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The footy kiss that said everything about an AFL warrior

The footy kiss that said everything about an AFL warrior

Callan Ward is loved, and this adoration from those who inhabit the game is rare. Players so tough are rarely as kind and empathetic in equal measure.

04.06.2025 10

WA Today

Bob Murphy

The footy kiss that said everything about an AFL warrior

The footy kiss that said everything about an AFL warrior

Callan Ward is loved, and this adoration from those who inhabit the game is rare. Players so tough are rarely as kind and empathetic in equal measure.

04.06.2025 9

The Sydney Morning Herald

Bob Murphy

The footy kiss that said everything about an AFL warrior

The footy kiss that said everything about an AFL warrior

Callan Ward is loved, and this adoration from those who inhabit the game is rare. Players so tough are rarely as kind and empathetic in equal measure.

04.06.2025 8

The Age

Bob Murphy

The footy kiss that said everything about an AFL warrior

The footy kiss that said everything about an AFL warrior

Callan Ward is loved, and this adoration from those who inhabit the game is rare. Players so tough are rarely as kind and empathetic in equal measure.

04.06.2025 3

Brisbane Times

Bob Murphy

An ancestry test would show Maynard is 100 per cent Magpie. Who embodies the spirit of your club?

Does your team have one player who epitomises the spirit, lineage and physicality of the club’s history?

29.05.2025 6

WA Today

Bob Murphy

An ancestry test would show Maynard is 100 per cent Magpie. Who embodies the spirit of your club?

Does your team have one player who epitomises the spirit, lineage and physicality of the club’s history?

29.05.2025 5

The Sydney Morning Herald

Bob Murphy

An ancestry test would show Maynard is 100 per cent Magpie. Who embodies the spirit of your club?

Does your team have one player who epitomises the spirit, lineage and physicality of the club’s history?

29.05.2025 7

The Age

Bob Murphy

An ancestry test would show Maynard is 100 per cent Magpie. Who embodies the spirit of your club?

Does your team have one player who epitomises the spirit, lineage and physicality of the club’s history?

29.05.2025 10

Brisbane Times

Bob Murphy

The AFL innovation that made it impossible to escape the coach’s spray

This change has transformed footy. I’m not sure that it’s for the better.

01.05.2025 6

WA Today

Bob Murphy

The AFL innovation that made it impossible to escape the coach’s spray

This change has transformed footy. I’m not sure that it’s for the better.

01.05.2025 9

The Sydney Morning Herald

Bob Murphy

The AFL innovation that made it impossible to escape the coach’s spray

This change has transformed footy. I’m not sure that it’s for the better.

01.05.2025 9

The Age

Bob Murphy

The AFL innovation that made it impossible to escape the coach’s spray

This change has transformed footy. I’m not sure that it’s for the better.

01.05.2025 4

Brisbane Times

Bob Murphy

Why these three words might be the most beautiful cliche in footy

Within the very full basket of football cliches, one diamond, for me at least, shines a little brighter than the rest. You’ve heard it a million...

17.04.2025 9

WA Today

Bob Murphy

Why these three words might be the most beautiful cliche in footy

Within the very full basket of football cliches, one diamond, for me at least, shines a little brighter than the rest. You’ve heard it a million...

17.04.2025 10

The Sydney Morning Herald

Bob Murphy

Why these three words might be the most beautiful cliche in footy

Within the very full basket of football cliches, one diamond, for me at least, shines a little brighter than the rest. You’ve heard it a million...

17.04.2025 10

The Age

Bob Murphy

Why these three words might be the most beautiful cliche in footy

Within the very full basket of football cliches, one diamond, for me at least, shines a little brighter than the rest. You’ve heard it a million...

17.04.2025 10

Brisbane Times

Bob Murphy

Melbourne’s problems seem overwhelming. Here’s where Gawn should start

Have their skills deserted them? Are the stars fully committed? How can skipper Max Gawn put the Demons back together again?

03.04.2025 10

WA Today

Bob Murphy

Melbourne’s problems seem overwhelming. Here’s where Gawn should start

Have their skills deserted them? Are the stars fully committed? How can skipper Max Gawn put the Demons back together again?

03.04.2025 8

The Sydney Morning Herald

Bob Murphy

Melbourne’s problems seem overwhelming. Here’s where Gawn should start

Have their skills deserted them? Are the stars fully committed? How can skipper Max Gawn put the Demons back together again?

03.04.2025 20

The Age

Bob Murphy

Melbourne’s problems seem overwhelming. Here’s where Gawn should start

Have their skills deserted them? Are the stars fully committed? How can skipper Max Gawn put the Demons back together again?

03.04.2025 7

Brisbane Times

Bob Murphy

The selfless act that tells me which footy team will win the close one

For so many sports – Australian rules in particular – so many things relating to the performance of a player or team are subjective. Right at the...

20.03.2025 10

WA Today

Bob Murphy

The selfless act that tells me which footy team will win the close one

For so many sports – Australian rules in particular – so many things relating to the performance of a player or team are subjective. Right at the...

20.03.2025 10

The Sydney Morning Herald

Bob Murphy

The selfless act that tells me which footy team will win the close one

For so many sports – Australian rules in particular – so many things relating to the performance of a player or team are subjective. Right at the...

20.03.2025 20

The Age

Bob Murphy

The selfless act that tells me which footy team will win the close one

For so many sports – Australian rules in particular – so many things relating to the performance of a player or team are subjective. Right at the...

20.03.2025 10

Brisbane Times

Bob Murphy

‘Breathe, fellas’: The big fears facing each AFL team as the season begins

Bob Murphy is back with The Age. He writes that some fears (like fear of AFLM) are learnt, and so can be unlearnt.

06.03.2025 8

WA Today

Bob Murphy

‘Breathe, fellas’: The big fears facing each AFL team as the season begins

Bob Murphy is back with The Age. He writes that some fears (like fear of AFLM) are learnt, and so can be unlearnt.

06.03.2025 8

The Sydney Morning Herald

Bob Murphy

‘Breathe, fellas’: The big fears facing each AFL team as the season begins

Bob Murphy is back with The Age. He writes that some fears (like fear of AFLM) are learnt, and so can be unlearnt.

06.03.2025 20

The Age

Bob Murphy

‘Breathe, fellas’: The big fears facing each AFL team as the season begins

Bob Murphy is back with The Age. He writes that some fears (like fear of AFLM) are learnt, and so can be unlearnt.

06.03.2025 9

Brisbane Times

Bob Murphy

A man and his medal: For every grand final a player’s heart breaks behind his tight smile

The AFLM grand final is a bit like a cheeseburger. It’s delicious, it’s self-contained and it’s immediate. As the consumer, it’s all there for...

24.09.2024 2

WA Today

Bob Murphy

A man and his medal: For every grand final a player’s heart breaks behind his tight smile

The AFLM grand final is a bit like a cheeseburger. It’s delicious, it’s self-contained and it’s immediate. As the consumer, it’s all there for...

24.09.2024 4

The Sydney Morning Herald

Bob Murphy

A man and his medal: For every grand final a player’s heart breaks behind his tight smile

The AFLM grand final is a bit like a cheeseburger. It’s delicious, it’s self-contained and it’s immediate. As the consumer, it’s all there for...

24.09.2024 2

The Age

Bob Murphy

A man and his medal: For every grand final a player’s heart breaks behind his tight smile

The AFLM grand final is a bit like a cheeseburger. It’s delicious, it’s self-contained and it’s immediate. As the consumer, it’s all there for...

24.09.2024 1

Brisbane Times

Bob Murphy