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“It makes a lot of sense.”

“Steve Hocking was an agent of change at the AFL, I think he’s initially going to be an agent of stability.”

Geelong will re-sign Chris Scott for another two seasons, meaning he will become the AFL club’s longest-serving coach. The new deal will secure Scott through to the end of the 2024 season. While there was no comment from the club, the deal is expected to be announced next week. There had been speculation about his […]

The Suns question the AFL could ask of Chris Scott By 2021-08-03T08:38+10:00 Gold Coast Suns coach Stuart Dew is contracted until the end of 2022, but in between now and then there is likely to be plenty of speculation about his job. Losses by 98 points and a lack of annual improvement will only bring on such discussion. Chatter surrounding soon-to-depart Hawthorn coach Alastair Clarkson has already commenced, with the Suns seen as the type of project the four-time premiership coach could be ...

Advertisement Their midfield has been decimated. Trent Cotchin is struggling. Their back six collapsed. After losing to Collingwood, who finally released the shackles under caretaker coach Robert Harvey on Sunday, Richmond looked shot. This week on the Real Footy podcast, Michael Gleeson, Jake Niall and Caroline Wilson discuss whether this it for Richmond’s finals hopes in 2021. Are there too many contenders ahead of them? St Kilda and Fremantle are surging, GWS look to be better placed and E...

Has Steve Hockings departure left the AFL in "no mans land"? By 2021-07-11T16:10+10:00 Kane Cornes believes the AFL has to re-think rule changes that were brought in to increase scoring. Former AFL football operations boss Steve Hocking brought in a variety of rule including the ‘stand rule’, reduced interchange and the ‘6-6-6 rule’ to increase scoring, but Cornes believes they’re “not working” at the present. With Hocking taking up the Geelong CEO job prior to next season, Corne...

The AFL is searching for a new football operations boss after Steve Hocking quit his post to return to Geelong as a replacement for outgoing chief executive Brian Cook. Hocking will finish up at the league on Thursday and start his new position with the Cats in October. Andrew Dillon, the leagues legal counsel, will take on Hockings key AFL role in an interim capacity. Editors Picks 17hESPN staff AFL chief executive Gillon McLachlan hopes to appoint a replacement for Hocking before the end of t...

Hockings exit will open a key role at the AFL in a critical time, given the challenges that COVID-19 is throwing at the game. The AFL has confirmed that Hocking will leave the role this week. He will take a break before taking up his role at Geelong. Hocking began his playing career at the Cats in 1984 and went on to feature in 199 games, including the 1989 and 1994 grand finals. AFL football operations boss Steve Hocking. (Getty) Geelong president Craig Drummond highlighted Hockings top-class ...

AFL full of hypocrisy and mixed messages on concussion A Set the default text size A Set large text size Replay A Set the default text size A Set large text size The AFL is in over their head when it comes to how to handle the issue of high contact and concussion. Steven Hocking, the head of football operations, has thus far proven inept at finding and communicating a clear path through an infinitely complex subject matter. Mixed messages from AFL House are nothing new, and it i...

“I don’t have any detail around that."