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MELBOURNE, Australia (AP) The former captain of a championship-winning team in Australian rules football has become the fourth league player to be posthumously diagnosed with a debilitating neurological disease linked to head trauma and concussions. ....
Do clubs favourite sons ever make good coaches? A Set the default text size A Set large text size Replay A Set the default text size A Set large text size As the AFL’s 2021 season comes closer to the pointy end, the chatter around coaches for next year, especially among the non-finalists, will intensify. One of the issues that springs to mind is whether clubs should seek a favourite son – a coach who has played for the club – or seek an outsider, as in a coach who at no time played for the club. In looking at this I have examined premiership coaches from the last 50 years, from 1970 to 2020 inclusive, in terms of whether the coach has been a player at the club in question or whether from outside. ....
March 18th, 2021 By David Knox 1 commentFiled under: News, Video, Eddie McGuire returned to TV screens last night in his first appearance following his resignation as Collingwood Football Club President. McGuire co-hosted Footy Classified on Nine after speculation about whether he would return, and it was back to business for the seasoned professional. Caroline Wilson, who noted that the panel only learned of his return the day before, questioned him over his AFL exit, with McGuire acknowledging he is now an “uncompromised commentator” for the first time since 1998 and that “I am now a reporter.” After clarifying his exit saga, and maintaining he was proud of a Collingwood investigation into racism, but that his words at a press conference, drawn from his own notes, had been taken the wrong way. ....