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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
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AFL 2023
‘Memories I will cherish forever’: Tigers triple premiership captain Cotchin to retire
- by Roy Ward and Marnie Vinall
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
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
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
Sports columnist
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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
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.
AFL Briefing
AFL 2023
‘Any danger of putting someone on Sicily?’: The blunt feedback for McRae; beloved Roos hard man bids farewell
- by Damien Ractliffe and Greg Dundas
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Analysis
AFL 2023
The race for the eight: which clubs will snatch last AFL finals spots?
- by Marc McGowan
