Tensions have been building for years within umpiring ranks over the league’s refusal to offer them a permanent training base. They’ve even had to train at local soccer grounds underneath the West Gate Bridge.
The AFL has launched an investigation into Geelong coach Chris Scott’s new role with a finance firm,a major sponsor of the club.
Adam Treloar says it would be a travesty if club great Marcus Bontempelli finishes his career without a Brownlow Medal. Meanwhile,the AFL has hired a former Eagles boss to fill a key role.
At first,it looked like a behind to Geelong. But on video review,a mark was awarded to Tyson Stengle,who turned it into a goal as the Cats got home by four points.
Sure,he’s 198 centimetres tall and can run like the wind. But at Geelong,when teammates and coaches are asked what sets Mark Blicavs apart,they invariably identify qualities that can’t be measured or timed.
If Collingwood win,Craig McRae will have turned this gargantuan powerhouse yet perennial bridesmaid club into a word that he likes to use and which has seldom been attached to them for decades:winners.
Against the backdrop of the Hawthorn saga,Brisbane’s coach has kept his team in the premiership hunt,with his Lions joining the Cats with the most wins in the AFL in the past five years.
The Cats are still way off their premiership form of 2022,but the gritty win over the Western Bulldogs has kept them in the finals hunt
Champion ruckman Todd Goldstein will become the sixth Kangaroo to play 300 VFL/AFL games when he runs out for Sunday’s match against Gold Coast.
We’re only rounds into the AFL season,but the stats already tell us winless Geelong will have to defy weighty history to go back-to-back. Are the first two games really that important,and what does it mean for those clubs who are already on a winning streak?