The Blues planning for a premiership tilt is in full swing,so they took the cautious approach and made in-form ruckman Tom De Koning sit out the match against Richmond.
The most compelling thing from Sunday’s game was that North Melbourne,of all teams,got nine goals up on last year’s premiers and did it in a thrilling,authoritative fashion.
Joel Amartey has kicked a career-high nine goals to lead Sydney to a 42-point come-from-behind victory over the Crows at Adelaide Oval. Amartey had just 10 touches and none until the second quarter.
For a few hours on Saturday afternoon,it appeared the city of Melbourne had entered a time warp and landed back in 2019. Richmond people had returned to the football en masse to honour Dustin Martin.
A rare video interview shows that Dustin Martin was an excellent judge of his football strengths and weaknesses,even before he launched his spectacular AFL career.
Here are 10 key moments that have helped shape Dustin Martin the man,and Martin the footballer,ahead of his 300th game.
Before he was drafted to Richmond,Dustin Martin wowed recruiters with his performance for Vic Country at the 2009 national championships.
Richmond had persuaded all five living 300-gamers to assemble ahead of Dusty’s upcoming milestone against the Hawks. Some of the most revered of all have been left awestruck by the triple-Norm Smith medallist.
As the Richmond superstar prepares for game 300,we relive some of his on-field magic.
The Tigers have decided if Dustin Martin will play on Thursday night,while star Essendon midfielder Darcy Parish has suffered a setback in his return from a calf injury.
All the hype about Harley Reid was justified. Well,most of it anyway. The teenage phenomenon is the AFL’s No.1 tackle-buster,and in just nine games,he’s already made a start on a hall-of-fame highlights reel.