth}
Author and leadership expert Leroy Eimes once said: “A leader is one who sees more than others see, who sees farther than others see, and who sees ...
_{Sport Name - AFL 08/02/2012}
Is Heath Shaw the right leader for Collingwood?
_{By johnhunt92}
Heath Shaw is a very good footballer who is vital to the success of the Collingwood Magpies. ...
_{Sport Name - AFL 08/02/2012}
Pendlebury or Goddard: surely one is GWS bound
_{By Michael DiFabrizio}
When Nathan Buckley was interviewed by Mark Stevens for the Herald Sun last week, inevitably the topic of Scott Pendlebury’s future came up. ...
_{Sport Name - AFL 07/02/2012}
Optus ruling actually a good thing for AFL fans
_{By Michael DiFabrizio}
Let’s get one thing clear: whether you watch the game on your Telstra mobile or your Optus mobile, the AFL is generating broadcast revenue. ...
_{Sport Name - AFL 04/02/2012}
Guys, is your other half a passionate patron?
_{By Danielle}
My friends can never understand, and will never understand, my attachment to footy. ...
_{Sport Name - AFL 31/01/2012}
Looking back at a couple of Australian Rules ‘masterpieces’
_{By Andrew Sutherland}
The film critic Paul Harris referring to the 1975 movie The Great Macarthy commented: “It surprised me that we would wait this long for a feature film about ...
_{Sport Name - AFL 29/01/2012}
Slowly but surely, here come the GWS Giants
_{By The_Wookie}
In 2005, AFL chief Andrew Demetriou foreshadowed the arrival of a new team in Sydney. ...
_{Sport Name - AFL 26/01/2012}
Wishing for State of Origin to come back to AFL
_{By Fitzy}
Is now the time for State of Origin to return to the AFL? Some of us are old enough to remember State of Origin, with the passion ...
_{Sport Name - AFL 26/01/2012}
GWS Giants lack a true sense of home
_{By Keith D Parry}
The AFL’s new club Greater Western Sydney Giants will play home games at four home venues in 2012, and three in 2013, meaning they won’t have is ...
_{Sport Name - AFL 26/01/2012}
Whatever you think of GWS, they’ve got the song right
_{By arsenal}
In a world that has become so artificial, so corporate, that even the great old traditions of the AFL are contrived and manufactured, something special has happened. ...
_{Sport Name - AFL 25/01/2012}
GWS: Nowhere to hide
_{By camtherose}
Why, oh why, is the AFL opening the 2012 season with GWS in a standalone fixture? There is nothing like the excitement of the opening round of an ...
_{Sport Name - AFL 25/01/2012}
What to do with the twos?
_{By Vince Rugari}
The gap between rich and poor in the AFL has never been greater. ...
_{Sport Name - AFL 24/01/2012}
The AFL pre-season is coming: NAB Cup preview
_{By The_Wookie}
In just four weeks the wait will be over. ...
_{Sport Name - AFL 23/01/2012}
Kangaroos take more than their share of AFL’s cake
_{By Jeff Dowsing}
“To think that a club – because it has only 35,000 or 40,000 members should be relocated – is just not sniffing reality. ...
_{Sport Name - AFL 20/01/2012}
Pressure on Buckley to justify the ‘Kirribilli agreement’
_{By Vince Rugari}
Has there ever been a first-year AFL coach under more pressure than Nathan Buckley? It’s going to be incredibly intriguing to watch the 2003 Brownlow Medalist’s debut ...
_{Sport Name - AFL 19/01/2012}
AFL in Sydney keeps on growing
_{By The_Wookie}
It’s that time of the year where the state and regional bodies begin to put out their annual reports. ...
_{Sport Name - AFL 12/01/2012}
AFL’s massive tax break won’t stop them crying poor
_{By ItsCalledFootball}
Andrew Demetriou and Eddie Maguire recently came out in the press to declare war on the Federal Government’s proposed mandatory pre-commitment legislation for poker machines. ...
_{Sport Name - AFL 12/01/2012}
Every page counts in AFL club history books
_{By Neotraveler}
For a league that apparently puts such emphasis on history, constantly quoting statistics and historical achievements, many in the AFL have decided to arbitrarily ignore a part ...
_{Sport Name - AFL 12/01/2012}
He’s an ideas man, Sheeds
_{By Vince Rugari}
Kevin Sheedy is an ideas man. ...
_{Sport Name - AFL 10/01/2012}
Are we spending too much on stadiums?
_{By The_Wookie}
As a sports fan, I love a good stadium. ...
_{Sport Name - AFL 07/01/2012}
AFL happy to throw cash at reality TV
_{By ItsCalledFootball}
Everyone knows that to get more attention, you need to be seen more and seen more often. ...
_{Sport Name - AFL 05/01/2012}
Will the Giants win a game in 2012?
_{By Redb}
In just under three months’ time, the Greater Western Sydney Giants will take on the Sydney Swans in the opening game of the 2012 AFL season. ...
_{Sport Name - AFL 04/01/2012}
An exclusive look back on the sporting highlights of 2012
_{By Mark Young}
As the calendar flicks over into a fresh new year of sport, The Roar readers are lucky to have an exclusive look back at the five sporting ...
_{Sport Name - AFL 31/12/2011}
Outrageous surrender to betting agencies over AFL small talk
_{By Michael Filosi}
Nathan Bock is not a cheat.
_{Sport Name - AFL 19/12/2011}
Port Adelaide stand firm in face of Fev offer
_{By Rodney Penny}
Several weeks ago, I wrote an article stating that Brendan Fevola deserves a second chance. ...
_{Sport Name - AFL 17/12/2011}
Dont bet on the AFL to stop Bock
_{By anthcol}
Everyone is happy to sit and chastise AFL players who continue to engage in forbidden betting activity. ...
_{Sport Name - AFL 15/12/2011}
The 2012 Foxtel Cup announced
_{By The_Wookie}
The AFL has recently released the Foxtel Cup details for 2012. ...
_{Sport Name - AFL 13/12/2011}
Port Power right to ignore sponsor’s Davis-Fevola deal
_{By Ben Somerford}
Port Adelaide are a club on their knees right now, after a disastrous 2011 on and off the field. ...
_{Sport Name - AFL 08/12/2011}
Fevola: From blue chip to bargaining chip?
_{By Damo}
Brendan Fevola may well get a second chance at an AFL club – but it may not be the club that picks him that wishes to see ...
_{Sport Name - AFL 07/12/2011}
Time for an AFL club to take a punt on Fevola
_{By JackBoard}
Over several years of calamity and sordidness, Brendan Fevola has proven himself to be the fool of the AFL. ...
_{Sport Name - AFL 02/12/2011}
GWS Giants think big at the AFL Draft
_{By mds1970}
The aspirations of a crop of young footballers were on the line when the AFL held their draft on Thursday evening. ...
_{Sport Name - AFL 28/11/2011}
GWS brimming with potential after AFL draft
_{By The Crowd}
This is my post-draft assessment following the selections made by GWS. ...
_{Sport Name - AFL 25/11/2011}
A mature approach to AFL Draft day
_{By Dan J-B}
Upon the calling of the name of the 96th selection at the 2011 AFL Draft, Graeme Allen will have dutifully completed his unprecedented and disproportionate part in ...
_{Sport Name - AFL 23/11/2011}
Code wars: let’s just get along?
_{By All-Codes}
I don’t know about the rest of The Roar readers but the continual code warring has me bored out of my skull. ...
_{Sport Name - AFL 18/11/2011}
Calm down Eddie, it’s just business
_{By Cameron Larkin}
“If they (Greater Western Sydney) go after Scott Pendlebury, I will declare war on Greater Western Sydney. ...
_{Sport Name - AFL 17/11/2011}
Eddie McGuire’s hypocrisy is embarrassing
_{By Ben Somerford}
On Triple M radio on Wednesday, Collingwood president Eddie McGuire vowed to make it his life ambition to destroy the AFL’s newest franchise GWS Giants if they ...
_{Sport Name - AFL 17/11/2011}
Brendan Fevola deserves a second chance
_{By Rodney Penny}
I’m a firm believer in second chances. ...
_{Sport Name - AFL 10/11/2011}
NRL won’t give AFL a free-kick in western Sydney
_{By Ben Somerford}
The NRL certainly haven’t afforded the AFL’s newest franchise Greater Western Sydney any special favours following the release of the 2012 season fixture list with several regional ...
_{Sport Name - AFL 10/11/2011}
How to fix the AFL fixture list
_{By NeeDeep}
We’ve now, by accident, got the perfect opportunity to sort out the iniquities in the AFL’s annual fixture lottery – 18 teams! Michael DiFabrizio asked the question: ...
_{Sport Name - AFL 09/11/2011}
International Rules dying a slow death
_{By matthew_wood040}
After yet another International Rules series ended with a violence on field and scoreboard, we must now ask if the series has a future. ...
_{Sport Name - AFL 08/11/2011}
International Rules is an international snooze
_{By The Mad Chatter}
The AFL should do the humane thing and put International Rules out of its misery after the second and final test tonight on the Gold Coast. ...
_{Sport Name - AFL 04/11/2011}
Why International Rules does not rule
_{By Ben Pobjie}
I am, as a rule, something of a stickler for sporting patriotism. ...
_{Sport Name - AFL 03/11/2011}
Is Sheedy providing good or bad publicity for GWS?
_{By Ben Somerford}
When GWS announced in 2009 that veteran coach Kevin Sheedy had joined the club on a three-year deal to be their coach, there were a lot of ...
_{Sport Name - AFL 03/11/2011}
The GC Suns were championed but GWS will be despised
_{By Jeff Dowsing}
You’d imagine credibility and likability would rank highly when establishing a new AFL club. ...
_{Sport Name - AFL 31/10/2011}
Why International Rules is the black jellybean of sport
_{By Michael Filosi}
Sometimes it is all too easy to join the mob and add your voice to a growing chorus and the International Rules Series between Australia and Ireland ...
_{Sport Name - AFL 31/10/2011}
Some clubs deemed more equal than others
_{By Jeff Dowsing}
So Collingwood is the Phar Lap of the AFL next year. ...
_{Sport Name - AFL 30/10/2011}
All AFL clubs should make at least five interstate trips
_{By Ben Somerford}
Every year we hear the same gripes about Collingwood not travelling enough when the AFL fixture is announced. ...
_{Sport Name - AFL 27/10/2011}
Time’s up for shortened NAB Cup games
_{By Michael DiFabrizio}
The AFL fixture is released Friday, with the usual series of leaks already underway: a standalone GWS-Sydney clash, Mitch Clark facing his former side and a Collingwood-Hawthorn ...
_{Sport Name - AFL 25/10/2011}
International Rules deserves a fair go
_{By jono52795}
It is that time of year again, when Australia and Ireland clash in the International Rules Series, yet if the pessimists and cynics are to be believed, ...
_{Sport Name - AFL 24/10/2011}
Australia to host Ireland in International Rules
_{By The Cattery}
The 2011 International Rules series kicks off tomorrow week with the first of two games to be played at Etihad Stadium, Melbourne. ...
_{Sport Name - AFL 21/10/2011}
GWS Giants side not as bad as some fear
_{By The Crowd}
This team assumes that GWS Giants will pick up certain players high in the AFL draft, which is a pretty safe bet considering they own picks 1-5,7, ...
_{Sport Name - AFL 18/10/2011}
Winners (and losers) of AFL trade week are …
_{By Damo}
In one of the busiest trade weeks in recent memory (factoring in the GWS ‘mini draft’), many clubs and players have benefitted greatly from their respective moves. ...
_{Sport Name - AFL 18/10/2011}
So what if a player takes the money and runs?
_{By Michael DiFabrizio}
Mitch Clark has copped a few not-so-subtle jibes over his decision to leave the Brisbane Lions and sign with Melbourne, despite initially claiming his reason for wanting ...
_{Sport Name - AFL 18/10/2011}
Sheedy building a giant monster out west
_{By JackBoard}
Kevin Sheedy has always been a man of innovation; an enigma who drives the football world to the edges of its wit before conquering it with his ...
_{Sport Name - AFL 14/10/2011}
Swap dull trade week for trade night
_{By Damo}
Trade week has, once again, witnessed a lot of intrigue for little actual result. ...
_{Sport Name - AFL 13/10/2011}
Yes to goal-line technology in AFL, but how will it work?
_{By Ben Somerford}
It’s funny to think this is what it takes, but finally after two incidents in the past four Grand Finals where a goal has been incorrectly awarded ...
_{Sport Name - AFL 13/10/2011}
AFL eyes an expansion into China
_{By John Davidson}
Forget the Pacific Islands, the AFL is looking at China as one of its biggest targets for international growth of the sport. ...
_{Sport Name - AFL 13/10/2011}
GWS starting to sign and trade in earnest
_{By The Cattery}
Having completed its first year of senior footy, making the finals of the inaugural North-Eastern Australian Football League with mostly a group of 17 and 18 year ...
_{Sport Name - AFL 11/10/2011}
AFL clubs choosing tradition in aesthetics
_{By Damo}
This year’s Charles Sutton Medal ceremony saw the Bulldogs’ faithfuls vote on a new look for season 2012 and beyond. ...
_{Sport Name - AFL 10/10/2011}
The psychology of the Premiership player
_{By Andrew Sutherland}
During this week’s AFL Draft Combine young aspiring players will be measured for their aerobic capacity, acceleration and agility. ...
_{Sport Name - AFL 09/10/2011}
Early retirements robbing clubs of intangibles
_{By Alfred Chan}
The age of retirement within the AFL is decreasing at a rapid rate. ...
_{Sport Name - AFL 07/10/2011}
The AFL expansion experiment
_{By matchu}
It began at the end of 1981 when the South Melbourne Football Club decided the best option for the debt ridden club was to play all 11 ...
_{Sport Name - AFL 06/10/2011}
Geelong are capable of doing it all again 2012
_{By Ben Somerford}
Cameron Ling is representative of Geelong. ...
_{Sport Name - AFL 06/10/2011}
Geelong – a win for mateship
_{By Joe Karsay}
If you want one, overarching reason why Geelong have been the best team in the AFL for half a decade – it is that unlike most modern ...
_{Sport Name - AFL 05/10/2011}
Cats get the cream in classic AFL Grand Final
_{By katie lambeski}
Reports of Geelong’s demise have been greatly exaggerated, after the Cats delivered their third premiership in the five years, seeing ogg Collingwood to win by 38 points ...
_{Sport Name - AFL 04/10/2011}
Geelong confirm greatness with incredible Cat-trick
_{By Michael DiFabrizio}
Three premierships in five years. ...
_{Sport Name - AFL 02/10/2011}
Geelong win AFL Grand Final 2011
_{By Tristan Rayner}
The Geelong Cats have produced a stirring fourth quarter in front of 99,537 fans at the MCG to win the AFL Grand Final. ...
_{Sport Name - AFL 01/10/2011}
The excitement of the premiership win
_{By Brittany Shanahan}
Following Geelong’s recent dominance in the AFL competition and successive Grand Final losses to Brisbane, I questioned the possibility of ever witnessing Collingwood achieve ultimate glory. ...
_{Sport Name - AFL 01/10/2011}
Eyes on the skies in the Grand Final
_{By AlfredC}
Rain continues to fall in Melbourne as we slowly creep closer to the 2011 AFL Grand Final. ...
_{Sport Name - AFL 01/10/2011}
Grand Final prediction: No change!
_{By Andrew Leonard}
At the start of the year, I had tipped Collingwood to finish on top of the ladder after 22 rounds. ...
_{Sport Name - AFL 01/10/2011}
Collingwood and Geelong are both worthy Premiers
_{By The Radical}
Regardless of where your allegiances lie, mine being with the black and white army, the winner of the 2011 AFL Premiership will certainly be a worthy victor. ...
_{Sport Name - AFL 01/10/2011}
AFL, police targeting wrong scalpers
_{By Andrew Leonard}
The AFL is often praised for how well it runs the game. ...
_{Sport Name - AFL 30/09/2011}
Ten AFL Grand Finals to remember
_{By mds1970}
“One day in September, we want to remember”. ...
_{Sport Name - AFL 30/09/2011}
The ultimate 2011 AFL Grand Final preview
_{By Michael DiFabrizio}
Well, the biggest game of the AFL season is now only one day away. ...
_{Sport Name - AFL 30/09/2011}
Malthouse, Hasler should be cheered on this weekend
_{By David Lord}
It’s a fact of football life Collingwood and Manly are the two most hated clubs in the AFL and rugby league respectively. ...
_{Sport Name - AFL 30/09/2011}
Brace yourself for more war games between AFL and NRL
_{By Melanie Dinjaski}
In a gutsy challenge against the NRL, Greater Western Sydney Giants have unofficially booked a date with inter-city rivals Sydney Swans at ANZ on the same weekend ...
_{Sport Name - AFL 29/09/2011}
Why Melbourne is the sporting capital of Australia
_{By David Lord}
Ask any Victorian and there’s no doubt in their minds Australian Rules is their sport, lock, stock, and barrel. ...
_{Sport Name - AFL 29/09/2011}
AFL fire a blast in code war
_{By The Roar}
The battle for the hearts and minds of football fans in western Sydney has taken another turn, with the AFL to schedule the round one Greater Western ...
_{Sport Name - AFL 28/09/2011}
So much on offer in 2011 AFL Grand Final
_{By johnhunt92}
It’ll either be damn close or a massive blowout in the 2011 AFL Grand Final between Collingwood and Geelong. ...
_{Sport Name - AFL 28/09/2011}
How Swan claimed his record-breaking Brownlow
_{By Michael DiFabrizio}
Collingwood star Dane Swan wrote his name into the history books last night, claiming his first Brownlow Medal with a whopping 34 votes. ...
_{Sport Name - AFL 27/09/2011}
Nathan Buckley’s first major test
_{By AlfredC}
In seven days time, Nathan Buckley will be the coach of the Collingwood Football Club and the events of 2011 will be a distant memory, with focus ...
_{Sport Name - AFL 26/09/2011}
Scott Harding transitions from AFL to college football
_{By AlfredC}
Foregoing the reputation of Australians in the NFL, Scott Harding has seamlessly transitioned from AFL midfielder to college football wide receiver for the Hawaii Warriors, catching six ...
_{Sport Name - AFL 26/09/2011}
AFL will miss Mick Malthouse
_{By David Lord}
Collingwood’s outgoing coach Mick Malthouse yesterday ended speculation where he’ll coach next year: nowhere. ...
_{Sport Name - AFL 26/09/2011}
AFL delivers grand final we needed
_{By Michael Filosi}
The 2011 AFL season has delivered the grand final most of us have been expecting all year. ...
_{Sport Name - AFL 26/09/2011}
Collingwood and Geelong, a great way to end the season
_{By Michael DiFabrizio}
So the match-up we were all anticipating has eventuated. ...
_{Sport Name - AFL 25/09/2011}
Are Fremantle the AFL’s sleeping giants?
_{By Damo}
Now that the shock and outrage concerning Ross Lyon’s defection to Fremantle has cooled, the real questions now turn towards the futures of both clubs hit by ...
_{Sport Name - AFL 23/09/2011}
Collingwood need to win big, Geelong need a close one
_{By Michael DiFabrizio}
Let’s not beat around the bush. ...
_{Sport Name - AFL 23/09/2011}
It’ll be Collingwood vs Geelong in the Grand Final, right?
_{By Ben Somerford}
The 2011 AFL preliminary finals begin tomorrow with the general consensus agreeing that Collingwood and Geelong will advance to that first Saturday in October. ...
_{Sport Name - AFL 22/09/2011}
Don’t bet on the AFL’s coaching carousel
_{By matthew_wood040}
When it comes to AFL coaching appointments, can we all just agree that the heavyset soprano doesn’t let loose until the coach is actually appointed? All the ...
_{Sport Name - AFL 21/09/2011}
Imagine Super League war happened to AFL
_{By The Crowd}
Here’s a thought that would send shivers down the spine of any AFL supporter: imagine if the Super League war had occurred to the AFL in 1995. ...
_{Sport Name - AFL 21/09/2011}
AFL pay offer was an insult to players
_{By Michael DiFabrizio}
It was a poor reflection on the football media that many journalists swallowed the AFL press release about its $1. ...
_{Sport Name - AFL 21/09/2011}
Stars dumped for All-Aussie honours
_{By The Roar}
Several AFL stars have missed out on selection in the All-Australian team for 2011, with the likes of Steve Johnson and Josh Gibson missing the cut. ...
_{Sport Name - AFL 20/09/2011}
Collingwood pedigree irresistible to clubs
_{By The Radical}
Fact: AFL clubs without a coach have a thing for Collingwood assistants and past players. ...
_{Sport Name - AFL 20/09/2011}
St Kilda draw the short straw in AFL coaching search
_{By Michael DiFabrizio}
Fremantle have Ross Lyon.
_{Sport Name - AFL 20/09/2011}
Three observations from the Fremantle coaching saga
_{By johnhunt92}
Not since Malcolm Blight’s axing as St Kilda coach has there been a bigger coaching shock in Australian Rules Football than Ross Lyon’s move to Fremantle. ...
_{Sport Name - AFL 19/09/2011}
Eagles and Blues apply CPR to AFL Finals
_{By Lee McDonald}
The 2011 AFL Finals series has been a bit of a snooze-fest. ...
_{Sport Name - AFL 19/09/2011}
Plenty of questions from massive week in AFL
_{By Michael Filosi}
To borrow a line from Collingwood President Eddie McGuire, “What a big week it has been in football. ...
_{Sport Name - AFL 19/09/2011}
Perth, allow me to introduce the ‘bubble’ concept
_{By Keldab}
I must admit, the prospect of Ross Lyon moving to Perth next year intrigues me. ...
_{Sport Name - AFL 18/09/2011}
Ross Lyon is the new Terry Wallace
_{By matthew_wood040}
Ross Lyon’s sudden move to Fremantle only days after re-affirming his commitment to St. ...
_{Sport Name - AFL 17/09/2011}
Freo finally join big boys with Lyon coup
_{By Bayden Westerweller}
The Fremantle Football Club has been part of the AFL since 1995, and while they’ve been a respectable force in the past decade, they have been serial ...
_{Sport Name - AFL 17/09/2011}
In defence of Ross Lyon
_{By Michael DiFabrizio}
A lot of venom and anger has been directed the way of Ross Lyon the past two days. ...
_{Sport Name - AFL 17/09/2011}
Can feline grace win Geelong another premiership?
_{By Andrew Sutherland}
After Collingwood’s army ants went to work on them in last year’s Preliminary Final, I said Geelong’s time was up. ...
_{Sport Name - AFL 17/09/2011}
Freo, heave-ho!
_{By The Mad Chatter}
Nobody saw that coming, least of all Mark Harvey and the St. ...
_{Sport Name - AFL 16/09/2011}
AFL sanctions target phantom threat
_{By kevinhawkins}
With yet another football figure embroiled in a betting scandal, it’s easy to think that the Australian Football League’s integrity is on the brink of obliteration. ...
_{Sport Name - AFL 16/09/2011}
Fremantle shock AFL world
_{By Damo}
In an unprecedented move, Fremantle Football Club have announced that Mark Harvey will not be coaching the club next year, and Ross Lyon will take over the ...
_{Sport Name - AFL 16/09/2011}
Steve Harris decides Harvey’s time is up
_{By Marked}
In a decision which left sports journalists all over the country stunned, the Fremantle Football Club announced the sacking of Mark Harvey. ...
_{Sport Name - AFL 16/09/2011}
Fremantle choose safe bet Lyon over unlucky Harvey
_{By Michael DiFabrizio}
Fremantle’s sacking of coach Mark Harvey, and the subsequent revelation St Kilda coach Ross Lyon would be his replacement, was as unexpected as it was crazy as ...
_{Sport Name - AFL 16/09/2011}
Who is safe in the bloodsport of coaching?
_{By David Lord}
Last Tuesday night on Sky’s ‘Sportsline’ program I asked Carlton great Anthony Koutoufides if Ross Lyon was an old-time coach who believed a contract is a contract. ...
_{Sport Name - AFL 16/09/2011}
Mark Harvey sacked by Freo: Lyon to coach?
_{By Sean Daniel Brett}
In a complete shock in AFL coaching circles Fremantle coach Mark Harvey has been sacked as coach by the Fremantle Dockers after four full seasons in the ...
_{Sport Name - AFL 15/09/2011}
AFL and players remain at loggerheads
_{By The Roar}
The talks between the AFL and the AFL Players’ Association have broken down, as the $1. ...
_{Sport Name - AFL 15/09/2011}
Gold Coast Suns in Hangover recreation
_{By The Roar}
The Gold Cost Suns tried to ban Mad Monday, but that wasn’t enough – several Suns players have been involved in an end-of-season incident in Thailand. ...
_{Sport Name - AFL 15/09/2011}
James McDonald, from the VAFA to Greater Western Sydney
_{By Andrew Leonard}
The signing of James McDonald to Greater Western Sydney is a great story for football. ...
_{Sport Name - AFL 15/09/2011}
Expansion has made AFL contracts a strange business
_{By Ben Somerford}
On Monday, the AFL’s worst kept secret was made official when Melbourne’s Tom Scully officially joined the league’s newest franchise Greater Western Sydney Giants on a bumper ...
_{Sport Name - AFL 15/09/2011}
Clubs to blame as GWS poach young kids
_{By Stevie G}
Melbourne, Adelaide and the Western Bulldogs have no one else to blame than themselves for the fact they have each lost a talented young player. ...
_{Sport Name - AFL 14/09/2011}
Carlton unbalanced around the ground
_{By The Crowd}
With the likes of Judd, Murphy, Waite and Gibbs, Carlton’s midfield is one of, if not the best, midfield in the AFL at this stage. ...
_{Sport Name - AFL 14/09/2011}
Crows must harness new found aggression
_{By Damo}
After a season from hell, the Adelaide Crows must act tough until the end of the year – and so far, so good. ...
_{Sport Name - AFL 13/09/2011}
Don’t feel sorry for Melbourne over Tom Scully
_{By Michael DiFabrizio}
Yesterday what we all already knew became official. ...
_{Sport Name - AFL 13/09/2011}
Bright future at Windy Hill
_{By katie lambeski}
Firstly, let me start with full disclosure: I am a Bombers fan, so think what you will about this piece but I write after our demolition at ...
_{Sport Name - AFL 12/09/2011}
Heppell most exciting Bomber since Hird
_{By Daniel Clark}
This week what many Essendon and general football fans already knew was confirmed: Dyson Heppell is without a doubt the most exciting prospect at Windy Hill since ...
_{Sport Name - AFL 10/09/2011}
Game has changed but goal conversion remains same
_{By Andrew Sutherland}
In the dying seconds of the 1977 Grand Final, Collingwood’s Ross ‘Twiggy’ Dunne prepared to kick, requiring a goal to level the scores. ...
_{Sport Name - AFL 10/09/2011}
Massive weekend kickstarts the AFL finals
_{By Michael DiFabrizio}
Four games, four genuinely exciting and intriguing September match-ups. ...
_{Sport Name - AFL 09/09/2011}
Youth over experience in coaching stocks
_{By Subrasub}
Over the last few years, there has been a considerable change in the coaching landscape in the AFL. ...
_{Sport Name - AFL 09/09/2011}
True key to winning the AFL premiership
_{By Rob McLean}
What is the biggest guide to understanding which club will achieve premiership success in the AFL this season? Most people would suggest winning form is the key, ...
_{Sport Name - AFL 08/09/2011}
We need to chill out on players ‘defecting’ to GWS
_{By Ben Somerford}
Greater Western Sydney unveiled their two biggest recruits yet when Fremantle’s Rhys Palmer and Western Bulldogs’ Callan Ward fronted the media on Wednesday as Giants players. ...
_{Sport Name - AFL 08/09/2011}
Dyson Heppell named AFL Rising Star
_{By Tristan Rayner}
Essendon’s Dyson Heppell has taken out the AFL’s Rising Star award, polling 44 of a possible 45 votes with the 19-year old playing every game for the ...
_{Sport Name - AFL 07/09/2011}
Overhaul of All-Australian team selection criteria needed
_{By payroll}
Nothing in the AFL seems to generate conjecture, quite like the annual announcement of the All-Australian team, and when the AFL extended the squad to 40 men ...
_{Sport Name - AFL 07/09/2011}
Geelong and Hawks set for a great contest
_{By AlfredC}
Almost three years on, Geelong supporters still cringe from the memories of what some consider ‘the stolen premiership’. ...
_{Sport Name - AFL 07/09/2011}
Adelaide Oval the saviour of Port, South Aussie footy?
_{By Adrian Musolino}
“Wanna go to the footy at Adelaide Oval this Sunday?” read the text message from a friend last week. ...
_{Sport Name - AFL 06/09/2011}
Brett Ratten deserves another Carlton contract
_{By Michael DiFabrizio}
Brett Ratten has done enough to continue coaching Carlton next year and beyond. ...
_{Sport Name - AFL 06/09/2011}
AFL and NRL finals show different geographical spread
_{By The Crowd}
Although primarily a rugby supporter, and former player, I take a keen interest in the two most popular Australian codes. ...
_{Sport Name - AFL 05/09/2011}
Worsfold’s Eagles are ready, but the Pies are anyone’s guess
_{By Ryan Cook}
After posting a convincing 95-point win over the Adelaide Crows on Saturday night, West Coast Eagles coach John Worsfold says his team is in prime condition to ...
_{Sport Name - AFL 05/09/2011}
The AFL Finals will deliver much-needed exclamation point
_{By Michael Filosi}
Finally! After 24 weeks of football the AFL finals series will begin this weekend. ...
_{Sport Name - AFL 05/09/2011}
This is why loyalty will never die in the AFL
_{By Sam Patrick}
In the modern world of AFL, players leaving clubs for contracts of greater financial value and plying their trade elsewhere has become a common trend. ...
_{Sport Name - AFL 02/09/2011}
The SCG is the best place to watch footy
_{By The Mad Chatter}
September is back, which means just as we’ve finally got over our winter aches and pains, ills, colds and chills, we’re hit hard by a heavy dose ...
_{Sport Name - AFL 02/09/2011}
Why Geelong must win tonight’s Mockbuster
_{By Michael Filosi}
Tonight’s game must have looked great on paper when the 2011 AFL fixture was being prepared. ...
_{Sport Name - AFL 02/09/2011}
Why the Collingwood Magpies will win tonight
_{By Michael DiFabrizio}
The two best teams in the competition meet at the MCG tonight and while there may technically be nothing to be gained by winning, it’s likely we’ll ...
_{Sport Name - AFL 02/09/2011}
A bye is not so bad, later in the season, that is
_{By Ben Somerford}
There’s been a lot of discussion about the effect of the bye this year and it’s been a season of two halves with regard to its influence. ...
_{Sport Name - AFL 01/09/2011}
Forget everywhere else, AFL’s problem is in Brisbane
_{By Spikhaza}
For the past two weeks, much has been made about the drop in the average AFL crowds across the country. ...
_{Sport Name - AFL 31/08/2011}
Don’t augment the AFL season, reduce it
_{By Ben Waterworth}
‘Less is more’.
_{Sport Name - AFL 31/08/2011}
The Collingwood “Kirribilli” – more to it?
_{By The Radical}
One week away from the AFL finals, having wrapped up the minor premiership last weekend, the Collingwood Football Club is no closer to resolving the revolutionary and ...
_{Sport Name - AFL 30/08/2011}
AFL crowd drop being blown out of proportion
_{By Michael DiFabrizio}
In a season where a new team is introduced that plays out of a 25,000-seat venue, it should come as no surprise that crowd figures have fallen ...
_{Sport Name - AFL 30/08/2011}
Nathan Buckley is the right move for Pies
_{By Tenchy}
I may be one of the only people who think that the timing of Nathan Buckley taking over from Mick Malthouse is perfect and is the right ...
_{Sport Name - AFL 29/08/2011}
Giant dreams become a greater reality
_{By mds1970}
“The AFL is looking to bring in new teams from the Gold Coast in 2011 and Western Sydney in 2012. ...
_{Sport Name - AFL 29/08/2011}
Interview with Brant Lang: AFL in Denmark
_{By Rob McLean}
South Australian Brant Lang is currently playing football for the North Copenhagen Baracudas in Denmark. ...
_{Sport Name - AFL 27/08/2011}
Malthouse to depart Collingwood at season’s end
_{By The Roar}
The carefully-planned Collingwood coaching succession plan laid out by Eddie Maguire could be set to fail, with coach Michael Malthouse set to leave the club at the ...
_{Sport Name - AFL 26/08/2011}
Why should anyone support Port Adelaide?
_{By The Mad Chatter}
Port Adelaide is a basket case. ...
_{Sport Name - AFL 26/08/2011}
Could a league about nothing happen here?
_{By Chad Bennett}
Stadiums in Spain were bathed in darkness last weekend as a players’ strike postponed the opening round of La Liga matches. ...
_{Sport Name - AFL 26/08/2011}
AFL log-jam in the hunt for September
_{By johnhunt92}
Five teams are in the hunt for the AFL finals, three positions are left. ...
_{Sport Name - AFL 26/08/2011}
Would any AFL club give Fevola another chance?
_{By Michael DiFabrizio}
So after 33 goals in his past five matches with the Casey Scorpions in the VFL, the media are now pondering whether Brendan Fevola will be given ...
_{Sport Name - AFL 26/08/2011}
GWS’s 10,000 member milestone not significant
_{By Ben Somerford}
I’m sure there were a few of our readers on The Roar who, along with me, would’ve received an email from the AFL’s newest franchise on Wednesday ...
_{Sport Name - AFL 25/08/2011}
Viney surrogacy would be suicide for Dees
_{By jcinque}
With three teams currently looking for new coaches, the football world is waiting to see who will be leading Adelaide, Melbourne and the Western Bulldogs next season. ...
_{Sport Name - AFL 25/08/2011}
Are AFL umpires’ decisions influenced by home crowds?
_{By Ben Waterworth}
Attending an AFL match at Patersons Stadium as a supporter of a visiting team is an intimidating experience. ...
_{Sport Name - AFL 24/08/2011}
Alastair Clarkson not only one left in dark
_{By Ryan Cook}
After trumping Carlton by 12 points at Etihad Stadium last Friday night, Hawthorn president Jeff Kennett still shows no urgency towards re-signing coach Alastair Clarkson ahead of ...
_{Sport Name - AFL 24/08/2011}
Tough times for the original AFL
_{By The Cattery}
That old war horse, Keith Dunstan, is still at it. ...
_{Sport Name - AFL 23/08/2011}
Four keys to Melbourne Demons improvement
_{By AlfredC}
Having had their finals door shut on Sunday evening by a spirited Richmond comeback, Melbourne can now throw away any chance of mathematic possibilities and focus on ...
_{Sport Name - AFL 23/08/2011}
Swans close gap on Essendon, St Kilda
_{By Ryan Cook}
The Sydney Swans have escaped with four points after defeating top-eight hopefuls St Kilda 10. ...
_{Sport Name - AFL 22/08/2011}
Adelaide Crows refreshed under Mark Bickley
_{By Rodney Penny}
It was only a few weeks ago where everyone, particularly in South Australia, thought that the Adelaide Football Club was at one of its all-time lows. ...
_{Sport Name - AFL 22/08/2011}
Four things that can stop Collingwood winning
_{By Michael Filosi}
Another week, another win for the ladder-leading Mapgies. ...
_{Sport Name - AFL 22/08/2011}
Blues show plenty of good and bad ahead of finals
_{By Ryan Cook}
They might be separated by just six points on the AFL ladder, but one would be forgiven for doubting Carlton’s finals chances after kicking just one goal ...
_{Sport Name - AFL 20/08/2011}
Power failure lights up rest of state
_{By Cochese}
“I hate Port Adelaide. ...
_{Sport Name - AFL 19/08/2011}
What differentiates Bulldogs from Geelong?
_{By Andrew Leonard}
The removal of Rodney ”Rocket” Eade, coach of the Western Bulldogs for the previous seven years, by the board this week marks the fourth change in coach ...
_{Sport Name - AFL 19/08/2011}
Why history is against Leon Cameron
_{By AlfredC}
In the last decade, only two coaches have taken over from their long-term mentors as the immediate senior coach following the latter’s departure. ...
_{Sport Name - AFL 19/08/2011}
Why experience should be avoided in coaching hunt
_{By Michael DiFabrizio}
Right now there are three clubs looking for a new coach for next season. ...
_{Sport Name - AFL 19/08/2011}
Patrick McGinnity really asks: How far is too far?
_{By matthew_wood040}
After young Eagle Patrick McGinnity’s suspension and fine for allegedly threatening to “rape” Ricky Petterd’s mother, it’s perhaps time to examine how much we value winning and ...
_{Sport Name - AFL 17/08/2011}
Who is in the 2011 All-Australian team?
_{By camcallsthegame}
With only a few weeks to go before the AFL finals series commences, I have assembled what the All-Australian should look like. ...
_{Sport Name - AFL 17/08/2011}
Port Adelaide’s future is the AFL’s biggest issue
_{By Ben Waterworth}
Forget tanking.
_{Sport Name - AFL 17/08/2011}
Demetriou weak willed when punishing bad behaviour
_{By David Lord}
West Coast Eagles midfielder Patrick McGinnity has set a new low in football behaviour. ...
_{Sport Name - AFL 17/08/2011}
Barry Hall rings the bell at right time
_{By camcallsthegame}
On Sunday, Chrisso on Triple Ms ‘The Rub’ called for Barry Hall to rethink his decision to hang up the boots after the 2011 season. ...
_{Sport Name - AFL 16/08/2011}
Does anybody really want eighth spot in the finals?
_{By Michael DiFabrizio}
At least one commentator in the wash-up of Round 21 has suggested the top eight is settled. ...
_{Sport Name - AFL 16/08/2011}
Women playing elite AFL? Forget about it
_{By Michael Filosi}
Is there any matter – sporting or otherwise – that Jeff Kennett does not have an opinion on? If ever an editor is light on for copy, ...
_{Sport Name - AFL 15/08/2011}
How to solve the AFL’s tanking problem
_{By Michael DiFabrizio}
The AFL seem intent on removing priority picks as a way to end tanking, or the perception of tanking, as they put it. ...
_{Sport Name - AFL 14/08/2011}
AFL Round 21 predictions
_{By camcallsthegame}
AFL Round 21 means we have just four more weekends of AFL to enjoy before the finals, and the top eight is still alive for teams that ...
_{Sport Name - AFL 12/08/2011}
Gold Coast a microcosm of the sporting landscape
_{By Adrian Musolino}
This wasn’t the season for the Gold Coast Titans to plummet from preliminary-finalists to wooden spoon favourites; not with the Gold Coast Suns, pumped up with the ...
_{Sport Name - AFL 12/08/2011}
How to structure an AFL State of Origin
_{By Michael DiFabrizio}
So State of Origin is finally back on the agenda. ...
_{Sport Name - AFL 12/08/2011}
Let the AFL’s free agency begin
_{By From The Locker Room}
The impending introduction of free agency into the AFL has been brought to light again in the wake of the Phil Davis controversy, and once again people ...
_{Sport Name - AFL 12/08/2011}
AFL panic on blowouts a storm in a teacup
_{By Ben Somerford}
He may supposedly be in his final year of coaching but when Mick Malthouse speaks, people in footy circles still take note and that was never more ...
_{Sport Name - AFL 11/08/2011}
Heppell no shoe-in for rising star award
_{By AlfredC}
Anticipated by all, the NAB AFL Rising Star award is the ultimate (realistic) individual accolade for budding AFL players. ...
_{Sport Name - AFL 11/08/2011}
Giants ruckman prepares for the big time
_{By Rob McLean}
Greater Western Sydney ruckman Jonathan Giles confesses the move to Adelaide from South Australian country town Kapunda was pretty big for him. ...
_{Sport Name - AFL 11/08/2011}
AFL’s sky not falling, just moving sideways
_{By Ben Carter}
What a weird few weeks in footy: the Adelaide Crows suffer a heavy defeat against St Kilda and coach Neil Craig walks away. ...
_{Sport Name - AFL 10/08/2011}
Would an AFL mid-season trade window work?
_{By Ben Waterworth}
It’s Round 11.
_{Sport Name - AFL 10/08/2011}
AFL’s credibility shattered by tanking denials
_{By Michael DiFabrizio}
Adrian Anderson has his head firmly planted in the sand on the issue of tanking. ...
_{Sport Name - AFL 09/08/2011}
Yes to AFL State of Origin, but questions still remain
_{By johnhunt92}
In a week which the AFL would rather forget, it was encouraging to hear that the players, AFL and club CEO’s are supportive of a return to ...
_{Sport Name - AFL 08/08/2011}
Geelong’s big dilemma looms
_{By AlfredC}
A devoted sport science practitioner, Geelong coach Chris Scott has actively managed the playing time of his list more so than any other coach in the league. ...
_{Sport Name - AFL 08/08/2011}
AFL tanking admissions threaten integrity
_{By Michael Filosi}
For those who have long believed that the suits at AFL House are a bit too full of themselves, the events of the past week will only ...
_{Sport Name - AFL 08/08/2011}
Who should the GWS Giants target?
_{By Damo}
Phil Davis is the first domino to fall. ...
_{Sport Name - AFL 06/08/2011}
GWS Giants hasn’t really signed anyone
_{By mds1970}
The news that Adelaide Crows defender Phil Davis has decided not to re-sign with the Crows, and wants to play for newcomers Greater Western Sydney in 2012, ...
_{Sport Name - AFL 06/08/2011}
Why does blame always fall on coaches?
_{By DysonBaker}
Does responsibility always rest with those at the top of the tree? For Adelaide Crows and Melbourne Demons fans, apparently it does. ...
_{Sport Name - AFL 05/08/2011}
Why’s AFL still a niche sport in NSW and Qld?
_{By The Expert}
Why’s the AFL still a niche sport in NSW and Queensland? You want the answer? It’s not hard to to find it. ...
_{Sport Name - AFL 05/08/2011}
Don’t hate GWS Giants, hate the rule
_{By payroll}
The football world went into hysteria this week when Adelaide’s Phil Davis confirmed he will be leaving the Crows at the end of the year to join ...
_{Sport Name - AFL 05/08/2011}
Hunt’s body finally gives up under strains of a new code
_{By Melanie Dinjaski}
In a worrying sign for the Gold Coast Suns and their supporters, star signing Karmichael Hunt is reportedly in doubt for the rest of the season. ...
_{Sport Name - AFL 05/08/2011}
AFL’s inequitable draw is its unacceptable flaw
_{By Adrian Musolino}
It’s been described as the elephant in the room for the AFL; an inequitable home and away season draw, distorted by two factors and exaggerated by the ...
_{Sport Name - AFL 04/08/2011}
Melbourne needs to earn back respect
_{By Andrew Silverman}
It’s happened again.
_{Sport Name - AFL 04/08/2011}
Differing degrees of tanking makes policing it difficult
_{By Ben Somerford}
“You mightn’t select a senior guy who you know is not going to be with you next year for the sake of having a look at a ...
_{Sport Name - AFL 04/08/2011}
Bomber Michael Hibberd suspended indefinitely
_{By Tristan Rayner}
Essendon have indefinitely suspended AFL played Michael Hibberd, after the player was allegedly involved in an early Sunday morning physical altercation on the Mornington Peninsula. ...
_{Sport Name - AFL 03/08/2011}
Gary Ablett injured, will miss return to Skilled
_{By Tristan Rayner}
Gold Coast Suns captain and former Geelong star Gary Ablett has been ruled out of this weekend’s clash against his old club due to a hamstring injury. ...
_{Sport Name - AFL 03/08/2011}
Eddie McGuire unleashes on ‘cheating’ GWS
_{By Tristan Rayner}
Eddie McGuire has lashed the GWS Giants following their poaching of Adelaide youngster Phil Davis, accusing the AFL’s newest team of cheating and demanding an investigation into ...
_{Sport Name - AFL 03/08/2011}
Garry Lyon, the Melbourne Demons need you!
_{By Ben Waterworth}
He’s a charismatic media personality, a wonderful ambassador for the game and an insightful footy analyst. ...
_{Sport Name - AFL 03/08/2011}
Davis to GWS sickening for Adelaide Crows fans
_{By Damo}
I am writing this full of raw emotion. ...
_{Sport Name - AFL 03/08/2011}
What’s next for South Australian footy?
_{By Damo}
Now that the biggest game in South Australian football has been played and won, some serious questions once again emerge concerning both clubs: Adelaide Crows and Port ...
_{Sport Name - AFL 02/08/2011}
Demons’ shame over Bailey sacking
_{By johnhunt92}
While the Melbourne Football Club’s 186-point loss to Geelong was disgraceful, what was more sickening was how Dean Bailey was treated, with Demons’ management axing the coach ...
_{Sport Name - AFL 02/08/2011}
Dean Bailey sacking reflects poorly on Melbourne
_{By Michael DiFabrizio}
When the going gets tough, strong clubs tend to back their plan and their people. ...
_{Sport Name - AFL 02/08/2011}
Melbourne Demons disgrace proud club
_{By katie lambeski}
I can use quite a few words to describe the Melbourne Football Club on the weekend, but I can’t put it better than these stingers: “embarrassing”, “shameful”, ...
_{Sport Name - AFL 01/08/2011}
Round 19 wrap: Good, bad and the Demons
_{By camcallsthegame}
Just like Rome in the gladiator times, AFL’s round 19 proved to be a slaughter for some and victorious for others. ...
_{Sport Name - AFL 01/08/2011}
The nation’s capital celebrates 100 years
_{By The Cattery}
Although Canberra was founded as the nation’s capital in 1913, a significant event in the area did indeed celebrate its 100th birthday on the weekend. ...
_{Sport Name - AFL 01/08/2011}
Why Melbourne needs Mick Malthouse
_{By Stevie G}
Melbourne powerbrokers need to ring three-time premiership coach Mick Malthouse’s management to start planting the seed for the departing Magpie mentor to coach the Demons in 2012. ...
_{Sport Name - AFL 01/08/2011}
Dean Bailey gone after disgraceful loss to Cats
_{By Michael Filosi}
A mere three weeks ago it looked as though the AFL coaching landscape would remain largely unaltered next season. ...
_{Sport Name - AFL 01/08/2011}
Brian Lake will depart Western Bulldogs
_{By camcallsthegame}
Brian Lake, premier fullback, All-Australian and 2007 club Best and Fairest has, for mine, played his last match for the Western Bulldogs, and I look forward to ...
_{Sport Name - AFL 29/07/2011}
Who were the best father-son combinations in AFL?
_{By The Cattery}
The recent, highly publicised and expectant birth of Oscar Dylan Judd to Chris and Rebecca Judd has predictably sparked speculation about the Eagles and Blues having a ...
_{Sport Name - AFL 29/07/2011}
Honest Craig’s Crows exit the right decision
_{By Justin}
As he fronted the media beside Crows CEO Steven Trigg one final time, outgoing Adelaide coach Neil Craig spoke professionally and gracefully, just as he had done ...
_{Sport Name - AFL 29/07/2011}
We can expect more NRL to AFL code hopping
_{By Melanie Dinjaski}
Rugby League Week have released the results of their annual players poll. ...
_{Sport Name - AFL 29/07/2011}
An AFL reserves competition is inevitable
_{By Michael DiFabrizio}
There was an interesting article by Caroline Wilson in The Age yesterday about the future of a number of VFL alignments. ...
_{Sport Name - AFL 29/07/2011}
Collingwood’s recruiting and draft success
_{By Tenchy}
Yes, I am a Collingwood supporter writing this article, but I like to think that I’m not a typical one eyed biased one. ...
_{Sport Name - AFL 28/07/2011}
A look at the Round 19 matches in the AFL
_{By simon.kerrigan}
The AFL home and away season is slowly coming towards an end and this week, Round 19 is upon us. ...
_{Sport Name - AFL 28/07/2011}
Geelong shows strong team culture can keep you on top
_{By Ben Somerford}
This week Allen Christenson became the third Geelong player to receive a Rising Star nomination in 2011 along with Daniel Menzel and Mitch Duncan. ...
_{Sport Name - AFL 28/07/2011}
Will anyone give Andrew Lovett another chance?
_{By Ben Waterworth}
Many believed Andrew Lovett was finished as an AFL player. ...
_{Sport Name - AFL 27/07/2011}
Will Hunt, Folau be remembered as two of the best?
_{By Damo}
With Karmicheal Hunt revealing he has no plans to return to league, and Israel Folau emerging as a rare marketing commodity and dead-eye dick, the question must ...
_{Sport Name - AFL 27/07/2011}
Scott Burns will coach Adelaide Crows
_{By camcallsthegame}
Scott Burns will return home and coach the disappointment of the year, the Adelaide Crows. ...
_{Sport Name - AFL 27/07/2011}
How an AFL conference system could work
_{By Lee McDonald}
Last week I wrote about Collingwood being the root of all evil in the AFL. ...
_{Sport Name - AFL 26/07/2011}
Neil Craig made the right call
_{By johnhunt92}
Neil Craig, the coach of the Adelaide Crows finally stepped down today after two years of absolute torture for Crows fans. ...
_{Sport Name - AFL 26/07/2011}
Matthew Knights was right to hit back at Lloyd
_{By Michael DiFabrizio}
Matthew Knights’ response over the weekend to the contents of Matthew Lloyd’s new book was described by the Herald Sun’s Mark Robinson as “a withering attack on ...
_{Sport Name - AFL 26/07/2011}
Craig’s resignation may salvage Crows’ year
_{By AlfredC}
Four wins, a 103-point drubbing and a distressed coach. ...
_{Sport Name - AFL 26/07/2011}
Mick Malthouse should leave at top of his game
_{By Michael Filosi}
The saying goes that there are two types of coaches – those who have been sacked, and those who will be sacked. ...
_{Sport Name - AFL 25/07/2011}
As NFL lockout ends, AFL should take note
_{By AlfredC}
The four-month long NFL player lockout is set to officially end soon. ...
_{Sport Name - AFL 23/07/2011}
Better options for a fairer AFL fixture
_{By Lee McDonald}
One concept that forms the bedrock of our society’s values is that of fairness. ...
_{Sport Name - AFL 22/07/2011}
The end of the centurion goal kickers
_{By Steve Ingham}
Before Lance Franklin in 2008, who was the last player to kick 100 goals in a home and away season? Three-time Coleman Medallist Matthew Lloyd? Nope. ...
_{Sport Name - AFL 22/07/2011}
Damage of the dollar for Richmond
_{By Steve Ingham}
After 17 rounds, Richmond sits on five wins and a draw from its 16 matches. ...
_{Sport Name - AFL 22/07/2011}
Lack of loyalty or is it just business?
_{By camcallsthegame}
Loyalty in sport – is there such a thing? Let me modify and put my own touch on Michael Douglas’ quote in Wall Street. ...
_{Sport Name - AFL 22/07/2011}
We shouldn’t feel too sorry for Mick Malthouse
_{By Michael DiFabrizio}
Whether or not Collingwood win this year’s premiership, the club’s controversial coaching succession plan is bound to deny Mick Malthouse of something he deserves. ...
_{Sport Name - AFL 22/07/2011}
Malthouse director of coaching job redundant
_{By AlfredC}
Mick Malthouse’s position description as Director of Coaching appears finalised. ...
_{Sport Name - AFL 21/07/2011}
AFL putting the building blocks in place in Cairns
_{By Ben Somerford}
After all the fuss about Richmond selling home games, it was easy to forget Saturday’s clash between the Tigers and Gold Coast in Cairns was a big ...
_{Sport Name - AFL 21/07/2011}
Collingwood carousel can learn from Leno
_{By matthew_wood040}
Mick Malthouse was one of the AFL’s first ever career coaches. ...
_{Sport Name - AFL 20/07/2011}
Daniel Wells takes the next step to stardom
_{By Leigh Eustace}
As is the tendency, negative stories find their way into the headlines far easier than those of a more uplifting, commendable nature. ...
_{Sport Name - AFL 19/07/2011}
Seven clubs in race for AFL finals cut
_{By kevinhawkins}
Let’s face it, Collingwood are going to win the 2011 AFL premiership. ...
_{Sport Name - AFL 19/07/2011}
Richmond should not be selling home games
_{By Michael DiFabrizio}
While you can understand Mike Sheahan’s argument that Richmond should be beating the likes of Port Adelaide and Gold Coast regardless of venue, it seems all too ...
_{Sport Name - AFL 19/07/2011}
Drafts versus trades: what’s the recipe for success?
_{By AlfredC}
Having recently declared their hand as a “major player” in this year’s trade period, Richmond looks set to alter their list management tactics after several years of ...
_{Sport Name - AFL 17/07/2011}
The AFL has been too lenient with Heath Shaw
_{By Michael DiFabrizio}
Yesterday the AFL suspended Heath Shaw for “14 matches” – six of them are suspended – for betting on Collingwood teammate Nick Maxwell to kick the first ...
_{Sport Name - AFL 16/07/2011}
Swans on the cusp of a Golden Generation
_{By Subrasub}
In 2010, off the back of Sydney’s revival under the outgoing old master Paul Roos, respected commentator Dwayne Russell stated several times: “Paul Roos may end up ...
_{Sport Name - AFL 16/07/2011}
Surprising West Coast Eagles still flying high
_{By Brendan Lucas}
The West Coast Eagles’ rise to football heights may well be premature. ...
_{Sport Name - AFL 16/07/2011}
AFL have made an example out of ‘stupid’ Heath Shaw
_{By Ben Somerford}
Ouch! A 14-week suspension for a ‘stupid act’. ...
_{Sport Name - AFL 16/07/2011}
Brisbane bomb Essendon
_{By Lee McDonald}
Naming the proposed new Brisbane NRL side the Bombers is just plain dumb. ...
_{Sport Name - AFL 15/07/2011}
Where does Adam Goodes stand among the game’s greats?
_{By Subrasub}
There have been few players throughout the history of the AFL with a list of accolades and a playing reputation to match Adam Goodes. ...
_{Sport Name - AFL 15/07/2011}
Tom Scully: Time to leave the kid alone
_{By Andrew Silverman}
It seems that not a day can go by without an article being published debating the impending Tom Scully decision and frankly, I’ve had enough. ...
_{Sport Name - AFL 14/07/2011}
Bulldogs and St Kilda lurking in race for finals
_{By spock18}
With just two months left until the finals commence, the race for a top eight berth is gaining momentum. ...
_{Sport Name - AFL 14/07/2011}
West Coast an example for clubs to keep the faith
_{By Ben Somerford}
West Coast have been one of the AFL stories of the year and they wrote the latest chapter last Friday night when they defeated premiership contenders Geelong ...
_{Sport Name - AFL 14/07/2011}
GWS to sign Chad Cornes?
_{By The Crowd}
The Blacktown Sun, which appears to have a direct line to GWS Giants HQ, is passing around the rumour that GWS very interested in Chad Cornes, who ...
_{Sport Name - AFL 13/07/2011}
Hawthorn’s slide tactics claim casualty
_{By AlfredC}
Renowned under Alastair Clarkson for their once unsociable style of football, Hawthorn has once again found a loophole in the laws of the game. ...
_{Sport Name - AFL 13/07/2011}
Tom Scully: does he stay local or go to GWS?
_{By Ben Waterworth}
Hands up all those who want to be in Tom Scully’s shoes right now? Any takers? If you’re keen, go for it and good luck. ...
_{Sport Name - AFL 13/07/2011}
North Melbourne in Hobart: 130 years and counting
_{By Ian Syson}
Just over 130 years ago, North Melbourne (Hotham FC) became the first Victorian footy club to visit Tasmania. ...
_{Sport Name - AFL 12/07/2011}
AFL fans should get rewarded before players
_{By Jarrad Galaboff}
There was a time when players played football for the love of the game. ...
_{Sport Name - AFL 11/07/2011}
AFL players can’t win PR battle on pay rise
_{By Michael Filosi}
AFL players do a lot of work, but would have you believe that they are not paid well enough for their efforts. ...
_{Sport Name - AFL 11/07/2011}
Time for Collingwood to end Malthouse saga
_{By Andrew Silverman}
The AFL occupies the mantle of Australia’s biggest, richest and most powerful sporting competition. ...
_{Sport Name - AFL 10/07/2011}
Essendon v Richmond: AFL live scores, blog
_{By jcinque}
Two teams at opposite ends of the momentum spectrum are set to battle for a crucial four points at the MCG tonight. ...
_{Sport Name - AFL 09/07/2011}
State of Origin All Stars of the 1980s
_{By The Crowd}
The State of Origin concept, introduced in 1977, really hit its peak in the 1980s, with many great games played between the three ‘major’ states of Australian ...
_{Sport Name - AFL 09/07/2011}
Essendon: ready to fire now or not just yet?
_{By DysonBaker}
Welcome, Sir James! Essendon fans were singing from the roof tops when the Bombers announced the return of two of their favourite sons, James Hird and Mark ...
_{Sport Name - AFL 09/07/2011}
Beaten but not defeated, Cats think they can win it
_{By Geoff Lemon}
The Cats’ thrilling loss last Saturday night may have used up the last of their lives. ...
_{Sport Name - AFL 08/07/2011}
Collingwood primed to take the next step
_{By DysonBaker}
The next team in my look at the AFL is the current champion, and this year’s favourite, Collingwood. ...
_{Sport Name - AFL 07/07/2011}
We’ve changed our tune on AFL clubs resting players
_{By Ben Somerford}
It wasn’t too long ago that resting players had a negative label linked to it. ...
_{Sport Name - AFL 07/07/2011}
Is there such thing as a good loss in AFL?
_{By Ben Waterworth}
To some, a loss is a loss.
_{Sport Name - AFL 06/07/2011}
Why the AFL players deserve a pay rise
_{By Michael DiFabrizio}
The players are united, the players are united, the players are united. ...
_{Sport Name - AFL 05/07/2011}
Carlton rapidly on the rise
_{By DysonBaker}
As I continue my look at the future of AFL clubs and their distance from success we have now worked our way through to Carlton. ...
_{Sport Name - AFL 04/07/2011}
Building blocks for the Brisbane Lions
_{By DysonBaker}
As we continue to work through how your club has fared this year, and where every club is at in terms of development and premiership success, today ...
_{Sport Name - AFL 04/07/2011}
Victoria ruling the AFL, but for how much longer?
_{By Adrian Musolino}
There’s cause for optimism at AFL House, particularly coming off a round in which Collingwood, Carlton and Essendon – the traditional Melbourne powerhouses – enjoyed euphoric wins ...
_{Sport Name - AFL 04/07/2011}
Terrible Tigers trounced
_{By Andrew Silverman}
If Richmond honestly thought a finals berth this year was a legitimate possibility, they were brought back to reality with brutal force by a ferocious Carlton at ...
_{Sport Name - AFL 03/07/2011}
GWS predicts 2015 premiership success
_{By Andrew Silverman}
Here’s something to make you giggle. ...
_{Sport Name - AFL 02/07/2011}
The ultimate all-time All-Australian AFL team
_{By The Crowd}
In 1996, the AFL, as part of their centenary celebrations, named a ‘Team of the Century’ – a collection of players from the VFL/AFL’s 100 years. ...
_{Sport Name - AFL 02/07/2011}
AFL round 15: Adelaide versus Swans preview
_{By jrobat}
Adelaide take on Sydney on July 2 in the round 15 of the AFL at the AAMI Stadium. ...
_{Sport Name - AFL 02/07/2011}
Justin Sherman got what he deserved
_{By Trev}
The AFL for many years now have been the leaders in setting the example for breaking down racial barriers and educating players and the public on acceptance ...
_{Sport Name - AFL 01/07/2011}
Can GWS outdo Gold Coast with uncontracted players?
_{By Michael DiFabrizio}
When Gary Ablett finally announced his move to Gold Coast last year, it was hard to picture GWS outdoing the Suns in terms of their loot of ...
_{Sport Name - AFL 01/07/2011}
Why do AFL players put such value on loyalty?
_{By Ben Somerford}
When 21-year-old Western Bulldog Callan Ward weighed up the pros and cons of moving to Greater Western Sydney, he would’ve wrote on top of his list on ...
_{Sport Name - AFL 30/06/2011}
Is ANZ Stadium’s suface unsafe for AFL players?
_{By Ben Waterworth}
Aesthetically, ANZ Stadium is a beauty. ...
_{Sport Name - AFL 29/06/2011}
Sherman out: No AFL, and should not play VFL
_{By camcallsthegame}
Justin Sherman made several racial slurs against first gamer Joel Wilkinson of the AFL’s newest club, the Gold Coast Suns, and received four weeks as a penalty. ...
_{Sport Name - AFL 28/06/2011}
AFL still has work to do in combating racism
_{By Michael DiFabrizio}
The AFL should be applauded for its swift handling of the case that saw Western Bulldogs player Justin Sherman sent to the VFL for four weeks after ...
_{Sport Name - AFL 28/06/2011}
Beware the wounded Fremantle Dockers
_{By Marked}
The Urban Dictionary describes ‘Wounded Bird Syndrome’ as a device which young males use to attract women. ...
_{Sport Name - AFL 28/06/2011}
AFL’s roadtrips: are we there yet?
_{By camcallsthegame}
It took a volcanic eruption and Australian skies full of ash to bring the topic of travel in sport, back to the back pages of newspapers and ...
_{Sport Name - AFL 27/06/2011}
Four things we learned from round 14 of the AFL
_{By Michael Filosi}
With round 14 popping up more than a few surprises, there were a number of key points that became evident from the big upset (West Coast), the ...
_{Sport Name - AFL 27/06/2011}
Hooray! Carlton are back from the brink
_{By Andrew Silverman}
It’s hard not to get caught up in Carlton’s fortunes this season. ...
_{Sport Name - AFL 25/06/2011}
Free agency where money is thicker than blood
_{By 110percentsport}
Growing up, I liked three sports: footy, basketball and cricket. ...
_{Sport Name - AFL 25/06/2011}
AFL rivalries: Essendon vs Hawthorn
_{By 110percentsport}
Hate – verb (used with object) to dislike intensely or passionately; feel extreme aversion for or extreme hostility toward; detest: to hate the enemy; to hate bigotry. ...
_{Sport Name - AFL 24/06/2011}
AFL Live scores, blog: Hawthorn v Essendon
_{By The Cattery}
Two old rivals, Hawthorn and Essendon, meet tonight at the MCG. ...
_{Sport Name - AFL 24/06/2011}
Don’t knock it! AFL deserves praise for illicit drug policy
_{By Michael DiFabrizio}
The AFL could’ve put the careers of six men in danger on Wednesday, when it announced the latest illicit drug testing results. ...
_{Sport Name - AFL 24/06/2011}
Great rivalries: Essendon vs Hawthorn
_{By 110percentsport}
Hate – verb (used with object) to dislike intensely or passionately; feel extreme aversion for or extreme hostility toward; detest: to hate the enemy; to hate bigotry. ...
_{Sport Name - AFL 24/06/2011}
Swans’ credibility as a top four side on the line
_{By johnhunt92}
Sydney versus Collingwood at ANZ Stadium mid-year is generally a big match, but for the Swans, this year’s match is a mini-final which will determine their September ...
_{Sport Name - AFL 23/06/2011}
Why AFL’s illicit drug policy is a farcical PR front
_{By Adrian Musolino}
“Remarkable, incredibly successful policy,” was how AFL operations manager Adrian Anderson described the code’s drug policy in the wake of six players testing positive for illicit drugs ...
_{Sport Name - AFL 23/06/2011}
The anatomy of AFL club memberships
_{By The Cattery}
The AFL takes all of its key performance indicators seriously, especially the one dictating that the game remains affordable to families. ...
_{Sport Name - AFL 23/06/2011}
Sling tackles are just another instinct which needs to go
_{By Ben Somerford}
We’ve had this debate before, right? Well, sort of. ...
_{Sport Name - AFL 23/06/2011}
Foreign unfairness?
_{By Ben Carter}
Like most here on The Roar, I love sport. ...
_{Sport Name - AFL 22/06/2011}
Top Bulldog must let new chief enter kennel
_{By camcallsthegame}
After delving into the recent record books, I can say it’s time for Rodney Eade to move on. ...
_{Sport Name - AFL 22/06/2011}
Paying tribute to Scott Stevens
_{By Damo}
After 119 games with the Adelaide Crows from 2005 to 2011, West Australian and former Swan Scott Stevens has retired at age 29, revealing his battle with ...
_{Sport Name - AFL 22/06/2011}
Push in back unlikely saviour of the tackle
_{By onesilop}
In recent weeks we have been bemoaning the death of the tackle as we know it. ...
_{Sport Name - AFL 22/06/2011}
Lance Franklin brilliant, yet Buddy immature
_{By Ben Waterworth}
Superstar.
_{Sport Name - AFL 22/06/2011}
Don’t tell me the result! ‘Watching on replay’ dilemma
_{By kevinhawkins}
Nobody likes a spoiler.
_{Sport Name - AFL 21/06/2011}
Steve Harris is taking the Dockers apart
_{By Marked}
“Culture is like the sum of special knowledge that accumulates in any large united family and is the common property of all its members,” said Aldous Huxley, ...
_{Sport Name - AFL 21/06/2011}
Nick Riewoldt is merely a victim of culture
_{By Andrew Silverman}
Is Nick Riewoldt the latest victim of the dreaded St Kilda culture? As the season unfolds, it would appear as though the answer would be a resounding ...
_{Sport Name - AFL 21/06/2011}
Tyrone Vickery is a very big prospect
_{By Sam Patrick}
Richmond’s Tyrone Vickery is one player contributing to the emergence of a modern day football trend. ...
_{Sport Name - AFL 21/06/2011}
North Melbourne deal hurts Tasmania’s AFL bid
_{By Michael DiFabrizio}
When North Melbourne secured a deal to play two home games a year in Hobart earlier this month, its chairman James Brayshaw proclaimed: “This is a great ...
_{Sport Name - AFL 21/06/2011}
Back to the drawing board for Bombers, Hird
_{By spock18}
After just four rounds Essendon was touted as a top four team and genuine premiership contender. ...
_{Sport Name - AFL 20/06/2011}
Are we are too quick to judge AFL coaches?
_{By Michael Filosi}
There are very few certainties in the AFL, but one thing is for sure. ...
_{Sport Name - AFL 20/06/2011}
Free agency to rock AFL landscape
_{By Andrew Silverman}
When the VFL/AFL introduced the salary cap and draft in 1987, the game as we knew it was changed forever. ...
_{Sport Name - AFL 18/06/2011}
Future looks bright for tomorrow’s stars
_{By DysonBaker}
As we reach the mid-way point of the 2011 AFL season, the best under 18s are strutting their stuff trying to catch the eyes of prowling recruiters ...
_{Sport Name - AFL 18/06/2011}
AFL State of Origin: Redraw the battlelines
_{By DysonBaker}
With rugby league in the midst of State of Origin fever, Queensland and New South Wales fans packed out ANZ Stadium. ...
_{Sport Name - AFL 16/06/2011}
New kids on the block going at better than par at halfway
_{By Ben Somerford}
The youthful Gold Coast Suns’ debut season in the AFL was always going to be a curious experiment. ...
_{Sport Name - AFL 16/06/2011}
Where will your AFL club stand in 2015?
_{By JackBoard}
The 2011 AFL season is at its halfway point, but instead of analysing what has happened so far, let’s cast our eye on the future. ...
_{Sport Name - AFL 14/06/2011}
St Kilda should trade Goddard to GWS
_{By Michael DiFabrizio}
Garry Lyon had an interesting article in The Age over the weekend in which he called for AFL clubs to be proactive in dealing with the GWS ...
_{Sport Name - AFL 14/06/2011}
Geelong Cats surprise mid-season leaders
_{By Michael Filosi}
Twelve rounds down, twelve rounds to go. ...
_{Sport Name - AFL 13/06/2011}
Who was the best of new Hall of Fame inductees?
_{By DysonBaker}
233 players, coaches, umpires and media personalities have been honoured by the Australian Football Hall of Fame since 1996, including 23 of the games’ “Legends”. ...
_{Sport Name - AFL 11/06/2011}
A long way to go for Ricky Nixon to clear his name
_{By Ben Somerford}
If former AFL player-agent Ricky Nixon thought he’d be in the clear after today’s revelation that the schoolgirl at the heart of the affair had lied about ...
_{Sport Name - AFL 09/06/2011}
One man club is a no hope strategy
_{By AlfredC}
Injuries are renowned for ruining seasons for certain teams, but when a club finds itself in a situation where the team’s success is dependent on the health ...
_{Sport Name - AFL 08/06/2011}
Why other AFL clubs will soon fear the Suns
_{By Ben Waterworth}
We all love the Gold Coast Suns at the moment. ...
_{Sport Name - AFL 08/06/2011}
AFL needs a mid-season trade window
_{By Damo}
Now is the time of year when we start to cut the wheat from the chaff. ...
_{Sport Name - AFL 07/06/2011}
AFL doesn’t have it all its own way
_{By Damo}
This weekend, the Socceroos played at Adelaide Oval. ...
_{Sport Name - AFL 07/06/2011}
What the NHL can teach the AFL about expansion
_{By Michael DiFabrizio}
If the AFL needs any reminding of the risks associated with its expansion clubs Gold Coast and GWS, it could do worse than take a look at ...
_{Sport Name - AFL 07/06/2011}
AFL Rising Star award needs a makeover
_{By kevinhawkins}
For all its excitement, the Rising Star award frustrates football supporters like nothing else. ...
_{Sport Name - AFL 06/06/2011}
AFL premiership contenders in a race of four
_{By Michael Filosi}
And then there were four.
_{Sport Name - AFL 06/06/2011}
Live scores, blog: Collingwood v St Kilda
_{By The Cattery}
Grand final re-matches are always a special fixture during the AFL season, especially so this time around. ...
_{Sport Name - AFL 04/06/2011}
Don’t knock the concussion issue on the head
_{By JonathanDemos}
It’s official: concussion in sport is a very real and serious issue. ...
_{Sport Name - AFL 04/06/2011}
AFL has more code-jumpers in their sights
_{By Tristan Rayner}
The AFL has confirmed that it has had eight “genuine” expressions of interest from rugby league and union players looking to swap codes. ...
_{Sport Name - AFL 03/06/2011}
Cats in line to make history with ten in a row
_{By chloe}
If the Geelong Cats win at Kardinia Park this weekend, not only will they extend their long streak of winning games at home, they will also be ...
_{Sport Name - AFL 03/06/2011}
Port Power now the chink in the AFL’s armour
_{By Adrian Musolino}
“Football in South Australia is Port Adelaide,” said former president Bruce Weber, when the club first applied for admission into the AFL in 1990. ...
_{Sport Name - AFL 02/06/2011}
Has Port Adelaide become an irrelevant club?
_{By Ben Somerford}
There’s been a fair bit of talk about Port Adelaide’s off-field plight this week following the news the SANFL has no more credit to underwrite them, meaning ...
_{Sport Name - AFL 02/06/2011}
Was Richmond’s Darwin experiment a mistake?
_{By Ben Waterworth}
While most AFL fans marvelled at the sparkling new Metricon Stadium on Saturday night, another match with far less publicity was being played 3,500 kilometres north-west of ...
_{Sport Name - AFL 01/06/2011}
AFL hopefuls shaken back to reality
_{By Geoff Lemon}
Four of the AFL’s new breed of hopefuls got a stern wake-up call this weekend, with their recent philosophy of daring to dream being rudely interrupted by ...
_{Sport Name - AFL 30/05/2011}
Akermanis bags the Bulldogs. What’s new!
_{By AlfredC}
It’s not uncommon to see Jason Akermanis vent his bitterness against the Western Bulldogs through the media, but he took it too far yesterday afternoon. ...
_{Sport Name - AFL 28/05/2011}
Western Bulldogs are a club in crisis
_{By Justin}
The Western Bulldogs have been the talk of the town this week, but all for the wrong reasons following their thrashing at the hands of the West ...
_{Sport Name - AFL 28/05/2011}
If the Bulldogs lose this weekend, Eade is gone
_{By Michael DiFabrizio}
The Western Bulldogs’ match against Hawthorn on Sunday will either make or break their season. ...
_{Sport Name - AFL 27/05/2011}
Which AFL coaches are facing the sack?
_{By Matthew Stephen}
Eight AFL coaches come out of contract at the end of the current season, and nine weeks in, some of them must be wondering if they will ...
_{Sport Name - AFL 26/05/2011}
Will AFL’s Israel Folau ever play State of Origin again?
_{By Ben Somerford}
Watching last night’s State-of-Origin thriller, I couldn’t help but ponder what AFL ‘convert’ Israel Folau was thinking. ...
_{Sport Name - AFL 26/05/2011}
A real Dogs breakfast
_{By Leigh Eustace}
Western Bulldogs fans are fighting a battle between reasons and excuses. ...
_{Sport Name - AFL 25/05/2011}
Jeering players from your own team is a disgrace
_{By Ben Waterworth}
The whipping boy – every sports team has one – is that one player who every supporter blames for a loss. ...
_{Sport Name - AFL 25/05/2011}
Time to make a stand on racial abuse
_{By The Crowd}
I don’t need to have walked in another person’s shoes to know that using racial epithets to sledge anyone is one of most disgraceful acts a person ...
_{Sport Name - AFL 24/05/2011}
Why can’t Taylor Walker have a beer at the footy?
_{By Michael DiFabrizio}
Adelaide forward Taylor Walker was the subject of some bizarre criticism over the weekend after Fox Sports cameras caught him having a beer in the stands while ...
_{Sport Name - AFL 24/05/2011}
Can neutral supporters be impartial?
_{By Anna Harrington}
The neutral supporter.
_{Sport Name - AFL 23/05/2011}
GWS Giants coaching dream team
_{By AlfredC}
As we enter the middle third of the year, the recruiting concessions of the AFL’s 18th team has heated up contract talks with players. ...
_{Sport Name - AFL 23/05/2011}
AFL needs an All Star weekend
_{By Benjani}
With the prospect floated earlier in the week by Collingwood superstar Scott Pendlebury, the move for an All Star weekend in the AFL is beginning to gather ...
_{Sport Name - AFL 23/05/2011}
AFL should rethink head high contact
_{By Michael Filosi}
Joel Selwood is a courageous player. ...
_{Sport Name - AFL 23/05/2011}
Shut the duck up and let them play
_{By jdamato}
The AFL head-ducking debate, is yet more proof that modern day footballers cannot win the media game. ...
_{Sport Name - AFL 22/05/2011}
Why not a minute of applause for Bob Davis?
_{By johnhunt92}
Bob Davis; champion footballer, premiership coach, Televisions first footy superstar and an all round good bloke, it is a great CV and a great life. ...
_{Sport Name - AFL 22/05/2011}
Why the AFL needs a NBA-styled Draft Lottery
_{By Liam Quinn}
This week, the NBA had its annual Draft Lottery, which was won by the Cleveland Cavaliers. ...
_{Sport Name - AFL 21/05/2011}
Is Karmichael Hunt the worst player in AFL?
_{By AlfredC}
When one player is commanding a $1. ...
_{Sport Name - AFL 20/05/2011}
NRL’s passionate State of Origin narrative envy of AFL
_{By Ben Somerford}
It’s around this time every year, as rugby league prepares for its wonderful annual State of Origin series, that the idea of a similar competition for Aussie ...
_{Sport Name - AFL 20/05/2011}
AFL doesn’t need a teaspoon of cement
_{By The Crowd}
I think when AFL fans today talk of softness they refer mainly to what’s been happening off the field. ...
_{Sport Name - AFL 18/05/2011}
Remembering Bobby Davis
_{By matthew_wood040}
Today the tributes flow for Bob Davis, “The Geelong Flyer”, as well they should. ...
_{Sport Name - AFL 18/05/2011}
Sydney Swans’ crowds are sliding this year
_{By Peter Wilson}
There have been articles written referring to the AFL’s “crowd slump” in Sydney, but I’m sticking with known facts to make some Sydney Swans attendance projections for ...
_{Sport Name - AFL 18/05/2011}
Who should take the giant leap to GWS?
_{By Damo}
So far, the 2011 AFL season has been able to last eight rounds without much press surrounding player movement to the Greater Western Sydney Giants. ...
_{Sport Name - AFL 18/05/2011}
V8 Supercars to steal AFL, NRL’s international thunder
_{By Adrian Musolino}
The sale of a majority ownership of V8 Supercars to Sydney-based private equity firm Archer Capital in a $300 million deal gives the series the foundation it ...
_{Sport Name - AFL 18/05/2011}
Please don’t put ‘soft’ and ‘AFL’ in same sentence
_{By Ben Waterworth}
Every now and then, a frustrated old-school AFL supporter will ring up a talkback radio station and whinge about how modern-day players are weak. ...
_{Sport Name - AFL 18/05/2011}
Geelong big winners, Collingwood take positives
_{By Leigh Eustace}
It’s interesting to consider who the real winner was Friday night. ...
_{Sport Name - AFL 17/05/2011}
Punks in the AFL nanny state
_{By AlfredC}
The resonations of Jack Trengove’s refusal to alter the way he attacks the football and players of his cohort has thoroughly impressed many, whilst AFL officials have ...
_{Sport Name - AFL 17/05/2011}
There’s no such thing as a perfect advantage rule
_{By Michael DiFabrizio}
The AFL’s new advantage rule was put under the microscope over the weekend after Scott Pendlebury wasn’t paid advantage on a play where he kicked a goal ...
_{Sport Name - AFL 17/05/2011}
Essendon gaining respect in footy world
_{By nsfwafl18531}
It wasn’t as much beating a top four or a top eight side on the road, it was proving to the footy world that Essendon can win ...
_{Sport Name - AFL 16/05/2011}
Are we sanitising our game into extinction?
_{By GrantS}
A few years ago, the AFL banned the “coathanger” and the “driving tackle”. ...
_{Sport Name - AFL 15/05/2011}
Gold Coast Suns will shine a little too brightly
_{By William Botoulas}
The AFL has created a monster it will not be able to control. ...
_{Sport Name - AFL 14/05/2011}
South Australian footy not as bleak as it seems
_{By Rodney Penny}
People from the heartlands of the two rugby codes in New South Wales and Queensland wouldn’t necessarily be aware of this, but Melbourne isn’t Australian football’s only ...
_{Sport Name - AFL 14/05/2011}
Collingwood have improved, but are still vulnerable
_{By Michael DiFabrizio}
After seven rounds of football, Collingwood are still the raging favourite to win this year’s premiership. ...
_{Sport Name - AFL 13/05/2011}
Match Review gets Trengrove case wrong
_{By The Crowd}
Since its formation, the Match Review panel has made the majority of AFL supporters cry foul at one time or another, and their wave of inconsistency appears ...
_{Sport Name - AFL 13/05/2011}
The AFL’s most inspirational stories
_{By AlfredC}
Promotion of our wonderful game has recently come to the forefront of the AFL’s priorities and the inspirational stories of individuals plastered throughout history are unjustly tales ...
_{Sport Name - AFL 12/05/2011}
What’s the best timeslot for the AFL’s ninth fixture?
_{By Ben Somerford}
The AFL got its first look at its new Saturday twilight fixture last weekend when Richmond hosted Fremantle in front of 34,090 fans at the MCG. ...
_{Sport Name - AFL 12/05/2011}
How AFL should share the $1.25 billion pie
_{By SallyW}
Andrew Demetriou was the cat rolling in cream as he announced the biggest television rights deal ever in AFL history last month. ...
_{Sport Name - AFL 12/05/2011}
Richmond Tigers aren’t cellar dwellers anymore
_{By Rodney Penny}
The Richmond Football Club is an iconic brand in the Australian sporting landscape. ...
_{Sport Name - AFL 11/05/2011}
Carlton, Essendon taking up St Kilda’s post
_{By Leigh Eustace}
The St Kilda Football Club has very successfully set up to win the close ones over the last few years, which has seen them get as close ...
_{Sport Name - AFL 11/05/2011}
Don’t get behind the Demons just yet
_{By kevinhawkins}
It amazes me how a team can be utterly thumped one week, and then come out like world beaters the next. ...
_{Sport Name - AFL 11/05/2011}
Who wins: relentless Pies or wise Cats?
_{By Ben Waterworth}
Want to impress your girlfriend by cooking an exotic meal all by yourself? You’re in luck. ...
_{Sport Name - AFL 11/05/2011}
Great test to see where Essendon’s at this year
_{By nsfwafl18531}
That’s the feeling I got after Essendon’s win over the West Coast Eagles. ...
_{Sport Name - AFL 10/05/2011}
The AFL teams that need to turn things around
_{By Michael DiFabrizio}
The weekend put the spotlight on a few clubs – not to mention a few coaches – while also taking it off others. ...
_{Sport Name - AFL 10/05/2011}
Another big win for AFL courtesy of Gold Coast Suns
_{By Adrian Musolino}
The AFL couldn’t have scripted a better fortnight: a new television deal signed which exceeded the billion-dollar mark; the Adelaide Oval redevelopment – the potential saviour of ...
_{Sport Name - AFL 09/05/2011}
Are favourite sons coaching a good idea?
_{By Michael Filosi}
Football clubs, of all codes, can be a romantic bunch. ...
_{Sport Name - AFL 09/05/2011}
How much influence are ruckmen really having?
_{By AlfredC}
Rule changes within the game have made leg speed critical to winning games. ...
_{Sport Name - AFL 08/05/2011}
AFL needs a little extra time
_{By Tommo}
Every single time there is a drawn AFL game, fans, players and coaches come out saying, a draw is not a worthy option for our game. ...
_{Sport Name - AFL 07/05/2011}
Using the water-cooler principle to pick winners
_{By kevinhawkins}
We’ve all got different methods for predicting the imminent round’s results. ...
_{Sport Name - AFL 06/05/2011}
Why AFL expansion really is worth all the risks
_{By Michael DiFabrizio}
The recent form of the Gold Coast Suns and GWS Giants has shown us the ugly side of the AFL’s northern expansion. ...
_{Sport Name - AFL 06/05/2011}
Are the Washington Capitals the St Kilda of the NHL?
_{By Alistair Hogg}
Blessed with some of the best talent in the league, they were a slick, cohesive team unit that worked tirelessly for each other. ...
_{Sport Name - AFL 05/05/2011}
GWS Giants a disaster waiting to happen for AFL?
_{By Ben Somerford}
Gold Coast’s historic Round 5 victory over Port Adelaide may have silenced some of the cynics taking aim at the AFL’s bold expansion project, but last weekend ...
_{Sport Name - AFL 05/05/2011}
GWS needs to learn from the Suns’ mistakes
_{By payroll}
If GWS wants to make an impact in the fledgling Sydney market, then the Giants need look no further than the mistakes made by the Gold Coast ...
_{Sport Name - AFL 04/05/2011}
Can code switching be a success for players and fans?
_{By Ian Syson}
While the AFL was sitting smugly in the glow of all of the publicity surrounding the defection of Karmichael Hunt and Israel Folau, a dilemma was never ...
_{Sport Name - AFL 04/05/2011}
Why has the once mighty St Kilda fallen so quickly?
_{By Ben Waterworth}
Relentless.
_{Sport Name - AFL 04/05/2011}
Eade’s tenure at Dogs is in serious trouble
_{By Leigh Eustace}
One mustn’t look too far ahead, otherwise you lose perspective of the present. ...
_{Sport Name - AFL 04/05/2011}
Demons take a major step backwards
_{By Sam Patrick}
The excitement that a young side can provide for its fans is invaluable. ...
_{Sport Name - AFL 04/05/2011}
Brendan Fevola makes his VFL comeback
_{By Brendan Lucas}
Brendan Fevola has made his return to league football last weekend, after taking to the field with the Casey Scorpions for the first time this year in ...
_{Sport Name - AFL 04/05/2011}
Misbehaving footballers: the solution to the problems
_{By PaddyBoy}
Consider this: you take a group of young males, and despite being one I will readily admit we not the pinnacle of responsible behaviour as a group, ...
_{Sport Name - AFL 03/05/2011}
Is Sportolocism Australia’s dominant religion?
_{By AlfredC}
Amidst the multiculturalism which makes our wonderful country so diverse, the religious identity of Australia is vague and ambiguous. ...
_{Sport Name - AFL 03/05/2011}
Money can buy success in the AFL
_{By Sam Patrick}
In the modern world of sport, there are many things that money can buy. ...
_{Sport Name - AFL 02/05/2011}
Some options for AFL’s battlers: Port Adelaide and North Melbourne
_{By Damo}
When one thinks of struggling or ‘irrelevant’ clubs in the AFL one typically jumps straight to North Melbourne or Port Adelaide. ...
_{Sport Name - AFL 02/05/2011}
Is Ricky Nixon innocent, naive, or foolish?
_{By Michael Filosi}
For a man who has weathered his fair share of media storms while managing the AFL’s biggest names, Ricky Nixon seemed all at sea in last night’s ...
_{Sport Name - AFL 02/05/2011}
Picking a SANFL All Stars team of the 1980s
_{By The Crowd}
The 1980s was a golden period for the South Australian National Football League (SANFL). ...
_{Sport Name - AFL 30/04/2011}
AFL deal is big numbers on world stage
_{By Andrew Leonard}
Make no mistake, the broadcasting deal the AFL has sold for rights to all its content for the next five years, is bigger than Ben Hur. ...
_{Sport Name - AFL 29/04/2011}
Hawthorn Hawks has lost its way since 2008
_{By AlfredC}
A “premiership hangover” has been bandied around for two years, but after watching the Hawks’ Round 5 clash against Geelong, the Hawthorn team of 2008 has lost ...
_{Sport Name - AFL 29/04/2011}
AFL’s new TV deal redefines our sporting landscape
_{By Adrian Musolino}
The AFL’s billion-dollar television deal is the equivalent of a big bang for Australian sports – a cosmic explosion that will redefine the landscape. ...
_{Sport Name - AFL 29/04/2011}
Some perspective on the AFL deal
_{By David Lord}
Spare a thought for Rex Mossop, Ron Casey, and Norman May when you try to get your head around the $1. ...
_{Sport Name - AFL 29/04/2011}
AFL silences doubters with $1.25 billion broadcast deal
_{By Michael DiFabrizio}
It’s now official.
_{Sport Name - AFL 28/04/2011}
Mammoth AFL rights deal finally hunted down
_{By Geoff Lemon}
So the mail is in, and the mystical billion-dollar mark has been obliterated. ...
_{Sport Name - AFL 28/04/2011}
AFL’s Billion dollar baby
_{By Leigh Eustace}
Was there any ever doubt? When dealing with a figure as magical and epic as $1. ...
_{Sport Name - AFL 28/04/2011}
Analysing the new AFL broadcast rights
_{By Liam Quinn}
At 2:30pm this afternoon, the AFL is expected to announce its most lucrative payday, ever. ...
_{Sport Name - AFL 28/04/2011}
ANZAC Day debate shows weaker clubs must change
_{By Ben Somerford}
We’ve all heard the debate.
_{Sport Name - AFL 28/04/2011}
Saints slipping halo affecting their football
_{By Leigh Eustace}
St Kilda needs to purchase some pens and notepads and head back to school. ...
_{Sport Name - AFL 27/04/2011}
It was a brilliant round of AFL, too long though
_{By Ben Waterworth}
Round 5 was a beauty, perhaps the best AFL round produced for some years. ...
_{Sport Name - AFL 27/04/2011}
Sharing ANZAC day football with all clubs?
_{By Andrew Leonard}
The annual calls of injustice at Collingwood and Essendon having a duopoly on the staging of a football match on ANZAC day, the most significant day on ...
_{Sport Name - AFL 26/04/2011}
Pokie reform to kill clubs? Blame the one-armed bandit
_{By Geoff Lemon}
Jeff Kennett has come out with some premium-grade tripe before, but his claim that pokie regulations could “send some AFL clubs to the wall” is up there ...
_{Sport Name - AFL 26/04/2011}
AFL umpires: Pros or pretenders?
_{By Tommo}
It’s time for change.
_{Sport Name - AFL 25/04/2011}
Is James Hird really Essendon’s saviour?
_{By Tom Dimanis}
The Lord Saviour has returned! No, I’m not referring to the long-haired dude with the beard who died for our sins more than two thousand years ago. ...
_{Sport Name - AFL 25/04/2011}
AFL needs to make it perfect 10 in 2012
_{By Neotraveler}
When the GWS Giants take the field next year, expanding the competition to eighteen teams, the AFL will likely introduce the sixth finals system of the modern-era ...
_{Sport Name - AFL 23/04/2011}
Anzac Day: the Sherrin shall be delivered
_{By Dugald Massey}
No footy team ever ran through a banner that said “We are the unlucky led by the unqualified to do the unnecessary for the ungrateful”. ...
_{Sport Name - AFL 23/04/2011}
How Centrals and Gowans rule SANFL
_{By CDFCFTW}
If you follow the SANFL, you might have heard of a team that’s been doing fairly well these last few years – Central Districts. ...
_{Sport Name - AFL 22/04/2011}
Where should the AFL expand to next?
_{By Lachlan}
The AFL this year has introduced its 17th team, Gold Coast Suns, and next year there will be an 18th team, Greater Western Sydney Giants. ...
_{Sport Name - AFL 22/04/2011}
AFL still have a long way to go when it comes to online
_{By Michael DiFabrizio}
While the reporting of the AFL’s next TV rights deal can seem over the top, and at times akin to throwing darts, footy fans can at least ...
_{Sport Name - AFL 22/04/2011}
ANZAC Day belongs to Pies and Bombers
_{By johnhunt92}
Enough is enough! As ANZAC Day comes around, the old debate about ending the Collingwood-Essendon exclusiveness of that day’s football is brought up like a big night ...
_{Sport Name - AFL 21/04/2011}
How low will Suns’ crowds go after more thrashings?
_{By Ben Somerford}
After attracting 28,000 fans to their debut AFL game at the Gabba in Round 2, the Gold Coast Suns saw their home crowd drop down to just ...
_{Sport Name - AFL 21/04/2011}
Easter chance for early season resurrection
_{By Leigh Eustace}
The weekend’s footy has setup an exciting Easter/Anzac Day round where seven games over four days can be likened to the third day of a golf major. ...
_{Sport Name - AFL 20/04/2011}
AFL fans wouldn’t stand for a Bennett decision
_{By Ben Waterworth}
AFL clubs preach loyalty and discipline. ...
_{Sport Name - AFL 20/04/2011}
Forget extra time, there’s nothing wrong with a draw
_{By Michael DiFabrizio}
Every single time there is a drawn AFL game, advocates of extra time pop up saying we need it to ditch the draw. ...
_{Sport Name - AFL 19/04/2011}
The inside tip on sports gambling
_{By Michael Filosi}
I love sport, and most things associated with it. ...
_{Sport Name - AFL 18/04/2011}
Geelong move to 4-0 after downing Sydney
_{By simon.kerrigan}
The class of Geelong was on display last night, as they outclassed a young, improving Sydney Swan’s outfit by 27 points, in slippery conditions at the Sydney ...
_{Sport Name - AFL 17/04/2011}
Is footy department spending an unfair modern trend?
_{By Ben Somerford}
When Mark Robinson compared Jack Watts and Michael Hurley in his Herald Sun piece this week, perhaps the question he should’ve asked was would the former number ...
_{Sport Name - AFL 16/04/2011}
The Showdown: More than just a football match
_{By andrewadelaide}
Showdowns in South Australian footy; they are something else, aren’t they? The two occasions a year, that divides households, workplaces and school across the state. ...
_{Sport Name - AFL 15/04/2011}
Hunt: the most harshly judged second-gamer ever
_{By Michael DiFabrizio}
This is getting ridiculous.
_{Sport Name - AFL 15/04/2011}
What would the AFL need to do to expand beyond Australia?
_{By PaddyBoy}
I’ll start this piece by stating what I mean: can Australian Rules get to the point of having a credible international competition, made up of players who ...
_{Sport Name - AFL 15/04/2011}
Looks like we’re in for a Collingwood empire
_{By Andrew Sutherland}
When Geelong lost to Collingwood in Round 19 last year, great full-back Matthew Scarlett thought it was something the Cats had done: “We were despicable,” he exclaimed. ...
_{Sport Name - AFL 15/04/2011}
Gary Ablett wants Gary Ablett medal
_{By shaken}
Gary Ablett’s manager, Liam Pickering, has sensationally claimed that Bomber Thompson cost his client not only a second Brownlow medal, but also “every other media award as ...
_{Sport Name - AFL 14/04/2011}
Is it positive that AFL players are seeking counselling?
_{By Melanie Dinjaski}
One hundred and one (or one in seven) AFL players received a form of psychological help last year. ...
_{Sport Name - AFL 14/04/2011}
Still a case for the use of gloves in the AFL
_{By Steve Gauci}
In 1992, Footscray (now the Western Bulldogs) defender Tony Campbell set a new trend in Australian Rules Football. ...
_{Sport Name - AFL 13/04/2011}
Why Campbell Brown is really just a thug
_{By jtwohands}
On a Saturday afternoon at the MCG in August 2009, a young Bombers outfit and the hungover Hawks played off for the final spot in the final ...
_{Sport Name - AFL 13/04/2011}
Match-day AFL betting must be de-saturated
_{By Ben Waterworth}
The view for a spectator at a modern-day AFL game is somewhat similar to scenes out of ‘A Beautiful Mind’. ...
_{Sport Name - AFL 13/04/2011}
Round four’s AFL Footy Power Rankings
_{By mcsimmo}
Let me introduce you to my Footy Power Rankings. ...
_{Sport Name - AFL 12/04/2011}
AFL’s TV deal choking NRL, Socceroos
_{By thom_canberra}
Television rights are one of the most important features of a professional sports league’s success. ...
_{Sport Name - AFL 11/04/2011}
Contenders, pretenders and cellar dwellers emerge
_{By Michael Filosi}
If round two of the AFL season gave us an inkling of what to expect from season 2011, round three seems to have confirmed it. ...
_{Sport Name - AFL 11/04/2011}
What defines an ‘elite’ AFL player?
_{By AlfredC}
Bandied around with too little qualification criteria, the word “elite” is tossed around far too often by the AFL’s media. ...
_{Sport Name - AFL 10/04/2011}
Playing one sport just not enough for some
_{By The Crowd}
An SMS from a mate posed a question that got me stumped: “Is Karmichael Hunt the first person to have played at the elite level in both ...
_{Sport Name - AFL 09/04/2011}
Israel Folau: Izzy a flop?
_{By Steve Kaless}
Gee this AFL lark’s a bit tougher than expected. ...
_{Sport Name - AFL 08/04/2011}
What were people expecting from the code-jumpers?
_{By Ben Somerford}
One game in and the criticism of AFL code-jumpers Karmichael Hunt and Israel Folau has already begun. ...
_{Sport Name - AFL 08/04/2011}
Is AFL to blame for Australia’s sporting decline?
_{By Ryan O'Connell}
Yesterday I asked why Australia’s sporting status in the world had slipped, and gave some possible reasons why. ...
_{Sport Name - AFL 07/04/2011}
Hey AFL, there can be a happy draw!
_{By Ben Carter}
What is it with people always applying the phrases “dreaded” or “silence” or “shocking” to a drawn Aussie Rules footy match? It happens, people, so you might ...
_{Sport Name - AFL 07/04/2011}
Why the AFL needs full-time umpires
_{By bjwaterworth}
It was last Friday night at the MCG and Richmond was in the process of causing the biggest upset of the 2011 season. ...
_{Sport Name - AFL 06/04/2011}
Why Gold Coast Suns will win a game
_{By AlfredC}
After what can only be described as an old fashioned flogging at the hands of Carlton, the immediate future of the Gold Coast Suns is brighter than ...
_{Sport Name - AFL 06/04/2011}
Gold Coast Suns rise with new stars apparent
_{By Damo}
If I was one of the young 12,180 Gold Coast Suns members looking for a number to put on my back, it’d be number 23. ...
_{Sport Name - AFL 05/04/2011}
Gold Coast Suns face long road ahead
_{By Michael Filosi}
The Gold Coast Suns made their much awaited AFL debut on Saturday night in Brisbane, with the match providing a rude wake-up call to Gold Coast players ...
_{Sport Name - AFL 04/04/2011}
Sydney, why are your sporting crowds so poor?
_{By Adrian Musolino}
There’s a conundrum in Australian sport that needs to be explored: why the most populous city, Sydney, in the most populous state, New South Wales (NSW), consistently ...
_{Sport Name - AFL 01/04/2011}
No need to sit down, Jobe, you’ve made your point
_{By Michael DiFabrizio}
This week brought us the news that Essendon captain Jobe Watson wanted to organise a sit-down protest at the start of his side’s Round 1 game with ...
_{Sport Name - AFL 01/04/2011}
Youth may be the answer, but not for Cats
_{By AlfredC}
Following the ominous losses of dual premiership combination Gary Ablett and Mark Thompson, the aging Geelong list had been earmarked for a decline from a four-year period ...
_{Sport Name - AFL 31/03/2011}
Why the Gold Coast Suns will win their debut game
_{By Ben Somerford}
They have been widely tipped for the wooden spoon and will be fielding 10-12 AFL debutants against a 2010 finals side, with two-time Brownlow medallist Chris Judd ...
_{Sport Name - AFL 31/03/2011}
The 2010 AFL annual report summary
_{By The_Wookie}
The full annual report for 2010 has been released by the AFL, and for the keen observer, it makes for interesting reading. ...
_{Sport Name - AFL 30/03/2011}
Buddy Franklin must step up for the Hawks
_{By Ryan Cook}
To his defenders, he is nothing more than a genius. ...
_{Sport Name - AFL 30/03/2011}
No need to worry over Round One AFL crowds
_{By Michael DiFabrizio}
The AFL’s opening round crowd figures did not go unnoticed over the weekend, both within the game and outside of it. ...
_{Sport Name - AFL 29/03/2011}
Essendon Bombers hit hard in opening round
_{By Leigh Eustace}
The message from the weekend’s AFL opening round is the same relayed to Gaddafi’s armed forces last week: “Gentlemen, the Bombers have arrived. ...
_{Sport Name - AFL 29/03/2011}
AFL should push for college footy
_{By Connor Kret}
There is no denying that the off season between this season and the last was full of negative stories for the AFL. ...
_{Sport Name - AFL 28/03/2011}
AFL players who face a make-or-break 2011
_{By AlfredC}
This is a look at players from each club in the AFL whose time has come to step up and live up to their promise in the ...
_{Sport Name - AFL 25/03/2011}
Concussion rule: common sense or just a nuisance?
_{By Michael DiFabrizio}
Last night we got our first look at the AFL’s new substitute rule, but it was another new rule – the concussion rule – that managed to ...
_{Sport Name - AFL 25/03/2011}
Doomsdayers beware: don’t write off the Cats in 2011
_{By Ben Somerford}
The 2011 AFL season gets underway tonight, but living outside Victoria, it’s hard to get genuinely excited about the season opener between Richmond and Carlton. ...
_{Sport Name - AFL 24/03/2011}
Simple ideas to improve the AFL spectacle
_{By johnb747b}
My personal footy background was in football, rugby league (at high school and local grade and group one rep) and in rugby (SU Intercollegiate, uni lower grades), ...
_{Sport Name - AFL 24/03/2011}
Mallee footy memories inspire Lehmo
_{By Rob McLean}
Although the childhood heroes of popular comedian Anthony Lehmann, stage name Lehmo, wore the famous brown and gold colours of his beloved Hawthorn, his heroes weren’t Hawks ...
_{Sport Name - AFL 24/03/2011}
Daniel Kerr shouldn’t be playing round one
_{By bjwaterworth}
Things haven’t gone so smoothly for Daniel Kerr over the past few years. ...
_{Sport Name - AFL 23/03/2011}
My tip for 2011? Western Bulldogs to be premiers
_{By Michael DiFabrizio}
Already this pre-season I’ve stated Collingwood are “hard to bet against” and Hawthorn “will be a major threat”. ...
_{Sport Name - AFL 22/03/2011}
AFL season previews: Crows, Lions, Blues, Pies
_{By DaVe86}
The 2011 premiership seasons shapes up to be a beauty. ...
_{Sport Name - AFL 21/03/2011}
Crystal ball gazing for 2011 AFL season
_{By Michael Filosi}
Footy is back! The 2011 AFL season kicks off with what has become the traditional season opener between Carlton and Richmond on Thursday night. ...
_{Sport Name - AFL 21/03/2011}
West Coast Eagles for the finals in 2011?
_{By liamquinn}
Coming off two below-par seasons in 2008 and 2009, West Coast appeared full of promise before the start of 2010. ...
_{Sport Name - AFL 18/03/2011}
An uneven AFL season or more of the same?
_{By Andrew Leonard}
This coming 2011 AFL season has an uneven look about it in more ways than one. ...
_{Sport Name - AFL 18/03/2011}
Why the AFL is full of contradictions
_{By jdamato}
As soon as Brendan Fevola’s dynamic interview with Craig Hutchison came to an end on Thursday night during The Footy Show, the likes of Sam Newman and ...
_{Sport Name - AFL 18/03/2011}
Hawthorn will be a major threat in 2011
_{By Michael DiFabrizio}
The past two years have seen the same four teams finish top four and the same four teams contest the preliminary finals. ...
_{Sport Name - AFL 18/03/2011}
Richmond need a big improvement in 2011
_{By Sam Patrick}
Season 2010 couldn’t have started any worse for new coach Damien Hardwick and his young Tiger cubs. ...
_{Sport Name - AFL 17/03/2011}
Malthouse must coach in 2012, but at which club?
_{By Ben Somerford}
Collingwood coach Mick Malthouse is a man at the top of his profession. ...
_{Sport Name - AFL 17/03/2011}
Substitute rule to have massive impact on AFL
_{By bjwaterworth}
Geelong’s Mark Blake is a ruckman of the old school variety. ...
_{Sport Name - AFL 15/03/2011}
How the interchange rule will change the game
_{By Michael DiFabrizio}
The AFL’s new interchange rule is set to change how the game is played. ...
_{Sport Name - AFL 15/03/2011}
Who will stand tall in September? Top eight preview
_{By johnhunt92}
In part two of my 2011 AFL season preview, the crystal ball reveals top eight and the 2011 AFL Premier. ...
_{Sport Name - AFL 14/03/2011}
Izzy ready for the AFL? Not by a long shot
_{By Michael Filosi}
For footy followers of all codes, persistent detractors, supporters and curious onlookers alike, the wait is over. ...
_{Sport Name - AFL 14/03/2011}
Musical maestros play it hard on the field
_{By Rob McLean}
With a break between the NAB Cup final and the opening round of the AFL season, here’s a team with a difference. ...
_{Sport Name - AFL 13/03/2011}
Scorpions kidding themselves if they pull pin on Fevola
_{By Jared Newton}
The baggage that comes with a player like Brendan Fevola is well-documented, and it is no secret that there is a high chance that some of these ...
_{Sport Name - AFL 11/03/2011}
Brendan Fevola booted from Crown Casino
_{By Tristan Rayner}
Has the time finally come for Brendan Fevola to step out of the public spotlight to face his personal issues? The troubled former AFL star was asked ...
_{Sport Name - AFL 10/03/2011}
It’s hard to see a Brendan Fevola AFL comeback working out
_{By Ben Somerford}
So we’ve been told tonight’s episode of The Footy Show will include an ‘explosive’ and ‘unmissable’ interview with fallen star Brendon Fevola. ...
_{Sport Name - AFL 10/03/2011}
Windy Hill says farewell to Patrick Smith
_{By Dugald Massey}
It’s been a long time coming, Patrick Smith’s declaration that he can no longer support Essendon. ...
_{Sport Name - AFL 10/03/2011}
Is this the end of the St Kilda sex scandal?
_{By Rob McLean}
Well, it’s 2011 and 60 Minutes’ story on the teenager previously known as ‘the St Kilda schoolgirl’ has wrapped up the scandal that careered across our television ...
_{Sport Name - AFL 10/03/2011}
Is the AFL’s expansion strategy misguided?
_{By Tyson Densley}
2012 will see the introduction of Greater Western Sydney to the AFL, the second new club to enter the competition in as many seasons. ...
_{Sport Name - AFL 10/03/2011}
Baby Giants were never ready for big boys
_{By bjwaterworth}
Remember your first day of high school? Remember that nervous and uneasy feeling before you entered the school’s premises? You didn’t know what kind of work to ...
_{Sport Name - AFL 09/03/2011}
How will Ablett fare as leader of the Suns?
_{By The Frequent Flyer}
Every year around this time, the country is refreshed, not so much by the weather, but in that as the cricket season slowly, ever so slowly, comes ...
_{Sport Name - AFL 09/03/2011}
Ok so which AFL clubs will miss the finals?
_{By johnhunt92}
In part one of my previews of the 2011 AFL season, let’s have a look at the bottom nine by using the crystal ball and predict where ...
_{Sport Name - AFL 08/03/2011}
Can Collingwood go back to back this season?
_{By Michael DiFabrizio}
Collingwood are coming off a year in which they finished top of the ladder for the first time since 1977 and won their first premiership since 1990. ...
_{Sport Name - AFL 08/03/2011}
AFL 2011 season preview
_{By The_Wookie}
In just a few weeks we’ll be back into the real AFL season. ...
_{Sport Name - AFL 07/03/2011}
Time to go: NAB Cup
_{By Andrew Leonard}
The NAB cup must go.
_{Sport Name - AFL 07/03/2011}
Which non-Victorian side will be first to challenge for a premiership?
_{By Michael Filosi}
Rewind to the end of the 2006 AFL season and footy followers in Victoria were feeling a little uneasy. ...
_{Sport Name - AFL 07/03/2011}
Regional Australia deserves better from sporting bodies
_{By Michael DiFabrizio}
So once again a community in regional Australia has been snubbed by a major sporting body. ...
_{Sport Name - AFL 06/03/2011}
Should one strike be enough in AFL?
_{By Ben Carter}
This might just be me, but I read with interest about Manchester City player Kolo Toure being suspended by his own club overnight following a positive drug ...
_{Sport Name - AFL 05/03/2011}
Answering the AFL’s $1 billion question
_{By Michael DiFabrizio}
The AFL’s next TV broadcast rights deal is likely to be sealed at some point over the next six weeks – possibly before the start of the ...
_{Sport Name - AFL 04/03/2011}
Why Andrew Demetriou is worth every penny
_{By The_Wookie}
It was recently announced that Andrew Demetriou had recieved a pay rise from the AFL Remuneration Committee as a reward for keeping the AFL on the straight ...
_{Sport Name - AFL 02/03/2011}
Gold Coast Suns won’t be pushovers in 2011
_{By Michael DiFabrizio}
The expectations are low for the AFL’s 17th club, the Gold Coast Suns, as they approach their first season. ...
_{Sport Name - AFL 01/03/2011}
The AFL wants a slice of ‘American Pie’
_{By Melanie Dinjaski}
With a name like Seamus ‘Shae’ McNamara, you’d be forgiven for thinking this AFL rookie has been recruited from Gaelic football in the Emerald Isle. ...
_{Sport Name - AFL 01/03/2011}
Are brand-aid solutions enough?
_{By Ben Carter}
This post is intended more as an expansive theoretical question to other Roarers than simply my own opinion, but something has been nagging away in my head ...
_{Sport Name - AFL 01/03/2011}
Why there’s no need for code wars in Australia
_{By thom_canberra}
Sport in Australia is an institution; a major part of Australian culture and our identity. ...
_{Sport Name - AFL 01/03/2011}
Hell hath no fury…
_{By GrantS}
I don’t believe I can remember a story, in recent times, where the old saying, of a woman scorned, could be more aptly applied than in the ...
_{Sport Name - AFL 28/02/2011}
Peter Costello: from Parliament House to glasshouse
_{By Rob McLean}
Sometimes a commentator or columnist, in the search for relevancy, can stretch their argument too thin. ...
_{Sport Name - AFL 25/02/2011}
Codes need to work together to pull crowds
_{By Lincoln9}
For all sporting administrators, one of the greatest challenges they face is the search to increase crowds at their matches. ...
_{Sport Name - AFL 25/02/2011}
Are Aussie sporting states dying off?
_{By The Crowd}
When I first became exposed to and started following different sports in the mid to late 1960s, there was no such thing as a national club based ...
_{Sport Name - AFL 24/02/2011}
Nixon teen sex scandal just gets uglier
_{By Geoff Lemon}
Everywhere we’ve looked the last few days, people have been frothing at the mouth at the suggestion that player manager Ricky Nixon slept with the 17-year-old girl ...
_{Sport Name - AFL 23/02/2011}
After his inappropriate dealings, Nixon must go
_{By johnhunt92}
Ricky Nixon has had his fate sealed in the last few days, by a girl on a mission for AFL scalps. ...
_{Sport Name - AFL 23/02/2011}
Why Fevola is worth the punt
_{By Adam_Santarossa}
After yesterdays sacking by the Brisbane Lions, in my opinion only two options remain for Brendan Fevola to salvage his career. ...
_{Sport Name - AFL 22/02/2011}
Reflecting on a momentous weekend for Aussie sport
_{By Adrian Musolino}
The official debuts of the Melbourne Rebels, Gold Coast Suns and GWS Giants were, as it turned out, just the tip of the iceberg in a significant ...
_{Sport Name - AFL 22/02/2011}
Sheedy: “I’m back y’all – did ya miss me?”
_{By Ben Carter}
Sure, it was probably Karmichael “Hunt the Shunt” and his roadblock defensive tackles that caught the eye at Blacktown during the NAB Cup night, but the real ...
_{Sport Name - AFL 22/02/2011}
Brendan Fevola sacking inevitable, but questions need to be asked
_{By Michael DiFabrizio}
Brendan Fevola’s sacking from the Brisbane Lions yesterday was to be expected. ...
_{Sport Name - AFL 21/02/2011}
Brendan Fevola gone for good, what next?
_{By Melanie Dinjaski}
Brendan Fevola is officially no longer a Brisbane Lion. ...
_{Sport Name - AFL 21/02/2011}

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