Backing Voss for 2024 was crucial: Cook explains how stability revived Carlton’s season
Carlton’s chief executive believes the public guarantee given to Michael Voss when the team was in the doldrums had a flow-on effect that helped the Blues recapture their best form.
- by Jake Niall
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Six more years: Daicos brothers sign new deals at Collingwood
Collingwood have locked the dynamic duo in for the next six years, confirming both Daicos brothers have agreed to new deals to stay at the club their father starred for.
- by Peter Ryan and Jake Niall
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AFL 2023
Revolution: How Buddy Franklin changed the AFL
In his 2004 draft interview Lance Franklin was asked what he’d change about himself. His answer revealed everything about the kid who would revolutionise footy.
- by Jake Niall
‘Emotional and devastated’: The phone call that sealed Franklin’s retirement
Alastair Clarkson said Buddy Franklin is “an icon of the game” who had set a current-day watermark that, he believes, will be unsurpassed.
- by Jon Pierik, Marc McGowan, Jake Niall and Michael Gleeson
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AFL 2023
How Harley becomes a Roo: the deal that would solve the pick-one dilemma
There’s another club that should be in the market for Harley Reid and which is eyeing off the possibility of landing the hot young talent: North Melbourne.
- by Jake Niall
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AFL 2023
Cox one of three Pies to re-sign, Josh Daicos closing in on new deal
Collingwood’s out-of-contract big man Mason Cox has signed a new two-year deal, while Josh Daicos is getting closer to a long-term contract.
- by Michael Gleeson and Jake Niall
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AFL 2023
Dew process: How Gold Coast went from supporting to sacking their coach in six days
The club said they backed their coach as Caroline Wilson reported his time was up. A week later, he was gone. He had hit a wall no coach had breached.
- by Jake Niall
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AFL 2023
Scott likely to stick with Cats, but Hardwick will take Suns’ call after Dew sacking
A source close to Damien Hardwick confirmed that the triple-premiership coach would be willing to have a discussion with the Suns about the now-vacant position at Gold Coast after Stuart Dew was sacked.
- by Peter Ryan, Jake Niall and Andrew Wu
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AFL 2023
North, Dons or who? The free agent who’s up for grabs
Essendon have a level of interest in Ben McKay, who fits that team’s obvious need for a mature key defender with the physical stature to play on key forwards like McKay’s brother at Carlton.
- by Jake Niall
‘Great teammate’: Fitzroy star Matt Rendell remembered fondly
Matt Rendell, the decorated former Fitzroy player and renowned AFL recruiter, has died aged 64. Rendell’s death has prompted widespread mourning within the football community.
- by Jake Niall
Matt Rendell gravely ill after heart attack
The family of former Fitzroy champion and renowned AFL club recruiter Matt Rendell has confirmed that he is gravely ill after suffering a heart attack.
- by Jake Niall