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AFL 2024
How Jack Ginnivan is having his cake and eating it too
Jack Ginnivan departed Collingwood with a premiership medal around his neck, leaving behind a club whose finals hopes are in disarray and that is now going through the bleakest period of Craig McRae’s celebrated tenure.
- by Andrew Wu
More finals intrigue as Dogs win in the mud; Collingwood ‘right on the edge’ of being ‘losers’
- by Roy Ward, Jon Pierik, Andrew Wu, Danny Russell and Steve Barrett
Insight & Analysis
Do more: These stars must lift as the finals fight heats up
For many teams, the difference between a deep finals run, an early September exit or missing out all together will hinge on key players returning to form.
Kane Cornes
AFL columnist
Were these AFL bans correct, or the suspensions that broke footy?
Debate is raging over the three-match bans upheld by the AFL tribunal for Toby Bedford and Charlie Cameron’s tackles. Is the reaction hysterical hand wringing, or is the game under threat?
Jon Pierik and Peter Ryan
As confusion rules in the AFL, there is urgent need for a rewrite
In trying to minimise concussion, the AFL has tied itself into knots and the players are tripping over them. There is an urgent need for a fresh look.
Greg Baum
Sports columnist
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Match review
AFL insists tackles were dangerous after appeals board overturns player bans
While the AFL said it understood the appeal board’s call, it backed the original bans, and shared video of dangerous tackles to the 18 clubs just hours before round 19 began. Watch it here.
- by Jon Pierik and Danny Russell
Grumpy coach? How Sam Mitchell’s caring side brings the best out of Mabior Chol
Meet the player who spent the first six years of his AFL career perennially behind forwards Jack Riewoldt and Tom Lynch at Richmond.
- by Jake Niall
