Macrae's kick never in doubt
Jackson Macrae didn't think of Isaac Smith. He didn't think of missing, or what was riding on his boot.
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Michael Gleeson
Michael Gleeson is a senior AFL football writer and Fairfax Media's athletics writer. He also covers tennis, cricket and other sports. He won the AFL Players Association Grant Hattam Trophy for excellence in journalism for the second time in 2014 and was a finalist in the 2014 Quill Awards for best sports feature writer. He was also a finalist in the 2014 Australian Sports Commission awards for his work on ‘Boots for Kids’. He is a winner of the AFL Media Association award for best news reporter and a two-time winner of Cricket Victoria’s cricket writer of the year award. Michael has covered multiple Olympics, Commonwealth Games and world championships and 15 seasons of AFL, He has also written seven books - five sports books and two true crime books.
Enjoy the moment: Bulldogs coach
To win the grand final the Bulldogs must defeat cliche not just Sydney.
Swans expose Cats' weaknesses
Sydney scratched back the wallpaper from Geelong's patchy team and revealed it as a good team but one reliant on too few to be great. A good team but too thin in the midfield to match one of depth and class.
Dogs have chance to atone for dads' failures
Tom Liberatore was trying to leave his Nonna's house last Thursday night after dinner but she wouldn't let him go. She was worried about the Hawks the next night.
The 'Package' unwrapped - Stringer keeping the faith
Jake Stringer knew it would turn. It was not just bravura, it was the confidence others had in him.
Live AFL finals: Hawks v Bulldogs
Last time they met it was a three-point thriller to the Hawks. Don't expect anything less exciting from this backs-to-the-wall showdown.
Right ban, wrong to punish for challenge
Steve Johnson got the right punishment. But the rules still need to be changed.
Over & Out: A season in two halves for North Melbourne
Over and Out: The Roos' season in review.
The finals selection gamble: will 'fit enough' be good enough?
The axiom of taking only fit players into finals will be challenged by clubs gambling on taking "fit enough" players into the first week of finals.
Soothing Balme missing for rebels
Within minutes the focus of Richmond's Focus on Football ticket appeared to narrow to a simpler vision: Focus on Balme.
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