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Mid-season rookie draft review A Set the default text size A Set large text size Replay A Set the default text size A Set large text size The 2021 mid-season rookie draft has added a dimension of intrigue to the annual recruitment calendar, with 22 undrafted and mature aged players getting an unexpected AFL lifeline. However, unlike the pre-season supplemental selection period (SSP), where five of the 11 players taken were recycled past players, the mid-season draft yielded 21 p...

Another year, another season that West Coast have flattered to deceive and failed to deliver. Despite a promising opening to the season, the Eagles are destined to once again exit a finals series too early, if they even get there, and they will entrench their position as the most underwhelming ‘good’ team of recent times. […]

It was inevitable the league would be properly affected by a COVID resurgence, and Round 11 was it. The league handled it well though, and we got a full suite of action. Here are half a dozen talking points. Sir Doug Nicholls Round is yet again an important success Sir Doug Nicholls Round is far […]

Round 11 preview: Demons-Dogs and eight filler games A Set the default text size A Set large text size A Set the default text size A Set large text size Here we are, at the Sir Doug Nicholls Round, leading into the byes and the practical halfway point of the season. Everybody and their sister will be doing “Here’s how they’re doing now” analyses, so I’ll let the game capsules do the talking. But Sir Doug would have loved the barnburner scheduled to kick off his memori...

The Roos broke their duck, the Dees continued their red hot start, and the Bombers won a close one. Read on for my Round 9 power rankings. 18. Hawthorn Hawks (down two) When you lose to North Melbourne you’re going to fall down these rankings. When you lose to North when you have a five-goal […]

I got into so many arguments in the off-season about where Collingwood stood. I was repeatedly assured we were better off without Adam Treloar and Tom Phillips. They were labelled terrible ball users, so how could we not improve without them in the side? I was told we could cover for Jaidyn Stephenson. People threw […]

News-Messenger honored with General Excellence award in APME contest Staff report COLUMBUS - The News-Messenger was named among the top three newspapers in its division for the fifth straight year in the 2020 Ohio Associated Press Media Editors newspaper contest. The News-Messenger won second place for General Excellence in Division 1, which includes 38 daily publications with circulations of 7,999 or less, the largest number of competitors among the five divisions that are based on circulati...

How Fremantle have made the Western Derby relevant once again A Set the default text size A Set large text size Replay A Set the default text size A Set large text size It’s about time the Western Derby became interesting once again. For years, Fremantle have simply been levels below West Coast, and that has affected the quality of the most heated rivalry in the AFL. The Eagles have won ten matches in a row against the Dockers with an average winning margin of 37.4 points, whi...

The state set an initial limit of 60 dispensaries statewide. Now it's looking at increasing that to 130 statewide.

Getting back to normal – whatever that is A Set the default text size A Set large text size Replay A Set the default text size A Set large text size For all the weirdness that was footy in 2020, here we are in a familiar place, with the seemingly indestructible Tigers ready to unveil another flag. Seeking to become the third team in the AFL era to threepeat and the first to bag four premierships in five years, their list is still surprisingly young. Jack Riewoldt, Shane Edwar...