ST KILDA’S 24-point win over Geelong on Friday night shed new light into the season after the Cats appeared like it was set to lead a one-horse show. The Saints dominated in the second half with pests Steven Baker and Stephen Milne firing, while James Gwilt and Jack Steven lifted their performances to star as [...]
PREMIERSHIP aspirant Box Hill Hawks are out of the top eight after a disappointing 39-point loss to Collingwood at Box Hill City Oval on Sunday. The Hawks appeared well short of the mark against a much more senior looking Magpies line-up with Josh Fraser and Cameron Wood dominating the ruck and John Anthony providing relief [...]
WHILE Gold Coast coach Guy McKenna said yesterday that he was “fairly confident” of snaring arguably the league’s best player Gary Ablett, the playing future of his brother Nathan is also up in the air. Nathan Ablett, who played in Geelong’s 2007 premiership team, hasn’t played a game for Gold Coast in the VFL for three [...]
COLLINGWOOD forward John Anthony returned to defence yesterday in a bid to rejuvenate his fallen career. He impressed with 31 disposals in a best on ground performance against Box Hill at Box Hill City Oval. Anthony admitted he had little hope of snaring a spot on the forward line with the current form of Chris [...]
HAWTHORN defender Josh Gibson got through unscathed and impressed with 20 disposals for the Box Hill Hawks on Sunday. Gibson, who has been missing for the past three months with a high grade hamstring injury, is likely to return in a fortnight stating he was unlikely to make a return against the Western Bulldogs on [...]
FREMANTLE recruit Michael Barlow is second favourite for the Brownlow Medal behind the league’s best player Gary Ablett in his debut season in the AFL. Geelong’s mature age recruit James Podsiadly is in the market for the Coleman Medal. Are we dreaming? Football Nation columnist and former AFL coach Gary Ayres believes it was fait [...]
GEELONG has suffered a blow on the eve of its blockbuster clash against St Kilda with midfielder Paul Chapman suffering a hamstring injury. But the Cats depth is more than sufficient to cover the hard nut with bookends Matthew Scarlett and Cameron Mooney returning for the top of the table clash. St Kilda made just [...]
FREMANTLE’S decision to extend Mark Harvey’s coaching tenure for another two years was fait accompli. The Dockers have consolidated a spot in the top four at the half way mark and look set for September – and it play a big part in the finals. At the start of the season, Harvey’s coaching tenure appeared [...]
RICHMOND coach Damian Hardwick deserves plenty of votes this week in our exclusive coach rating tool. Hardwick has got the Tigers playing attacking football and they look exciting. But more importantly he has the wins on the board with three of their past four against quality opposition. His brilliant performances in the coaches box is [...]
ST KILDA ruckman Steven King will face a fitness test this week to determine whether he will return for Friday night’s blockbuster against Geelong which will be telecast live on Channel Seven. King returned from a hamstring injury for Sandringham in the VFL last week with coach Andy Lovell saying that he got through the [...]
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