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Double delight for Voss as Blues overpower Port and rule tweak starts well
The Carlton coach left the Adelaide Oval rapt with his team and skipper and impressed with how the umpires adapted to the new interpretation of holding-the-ball decisions.
- by Steve Barrett
Insight & Analysis
Forget the contract, Max King must leave the Saints
The St Kilda forward is at a crucial moment in his career and needs to start asking the hard questions about his future.
Kane Cornes
AFL columnist
‘Sanctity of the umpires has been questioned’: AFL coaches blow the whistle on in-game comms
The AFL has defended a system that allows umpires to receive feedback through an earpiece during matches.
Sam McClure
Sports reporter
Football’s 11th commandment: Thou shall not get caught in the act
If a tackler neither dispossess their opponent nor forces them into an illegal disposal, then play on it should be.
Greg Baum
Sports columnist
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AFL 2024
Watch how the AFL tightened holding-the-ball calls; Wounded Pies lose Pendles
The AFL has ordered umpires to reduce the “reasonable time” they give tackled players to dispose of the ball; a throwback to how holding-the-ball decisions were made in 2006, one senior umpire says.
- by Jon Pierik
‘I’ve maintained my innocence all along’: Fagan welcomes potential court hearing into racism saga
Brisbane Lions coach and former Hawthorn staffer Chris Fagan says he’d welcome the chance to tell his side of the story of the Hawks’ racism saga in court.
- by Russell Bennett
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AFL 2024
Hawthorn racism claim terminated by Australian Human Rights Commission
- by Jake Niall
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AFL 2024
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- by Jon Pierik
