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Glass half-full for Saints coach Ratten AAP 50 mins ago Shayne Hope © Scott Barbour/AAP PHOTOS Brett Ratten is not listening to external noises that have St Kilda missing finals football. St Kilda coach Brett Ratten isnt buying negative external commentary of his sides stuttering AFL campaign as he hopes to regain troops for the second half of the season. After a drought-breaking semi-final appearance last year, the injury-hit Saints have limped to the halfway point of 2021...

An insider’s guide to the AFL mid-season draft We’re sorry, this service is currently unavailable. Please try again later. Dismiss By Matt Rendell Normal text size Advertisement Wednesday night’s mid-season rookie draft is an important chance for the bottom 10 clubs to address gaps in their lists, and for players running around in state leagues or the underage NAB League to kick-start their AFL careers. Think Marlion Pickett, who won a premiership four months after Richmond plucked the 27...

Twenty-eight years after Nicky Winmar lifted his jumper to take a stand against racism the St Kilda great has designed the Saints’ Indigenous guernsey.

Seven talking points from Round 3 in the AFL A Set the default text size A Set large text size Replay A Set the default text size A Set large text size There’s been a super conspicuous absence for the first few weeks of the season, as the usual Monday morning fixture of ‘talking points’ disappeared. But fortunately, it’s been revived, and I’ll be manning it from here on out (and yeah, that means I personally won’t be penning the power rankings column this year). Le...

One positive and one negative from your clubs Round 3 performance By Round 3 of the 2021 AFL season is in the book. The Easter weekend matches produced some shock results with Sydney stunning reigning premiers Richmond and Essendon thrashing 2020 finalist St Kilda. Brisbane’s after-the-siren victory was also a highlight with Zac Bailey kicking truly to sink Collingwood. Other Round 3 winners were the Western Bulldogs, Adelaide, West Coast, Carlton, Melbourne and Geelong. We have selected o...

Whos fighting for survival and whos flying toward a new deal in 2021? A Set the default text size A Set large text size Replay A Set the default text size A Set large text size The 2020 season brought about more challenges than bear thinking about, and when the announcement of list cuts came through the stratosphere more than a few players in the competition were nervous. In 2021 more players are under the pump than ever before, so here I’ve identified a player from each club ...

Mick McGuane rates every AFL team’s midfield from 1-18 AFL by Mick McGuane Premium Content Subscriber only Geelongs ability to win the ball and use it effectively from inside the contest to outside the contest has the Cats boasting the premier midfield of the competition, according to former Collingwood and Carlton player Mick McGuane. The Pies premiership player and dual All-Australian ranks the Cats engine room at No.1 in the league. McGuane based hi...