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Hawthorn has taken one of the biggest gambles in club history By Hawthorn has taken one of the biggest gambles in club history. Get this - they are moving on perhaps the best coach in AFL history, a man who has won four premierships, who at 52 years of age is hungry still and in his coaching prime - for an untried coach. On Tuesday, Clarkson revealed that Collingwood moving on Nathan Buckley after Round 13 forced Hawthorns hand. The club had no choice, it was Sam Mitchell or Clarkson. Stunn...

L-R – Peter Millar (Tonkin + Taylor), Robyn Elston (Waka Kotahi NZTA), Jetesh Bhula (Waka Kotahi NZTA), Kim Skelton (Taranaki Whānui – chair of Te Ara Tupua Mana Whenua Steering Group), John Burden (Downer NZ), Mark Evans (HEB Construction), Kesh Keshaboina (Waka Kotahi NZTA). News from NZ Transport Agency/ Waka Kotahi Representatives of Waka Kotahi NZ Transport Agency, Downer NZ, HEB Construction, Tonkin + Taylor and iwi mana whenua have marked a key milestone, forming the Te Ara Tupua Al...

Burgoyne 400: A Life in Footy By 2021-07-03T13:25+10:00 On the eve of his 400th game, Shaun Burgoyne spoke to AFL Record and SEN senior writer Ashley Browne. Here is the full interview. What’s the secret to getting to 400 games? There’s no real secret, just a fair bit of luck to be at two really good clubs. Port Adelaide was winning a lot of games in my first nine years there and then I ended up coming to Hawthorn at the right time. Two strong and professional clubs and two stable coaches ...

All hands on deck at Jacksonville Beach as police prepare for big holiday weekend crowds Updated:  Tags:  All hands on deck at Jacksonville Beach as police prepare for big holiday weekend crowds JACKSONVILLE BEACH, Fla. – Thousands of people are expected to visit Jacksonville area beaches this 4th of July weekend. Local law enforcement tells News4Jax they are ramping up their patrols to handle the crowds. Last year’s fireworks show on Jacksonville Beach was canceled because of COVID-19, b...

Good morning, folks and congratulations. It's Friday. 1. Premier Gladys Berejiklian is resisting calls to lock down the state, after COVID cases in New South Wales approach 50. Overnight more exposure sites were added, spreading from Randwick and Potts Point to Alexandria and Parramatta and even into Victoria, while ministers including Deputy Premier John Barilaro are forced to isolate. Expect another big update this morning.

Like anything involving the late Bon Scott, there are a couple of stories about where AC/DCs "Jailbreak," released in June 1976, came from. Guitarist Angus Youngonce said that the impetus for the song - a sinewy, semi-spoken account of a convict who tries to flee prison only to be (spoiler alert!) shot in the back as he galloped to freedom - was based on someone Scott met in a Perth, Australia, jail after he was arrested prior to joining AC/DC. Another account, however, contends that Scott wro...

Police have been using or trialling at least three tools to search social media activity during investigations, but won't say which ones.

The folks at the Monsters of Rock Cruise are heading to higher elevations for their next event, announcing the inaugural Monsters on the Mountain three-day-hard rock festival. Located at the LeConte Center in Pigeon Forge, Tennessee, the hard rocking weekend will spool out over October 15-17 with Vince Neil and Tesla leading the way. The weekend promises a mix of hard rock music and interactive events and activities with ticket holders not only receiving complimentary parking but access to the ...

See who else will be playing the Pigeon Forge-based festival.

A Coast boxer is confident he will start his professional boxing career with a bang as he steps into the ring after taking three years away from the sport.