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The good and the bad from your club's performance this weekend.

The good and the bad from your club's performance this weekend.

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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 ...

The battle for eighth continues: AFL Round 20 power rankings A Set the default text size A Set large text size Replay A Set the default text size A Set large text size It would seem that no one wants to end up in eighth. Several sides had golden opportunities to cement the eighth spot or even go into eighth but they failed. We had West Coast drop the ball against Collingwood, while North gave an almighty fright to Geelong and St Kilda continued to be the most disappointing side ...

Gold Coast small forward Izak Rankines poor AFL form has cost the youngster, with the Suns dumping the 21-year-old back to the reserves. The No. 3 pick at the 2018 draft, Rankine managed just seven disposals in last weekends loss to Brisbane at the Gabba and went without a goal for the third straight game. It continues a worrying trend in 2021 for the South Australian product who has struggled of late to make an impact on matches, failing to get over 10 disposals in six of his past 10 games. Go...

Who will win and why? The tips and predictions for Round 20 By Round 20 is here and we now enter the final month of the season. All aspects of the top eight are still up for grabs and this weekend’s results could flip the ladder on its head. See our tips for the weekend below: St Kilda v Carlton Friday - Marvel Stadium The Saints and the Blues will have luxuriated in the stability of six days at home ahead of an all-Victorian fixture, but their meeting on Friday night can’t promise the ...

One positive and one negative from your clubs Round 17 performance By It was a big round of footy and there were important storylines across the weekend. We have selected one positive and one negative from the Round 17 performance of each of the 18 clubs. See our thoughts below: Positive: Schoenberg shows up There weren’t many Adelaide players who could hold their head high after the lacklustre 63-point loss to Essendon. One Crow who did his bit was youngster Harry Schoenberg. In just his 2...

AFL Round 17 power rankings A Set the default text size A Set large text size Replay A Set the default text size A Set large text size Of course this round was going to up-end the calculations surrounding the top eight. With Sydney closed to the AFL due to COVID, we had the Crows feasted upon, the Blues butchering the ball, the Saints surging and the Power petering out. 18. The Adelaide Crows (down two) I may be writing this on Saturday morning, but I think a historically low s...

Dew clears up “misconception” about “boozy” Suns By 2021-07-09T09:50+10:00 Gold Coast coach Stuart Dew has defended his club after a “boozy” night which was harshly criticised in the Herald Sun. Suns players got together following their 50-point loss to Port Adelaide in Round 14 before some of the playing group reportedly attended a “raucous house party” in Burleigh Waters. The article relating to the post-game frivolities, which went into the early hou...