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AFL 2024
Collingwood in talks to keep Wright when sabbatical ends
One of the architects of the Magpies’ 2023 flag is due back in August but is keen to explore a different role.
- by Sam McClure
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AFL 2024
The $35m pool that will help the AFL’s rich get richer
Between 50 and 80 players will be getting a healthy bonus to their pay from a new marketing fund that has been included in AFL players’ CBA.
- by Sam McClure
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AFL 2024
Copping a block when trying to chat to 229-centimetre former NBA star
Only two people were allowed near eight-time NBA All-Star Yao Ming when Australia’s men’s basketball team overcame a sluggish start to defeat China in one of their final hitouts before heading to Paris.
- by Sam McClure
Opinion
AFL 2024
Is Darcy Moore really playing ‘awful’ footy? Cornes and McClure go head-to-head
The two footy media heavyweights who don’t shirk the big issues are refusing to back down on Collingwood captain Darcy Moore. Here, they both make their case.
- by Sam McClure and Kane Cornes
‘I’ll be me’: Whateley vows to cover Olympics his way
He might be inspired by veteran caller Bruce McAvaney, but Gerard Whateley is determined to cover the athletics in Paris in his own style.
- by Sam McClure
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AFL 2024
The 36 hours that convinced this former fast bowler to play his footy on the Gold Coast, not in Melbourne
Zak Evans has the best figures of 5-33 for the Melbourne Renegades, but now the former fast bowler is walking away from cricket to link up with Damien Hardwick’s side on the Gold Coast.
- by Sam McClure
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AFL 2024
Read the fine print, Swanny: Hall of fame man of the moment’s accommodation snafu
Collingwood icon Dane Swan’s induction to the Australian Football Hall of Fame couldn’t have gone more to script. We’re just glad he made it to the event in the first place.
- by Sam McClure
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AFL 2024
Petracca waiting to leave ICU as opponent’s concern for injured Demon is revealed
Demons midfielder “in high spirits” as he recovers from surgery, after being diagnosed with four fractured ribs, a punctured lung and a lacerated spleen.
- by Sam McClure
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AFL 2024
They’re happy teams at Geelong and Sydney – but which club is the unhappiest?
Geelong and Sydney top the AFLPA’s wellness survey. But the club languishing at the bottom of the table for player wellbeing, nearly three full points behind the Swans and the Cats in a rating out of 10, remains a secret.
- by Sam McClure
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AFL 2024
‘Sanctity of the umpires has been questioned’: AFL coaches blow the whistle on in-game comms
The AFL has defended a system that allows umpires to receive feedback through an earpiece during matches.
- by Sam McClure
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AFL 2024
Revealed: Saints’ massive offer to make Weitering one of the richest players in the AFL
Carlton’s superstar defender is set to become one of the highest-paid players in the AFL after St Kilda informally pitched him a bumper multi-year deal.
- by Sam McClure