Nonsensible Kate’s fellow footy lovers would agree, it’s been a long and painful off season. The sound of thousands of Hawthorn hearts breaking as bionic man Nick Malceski slotted through the sealer in that epic grand final is now just a distant memory. To say the off season has been “hectic bro” since that game [...]

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The ‘tanking’ issue for the AFL is like a hall of mirrors, argues The Armchair Selector, Jeremy Irvine. Where to start?! Sitting back looking at the morning after, the whole tanking business / saga / weird parallel universe still leaves me queasy. What is tanking? Who at the AFL knows? Did it occur? And where was Andrew [...]

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The AFL is going to be facing a battle for air space in the Western Sydney market in the lead up to the 2013 season as the A-league’s latest franchise rapidly envelops the West of Sydney in the NRL off-season to quickly become the second biggest show in town. The inclusion of the Wanderers to [...]

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Irrespective of the coulda, shoulda, woulda – or shouldn’ta arguments bandied around since Israel Folau announced yesterday he was leaving GWS, the fact is the AFL got what they wanted: Publicity. In an environment in which they needed marque names for, let’s be brutally honest, a regional game played south of the so-called Barassi Line, [...]

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This entry is part 4 of 4 in the series Footy – UnclassifedThey run up and down the hard wood floor placed on top of the grass at Etihad stadium, all dressed in the same gear. The only distinguishing feature is the number blazon across their chest. Spread across the shadows of the stadium the [...]

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Uniforms are an interesting piece of sport, the fans love their own like their own child, opposition fans love to bag others, uniforms can unite or divide us the sports fan. Australia is a unique and beautiful country – and our AFL uniforms represent that uniqueness – how many Americans have you spoken to about [...]

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