UPDATE: GEELONG coach Mark Thompson will decide this week if he is going to step down as coach of Geelong. It was expected today that Thompson would resign this afternoon in a bid to join Essendon as a coaching director to James Hird, who was appointed coach of the Bombers this morning. But the Cats [...]
FORMER Essendon champion James Hird is set to be announced coach of the Bombers this week. Hird is understood to have met his business partners at Gemba and told them of his decision today in an emotional meeting. It is likely to be announced at the end of the week that Hird has agreed to [...]
UNLUCKY St Kilda ruckman Ben McEvoy is likely to be called upon this week after Michael Gardiner has been ruled out through injury. Gardiner is likely to miss next Saturday’s grand final replay against Collingwood with what is understood to be a hamstring injury. Gardiner sat on the bench for the entire second half of [...]
THE AFL has decided against reducing the prices of tickets for the grand final rematch to be played this Saturday between Collingwood and St Kilda at the MCG. The match is expected to be sold out again in another boon for the AFL after more than 100,000 people went to see the first drawn grand [...]
THE question will be debated long and hard during the week but one thing’s for sure, this week’s grand final we will see a result. It promises to be a different game because of perhaps the different personnel after most players appeared tired because of the pulsating contest till the end. A drawn grand final [...]
ST KILDA’S Brendon Goddard helped turn the game in the second half on Saturday in the drawn grand final against the Magpies. Godddard’s heroic efforts helped scramble the Saints a draw in the dying minutes. But it was his brilliant hard running from defence that stood the test of time. He was in defence [...]
COLLINGWOOD and St Kilda finished in a titanic draw in the 2010 AFL grand final on Saturday and will be forced next Saturday in a rematch. The Pies led by four goals and looked the more dominant team in the first half – albeit Travis Cloke kicking two errant shots at goal which finished in [...]
COLLINGWOOD assistant coach Gavin Brown says the Pies depth at VFL level signalled that they were always headed for success this year. Brown, who played in Collingwood’s last flag in 1990, said the depth it had with the likes of All-Australian forward Paul Medhurst, ruckman Josh Fraser, former vice-captain Tarkyn Lockyer and Shane O’Bree spending large [...]
COLLINGWOOD will have every bit of confidence it can topple the Saints in today’s AFL grand final. In its last meeting, the Pies toppled St Kilda and clearly won because of their mass of ball winners. This time around the Saints are likely to learn from that and go completely defensive. Ross Lyon knows too well from [...]
CARLTON’S Chris Judd was a runaway winner for his second Brownlow Medal on Monday night, polling 29 votes to finish three clear of Geelong’s Gary Ablett and four clear of hot favourite Dane Swan. Judd wasn’t expected to poll so well given Carlton’s inconsistent season and Judd, himself, hasn’t been in star-studded form which resulted [...]
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