It was billed as the biggest game in Queensland ever: reigning AFL premiers Brisbane against their state rivals from down the M1. The long-derided Gold Coast had finally arrived as a force, winning an elimination final in an ecstatic finish over Fremantle, via a last-gasp point to retiring club great David Swallow. For a short time, […]
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If you’ve had the acute misfortune of following the North Melbourne football club for the past decade, then Saturday’s victory over Carlton was a long time coming. True, the Kangaroos have beaten Richmond and West Coast in the past month, but those are the only teams below them on the ladder. They were overdue a proper
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They don’t make footballers like Robert Walls any more. Walls, who died on Thursday at the age of 74, was just 16 years and 275 days old when he made his VFL playing debut for Carlton against Hawthorn in round two of the 1967 season. These days, players have to turn 18 in their draft year,
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The Brisbane Lions took a retro theme into their match against the Gold Coast Suns at the Gabba on Sunday night. The team rolled out in the original Brisbane Bears strip from 1987. The cute and cuddly Carrara Koala roared at diehard fans from the LED scoreboard – an unsubtle reminder of the days when the
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In a game of centimetres and seconds, and less than a kick in it, it mattered: With one minute and 18 seconds to go, Lachie Neale was legged by Oleg Markov. And then the whistle blew. No one heard it. Zac Bailey, who’d kicked two incredible early goals, grabbed the ball and hoicked it forward.
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Collingwood held top spot on the ladder for almost the entire season, finishing minor premiers, while the Brisbane Lions steadily closed the gap to eventually finish runners-up. On Saturday, natural justice has been served, with the two teams playing off in the big dance for the biggest prize. The Lions have had the easier passage
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