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I hope you're studying because you'll never be playing footy again."


That's what a surgeon told Lukas Webb last July. Four days earlier he'd been playing for Footscray, trying to stake a claim for a return to the AFL. Then at the start of the second quarter in a game away to the Casey Demons, things went badly wrong.

In his four... [Read More]

Bob Murphy Apr 17, 2019 4:49PM

I only shared a locker room with Jim Plunkett for a couple of seasons, but he’s the kind of guy that makes a big impression on you.

Warm, cheeky and good storyteller, Jim has what I would describe as ‘funny bones’.

I caught up with him this week in the lead in to the Easter Sunday clash between the Bulldogs and the Blues, or as Jim and I refer to it, the Jimmy Plunkett Cup!


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Mark Robinson chats to Tom Liberatore about football, public perception and Luke Dahlhaus

A photograph taken on Sunday, after Tom Liberatore kicked the “sealer’’ against Hawthorn at the MCG, is symbolic of what... [Read More]

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Like his favourite author Hunter S. Thompson, creative writing student Tom Liberatore has always given off the vibe that he would not care if it all ended tomorrow.

The air of indifference and his off-field antics have given rise to the question of... [Read More]

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Former Port Adelaide midfielder Kane Cornes says Marcus Bontempelli can be better than both Dustin Martin and Patrick Dangerfield.
Bontempelli lit up Marvel Stadium with a superb showing against the Swans in Round 1.


The silky-skilled midfielder had 29 disposals, seven tackles, six inside-50s and booted a goal in a best-afield performance.


Cornes said the 23-year-old, along with Carlton co-captain Patrick Cripps,... [Read More]