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Round 8 player ratings in the race for the AFL's MVP A Set the default text size A Set large text size Replay A Set the default text size A Set large text size Four weeks ago, I published an update on the individual and team ratings accumulated by our band of merry men and women at Following Football. With Round 9 just getting underway, it’s time to take another look at where things stand after eight rounds. As I’ve said before, we use 23 sources of voting and evaluations of AFL players each week: several teams of the week, Brownlow-style voting, best-on-grounds, fantasy s...

Drought broken! North Melbourne stages stunning comeback to notch up maiden win of 2021 By 2021-05-15T17:49+10:00 North Melbourne has pulled off the most improbable win in recent AFL history, defeating Hawthorn by seven points after being down by 32 points in the second quarter and winless through the first eight rounds of 2021. David Noble has stamped his credibility with not only his first win, but an incredible coaching performance to turn around Hawthorn’s high press and get his Roos slicing through the Hawks' defence in the second half. The lightbulb flicked after half time for North...

The game has moved away from Richmond A Set the default text size A Set large text size Replay A Set the default text size A Set large text size Each AFL season, we bring a set of biases and preconceptions to our thinking about the upcoming year, a platform of knowledge based on what we’ve seen, read, and heard over the preceding years. We expect Melbourne to find a laughable way to flounder once more. We assume St Kilda is destined to fail, no matter how bright their prospects. We just know that Fremantle will rarely put up a fight on the road.

The game has moved away from Richmond A Set the default text size A Set large text size Replay A Set the default text size A Set large text size Each AFL season, we bring a set of biases and preconceptions to our thinking about the upcoming year, a platform of knowledge based on what we’ve seen, read, and heard over the preceding years. We expect Melbourne to find a laughable way to flounder once more. We assume St Kilda is destined to fail, no matter how bright their prospects. We just know that Fremantle will rarely put up a fight on the road.

One positive and one negative from your club's 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 one positive and one negative from every club’s Round 3 performance. See our thoughts below: Posit...