Punter forks out $20k on Crows to beat Hawks
One confident punter has placed a fairly large amount of cash on the Adelaide Crows to beat favourites Hawthorn in the AFL preliminary final clash on Saturday. He or she has had $20,000 on the Crows, who have drifted from $5.25 to $6 with Sportsbet this week.* Hawthorn, meanwhile, have been well backed with a … [Read the full story]
Forward march, for the Dockers
Geelong were easily second best as a Matthew Pavlich inspired Fremantle in an elimination final upset at the MCG yesterday. The Dockers kicked the game’s first seven goals then answered every Cats comeback attempt to win 14.12 (96) to 11.14 (80). Pavlich kicked six goals, three of the first five then three crucial last-half majors … [Read the full story]
Class shows as Pies dominate the Dockers
Collingwood are still top of the AFL ladder after a comfortable win over Fremantle at the MCG, and they looked more than a contender a Grand Final place. Led brilliantly by Brownlow Medallist Dane Swan, who ended the match with 43 possessions, seven tackles and two goals, the Magpies set up the win with a … [Read the full story]
Paul Roos labels Gold Coast Suns ‘Irelevant’
AFL great and former Sydney Swans coach Paul Roos has turned up the heat on winless Gold Coast Suns as one critic labels the second-year club “irrelevant”. The Suns are yet to win a game in their first nine matches in 2012 and slumped to a disappointing defeat against Greater Western Sydney in round seven. … [Read the full story]
Demetriou welcomes prevention of Optus
AFL chief executive Andrew Demetriou has welcomed a Federal Court decision to prevent Optus customers from recording and watching football matches on delay. The AFL, NRL and Telstra on Friday won an appeal against an earlier ruling that allowed Optus customers to use the TV Now service to record matches and view them on their … [Read the full story]
Come on…Mick and Nat aren’t mates
Collingwood coach Nathan Buckley insists his relationship with predecessor Mick Malthouse is “as good as good can be”. Buckley on Thursday night denied that Malthouse’s recent critique of the Magpies’ new game plan had driven a wedge between the pair and said the ensuing media storm was “inevitable”. “The whole thing of two weeks ago … [Read the full story]
Buford Balony says AFL are all hypocrites
The racism crisis engulfing Melbourne Demons deepened after their major sponsor admitted to making a series of slurs against Aborigines, Asians, women and Prime Minister Julia Gillard. Entrepreneur Ben Polis – CEO and co-owner of EnergyWatch, which gives the football club an estimated $2 million a year – admitted that he made dozens of offensive … [Read the full story]
Jason Akermanis is a fucking idiot
AFL loudmouth Jason Akermanis says he was “stupid” and insensitive for attacking the late Jim Stynes as a “nasty man in his day” who was being treated like a “demigod”. In an explosive radio interview with Mix 92.7 FM on Queensland’s Sunshine Coast last week, the former three-time premiership-winning player said the public outpouring of … [Read the full story]
Buford Balony says AFL is just laughable
Greater Western Sydney co-captain Callan Ward admits there’s a special feeling tied to the stand-alone start of the AFL season, comparing the build-up to that of finals football in Melbourne. The AFL ensured the focus would be on the harbour city this week, which on Thursday hosted the season’s launch and all 18 clubs’ captains. … [Read the full story]
Mick Malthouse unhappy with some Pies players
Collingwood coach Mick Malthouse accused several Magpies of not committing to the cause in a brutal post-script to last year’s grand final loss. In the same post-match speech where Malthouse announced he would leave Collingwood, he said the lack of output from some players would stay with them for many years. Malthouse praised the group … [Read the full story]
