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AFL 2021: AFL introduces medical substitute on eve of season AFL by Jay Clark Premium Content The AFL has confirmed a controversial medical sub will be employed for this season. Despite calls for a concussion sub to be introduced, the AFL has made an 11th hour decision to broaden the use of a 23rd man for each team. The call to sub off a player must be made by each teams doctor on the basis the player cannot play out the match. While the injury must be g...

AFL by Russell Gould   Teammates, umpires and even coaches will now be able to report racist and sexist abuse of any players after the AFL made sweeping changes to its racial and religious vilification rules. The rule - known as rule 35 and introduced in 1995 after Essendon legend Michael Long was racially abused in the Anzac Day match that year - has since been expanded to cover vilification related to disability, appearance and sexuality. It covers AFL,...

Cartoon: Paul Dorin “Australian men of all stripes and colour today will need time to adjust to the new reality. The danger is that elements will combine in a kind of rearguard action of violent retaliation,” writes “The Gadfly” columnist  ROBERT MACKLIN. THE imbroglio in Parliament House will probably end badly for the Morrison government, but it could change for the better the way we all approach the difficult terrain of intimacy between the sexes.  Robert Macklin. And in the bigger...

Gordon Deegan The ‘Paul Mescal effect’ has been credited with contributing to a 20 per cent increase in the sales of O’Neills shorts in 2020. According to O’Neills director, Paul Towell, the 20 per cent sales increase of O’Neills shorts last year “was one of the few bright spots in a very difficult year.” The sports brand enjoyed a sales boost after Sally Rooney’s ‘Normal People’ break-out star, Paul Mescal made the €20 O’Neills shorts one of the most sought after fashio...

Rise in sale of ONeills shorts due to Mescal effect Updated / Tuesday, 16 Mar 2021 18:06 Sally Rooneys Normal People break-out star, Paul Mescal made the €20 ONeills shorts one of the most sought after fashion items of 2020 The Paul Mescal effect has been credited with contributing to a 20% increase in the sales of ONeills shorts in 2020. According to Director with ONeills, Paul Towell, the 20% sales increase of ONeills shorts last year "was one of the few bright spots in a very difficult ye...

Sportswear brand says Normal People star made GAA shorts a sought-after fashion item

All four clubs had struggled to field colts sides over the past few years and have each contributed players to form the 32-strong Swans to enter the QFA Colts division. “It really proves that if we didn’t amalgamate, as you need 30 to really form a squad, there wouldnt be any teams and those 30 players would have drifted off into the abyss,” coach Doug Stuart said. After weeks of training, the southern band of under-18 talents will hit the field for their first test on Saturday as they fa...

Premium Content Subscriber only Sport has long been compared to war, so it was no surprise footy players were keen to do a training session at the 41st Battalion, Royal New South Wales Regiment headquarters in Lismore on Tuesday, March 9. As an infantry battalion of the Australian Army, the 41st training night was the idea of Bombardier Thomas Hart, who runs out onto the forward line with the Lismore Swans AFC senior men’s team. BATTLE READY: Bombardier Thomas Hart (and Lismore Swans forward...

Ahead of the start of the new AFL Season (18 March) - DraftKings has launched its new Aussie Rules DFS product targeting rapid Australian market growth

  1. THERE IS FIERCE COMPETITION FOR RUCK BENCH SPOT The R3 position is often used by KFC SuperCoaches to hide away a player we know wont ever take the field. But this year is very different. Giant Matt Flynn was a popular pick after Braydon Preuss suffered a shoulder injury, but now there are doubts over his role (see below). But dont panic. There are two more players lining up to challenge for the R3 spot. Rory Lobbs knee injury has given 203cm Fremantle ruckman Lloyd Meek ($123,900 RUC...