(Not quite) The Last Word on round four
Controversial call on Zieball's bump divides opinion, three's still a crowd in the ruck, a welcome return, and fair dues to the Dockers.
Rohan Connolly, a senior football writer for The Age and radio broadcaster with sports radio station 1116 SEN, has been covering the game since 1983. A multi-AFL Media Association award-winner known for his passion and love of the game, he analyses the AFL for the newspaper and contributes a blog and weekly video, "Footy Fix", for The Age's football website, Real Footy.
Controversial call on Zieball's bump divides opinion, three's still a crowd in the ruck, a welcome return, and fair dues to the Dockers.
Hawthorn have had some huge moments. But this game against old rivals Geelong at a packed MCG is, for different reasons, as important as any of them.
Melbourne were left to lament the heavy cost of a poor quarter of football for the second week in a row, with coach Simon Goodwin admitting "we're shattered as a footy club" as the Demons went down to Fremantle by two points in an MCG heartbreaker.
In the context of the bigger picture, Lachie Neale's goal for Fremantle right on the half-time siren at the MCG on Saturday didn't seem like a big deal.
North Melbourne have embarked on generational change. But Majak Daw is still having issues finding a place.
No one expected Sydney to be 0-3 and in danger of recording some unwanted history. But there are worrying signs about traditional Swans' strengths having become weaknesses.
If not, it's fair to say there’s barely a pulse.
“Play the kids”. It’s an easy call when a side appears to be treading water then loses a few games badly. But even this early in 2017, we’re seeing plenty of obvious benefits of doing so.
Melbourne's personnel issues took another huge hit on Saturday as ruckman Max Gawn injured his hamstring against Geelong.
Geelong and Melbourne turned on a fast-flowing and high-scoring contest. The result came down to accuracy.
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