AFL teams and expert tips:Three big names back for the Bombers

AFL teams and expert tips:Three big names back for the Bombers

See the selected teams as they’re announced for AFL round 20 and check out what the expert tipsters think. Essendon bring back the big names.

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Blues hit by another injury;Giant reprimanded over tribunal rant;Carlton breached concussion protocols
AFL Briefing
AFL 2024

Blues hit by another injury;Giant reprimanded over tribunal rant;Carlton breached concussion protocols

Carlton will be forced into at least three changes after an important midfielder was ruled out,while the AFL reprimanded a star Giant for a scathing assessment of the league’s crackdown on dangerous tackles.

  • byAndrew Wu,Jon Pierik andVince Rugari
Big-money plays:The AFL change to stoke the trade fire
Money Talks
AFL 2024

Big-money plays:The AFL change to stoke the trade fire

Giving clubs the capacity to trade picks two years into the future would increase the likelihood of big names moving clubs according to industry insiders.

  • byPeter Ryan
GWS surge past Carlton for defining win;Angry Hardwick drops the F-Bomb

GWS surge past Carlton for defining win;Angry Hardwick drops the F-Bomb

GWS will charge into the back end of their AFL finals bid with confidence after fighting back from 39 points down against Carlton to win. In Perth,Fremantle overpowered a Shai Bolton-inspired Richmond to post a 51-point victory.

  • byRoy Ward,Peter Ryan,Andrew Stafford andSteve Barrett
Booed,under-paid and over-scrutinised:Who’d be an AFL coach?
Opinion
AFL 2024

Booed,under-paid and over-scrutinised:Who’d be an AFL coach?

The AFL must end the conversation about improving the lot of coaches,and act. Watching Ken Hinkley after last Sunday’s game should have proved another wake-up call.

  • byCaroline Wilson
Power games:Tredrea’s radio gig puts spotlight on Hinkley’s job

Power games:Tredrea’s radio gig puts spotlight on Hinkley’s job

Port Adelaide board member and club great Warren Tredrea’s radio appearance has added to the murmurings about Ken Hinkley’s future as coach of the club.

  • byMarc McGowan
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Why Fagan’s Lions can still roar into the four
Four Points
AFL 2024

Why Fagan’s Lions can still roar into the four

Not only can the Brisbane Lions still make the AFL’s top four,they deserve to,given the way they’re playing.

  • byMichael Gleeson
Kanga heartache:Surging Roos go super close to reeling in 39-point deficit

Kanga heartache:Surging Roos go super close to reeling in 39-point deficit

Melbourne’s season has a pulse after they scraped their way to a heart-stopping three-point victory over North Melbourne. Elsewhere,Sydney Swans made it 10 wins on the trot while Ken Hinkley was jeered at home after Port Adelaide were crunched by the resurgent Brisbane Lions.

  • byRoy Ward
AFL teams:Changkuoth Jiath reaches 50 games,Magpie debut for younger brother

AFL teams:Changkuoth Jiath reaches 50 games,Magpie debut for younger brother

Our experts have entered their tips for the six games of round 14,while Richmond have gained two big-name inclusions. Collingwood have named a debutant,Tew Jiath.

Alas in Alice as Demons blow it big-time,another rule AFL should rethink and hurrah for Hawks
Four Points
AFL 2024

Alas in Alice as Demons blow it big-time,another rule AFL should rethink and hurrah for Hawks

Melbourne got smashed by Fremantle,who aren’t known as a free-scoring team. What’s more,it came just two weeks after an embarrassing loss to West Coast and when they had everything to play for.

  • byMichael Gleeson
Double delight for Voss as Blues overpower Port and rule tweak starts well

Double delight for Voss as Blues overpower Port and rule tweak starts well

The Carlton coach left the Adelaide Oval rapt with his team and skipper and impressed with how the umpires adapted to the new interpretation of holding-the-ball decisions.

  • bySteve Barrett