The Collingwood Football Club AGM at the MCG tonight should be an absolute belter, writes Stephen Mayne.
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Robert Harvey’s career an antidote to the ills of world sport
In an era when so much sporting news is about cheating, doping, boozing and fighting, Robert Harvey’s AFL career is anomalous in the best possible way, writes Adam Schwab.
Kangaroos need TV time, not a Gold Coast tan
The AFL can bang on all it likes about the Kangaroos’ poor membership, and dire finances, but if it was serious about turning around the Roos’ fortunes – rather than just shunting them off to the Gold Coast – it would have given the club some meaningful help years ago, writes Charles Happell.
Free agency will destroy delicate AFL trade system
How long will cashed up clubs like Collingwood put up with the restaint of trade inherent in the AFL’s draft system? Francis Leach investigates.
The Judd deal and flaws in the salary cap
The Chris Judd deal no doubt involves inducements that won’t be counted in the salary cap, but doesn’t that undermine one of the AFL’s most important by-laws?
Crikey’s AFL & NRL Hot Form Charts
Need a form guide for this weekends finals campaigns for the AFL and NRL? Look no further, Crikey has it covered.
Crikey’s AFL Hot Form Chart: Round 22
Only one round of home and away remains; seven out of the eight finalists are decided; and with draft penalties hanging over the victor’s head, the odds for a draw in the Melbourne-Carlton game on Sunday must be the shortest in footy’s history. So what can Crikey’s AFL Hot Form Chart still tell us about season 2007?
Didak goes the tackle in The Age
Today’s front page of The Age showed Collingwood player Alan Didak in mid-tackle. And unfortunately, folks, we’re not talking footy here.
