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AFL top 100: Round 3 review (Part 2) A Set the default text size A Set large text size Replay A Set the default text size A Set large text size If you were relying on the Easter Saturday games of Round 3 to give a bit more shape to your predicted finals make up, then – like me – the eraser got more of a workout than the heavy lead pencil. Two of the teams I had penciled in as most likely top-four were beaten in such a way by teams considered less likely to make the eight th...

Teams help agents hone specialties, fast track growth A group of panelists argued at Connect Now on Tuesday that real estate teams have an array of benefits for agents, and that teams will only become more popular Clockwise from top left, Wilson Leung, Vija Williams, Renee Funk and Jacqueline Smith at Inman Connect Now Tuesday. Inman From: Inman Connect Surgeons are highly specialized. When they perform surgeries, for instance, they don’t also act as their own assistants. And after the operat...

By Trevor Baxter Leigh strength and conditioning coach Paul Johnson during his playing days with Warrington Wolves in 2007. Picture: Mike Boden IAIN Thornley reckons Leigh have landed the perfect fixture to mark their return to Betfred Super League action next month. And the experienced centre believes a non-playing member of John Duffy’s squad holds the key to upsetting 2020 Grand Final runners-up Wigan at the Emerald Headingley Sta...

JOHN BATEMAN has played down his chances of becoming the next England captain and singled out his old Canberra skipper Josh Hodgson as the best man for the job. The retirement of Sean O’Loughlin means England boss Shaun Wane will have to find a new leader ahead of the 2021 World Cup and he has already mentioned Bateman, along with Sam Tomkins, Jonny Lomax, George Williams and Paul McShane, as potential candidates. “To be captain of your country would be one of greatest honours you could ge...

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...