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Finn Maginness did a great job shadowing Nick Daicos in Hawthorn’s upset round 21 win over Collingwood.
Opinion
AFL 2023

If your club has fallen for this myth, they are in trouble

Don’t believe the rumours; the tagger lives. Sam Mitchell has used one to rejuvenate Hawthorn’s season, but Andrew McQualter has refused to follow suit, and that might cost him the Tigers coaching job.

  • by Kane Cornes

Insight & Analysis

Glass breaker: How Marvel can rescue AFL from finals flux

Victorian footy fans would love an all-Melbourne start to the AFL finals. But for the league, it creates a number of headaches.

Sam McClure
Sam McClure

Sports reporter

Meeting the godfather: Why incoming AFL boss sought a touch of ‘Magic’

Michael McLean has been fighting racism on the footy field for 30 years, and he’s still doing it in his own, quiet but profoundly effective, way.

Jake Niall
Jake Niall

Chief football writer, The Age

Daicos injury magnifies Magpies’ midfield nightmare

The impact of Nick Daicos’ injury was already profound enough, but it magnifies an already significant problem for Craig McRae’s men.

Michael Gleeson
Michael Gleeson

Sports columnist

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Collingwood
Updated
AFL 2023

Collingwood and MCG strike deal for tenant clubs; Sidebottom sidelined for Cats game; Nic Nat ‘weighing up his future’

The Magpies will retain the same number of overall seats for their members, but other MCG tenants say the new deal is a win for all. Meanwhile, GWS chairman Tony Shepherd urges AFL not to appoint an active player to the commission.

  • by Peter Ryan, Andrew Wu and Michael Gleeson
Beveridge emotional as Dogs lose long-time assistant Smith
AFL Briefing
AFL 2023

Beveridge emotional as Dogs lose long-time assistant Smith

Western Bulldogs coach Luke Beveridge has paid tribute to club legend and departing backline coach Rohan Smith. A coaching panel restructure means Smith will depart at the end of this season, ending a 30-year stretch at the club – almost 12 of them as a coach.

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