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The writing was on the wall for the Blues – in black and white this time

The clear gulf in class against Collingwood should underscore that Carlton’s primary issues are with their playing list, rather than strategy or...

previous day 8

WA Today

Jake Niall

The writing was on the wall for the Blues – in black and white this time

The clear gulf in class against Collingwood should underscore that Carlton’s primary issues are with their playing list, rather than strategy or...

previous day 10

The Sydney Morning Herald

Jake Niall

The writing was on the wall for the Blues – in black and white this time

The clear gulf in class against Collingwood should underscore that Carlton’s primary issues are with their playing list, rather than strategy or...

previous day 8

The Age

Jake Niall

The writing was on the wall for the Blues – in black and white this time

The clear gulf in class against Collingwood should underscore that Carlton’s primary issues are with their playing list, rather than strategy or...

previous day 10

Brisbane Times

Jake Niall

Voss was let down by his leaders. Now his fate is in the hands of others

Voss was let down by his leaders. Now his fate is in the hands of others

If Carlton sack him, with a year to run on his contract, they would do so with considerable reluctance because the brass are well aware of the playing...

27.06.2025 6

WA Today

Jake Niall

Voss was let down by his leaders. Now his fate is in the hands of others

Voss was let down by his leaders. Now his fate is in the hands of others

If Carlton sack him, with a year to run on his contract, they would do so with considerable reluctance because the brass are well aware of the playing...

27.06.2025 9

Brisbane Times

Jake Niall

Voss was let down by his leaders. Now his fate is in the hands of others

Voss was let down by his leaders. Now his fate is in the hands of others

If Carlton sack him, with a year to run on his contract, they would do so with considerable reluctance because the brass are well aware of the playing...

27.06.2025 8

The Sydney Morning Herald

Jake Niall

Voss was let down by his leaders. Now his fate is in the hands of others

Voss was let down by his leaders. Now his fate is in the hands of others

If Carlton sack him, with a year to run on his contract, they would do so with considerable reluctance because the brass are well aware of the playing...

27.06.2025 7

The Age

Jake Niall

Why Carlton are looking beyond the Voss question

The Blues can’t sack Voss. Not now, despite what a portion of their enraged fan base craves.

24.06.2025 10

WA Today

Jake Niall

Why Carlton are looking beyond the Voss question

The Blues can’t sack Voss. Not now, despite what a portion of their enraged fan base craves.

24.06.2025 10

The Sydney Morning Herald

Jake Niall

Why Carlton are looking beyond the Voss question

The Blues can’t sack Voss. Not now, despite what a portion of their enraged fan base craves.

24.06.2025 10

The Age

Jake Niall

Why Carlton are looking beyond the Voss question

The Blues can’t sack Voss. Not now, despite what a portion of their enraged fan base craves.

24.06.2025 9

Brisbane Times

Jake Niall

Good enough: Simon Goodwin’s done enough repairs to coach Demons next year

Good enough: Simon Goodwin’s done enough repairs to coach Demons next year

As Melbourne sit at 5-8, with little prospect of playing finals, Goodwin has nonetheless done enough to coach this team in 2026. But they shouldn’t...

14.06.2025 8

WA Today

Jake Niall

Good enough: Simon Goodwin’s done enough repairs to coach Demons next year

Good enough: Simon Goodwin’s done enough repairs to coach Demons next year

As Melbourne sit at 5-8, with little prospect of playing finals, Goodwin has nonetheless done enough to coach this team in 2026. But they shouldn’t...

14.06.2025 7

The Sydney Morning Herald

Jake Niall

Good enough: Simon Goodwin’s done enough repairs to coach Demons next year

Good enough: Simon Goodwin’s done enough repairs to coach Demons next year

As Melbourne sit at 5-8, with little prospect of playing finals, Goodwin has nonetheless done enough to coach this team in 2026. But they shouldn’t...

14.06.2025 7

The Age

Jake Niall

Good enough: Simon Goodwin’s done enough repairs to coach Demons next year

Good enough: Simon Goodwin’s done enough repairs to coach Demons next year

As Melbourne sit at 5-8, with little prospect of playing finals, Goodwin has nonetheless done enough to coach this team in 2026. But they shouldn’t...

14.06.2025 5

Brisbane Times

Jake Niall

How Collingwood won the moments that mattered most

At three-quarter time, the Demons trailed by seven points, having willed themselves back from a deficit that peaked at 20 points. Could they surge to...

09.06.2025 6

WA Today

Jake Niall

How Collingwood won the moments that mattered most

At three-quarter time, the Demons trailed by seven points, having willed themselves back from a deficit that peaked at 20 points. Could they surge to...

09.06.2025 8

The Sydney Morning Herald

Jake Niall

How Collingwood won the moments that mattered most

At three-quarter time, the Demons trailed by seven points, having willed themselves back from a deficit that peaked at 20 points. Could they surge to...

09.06.2025 10

The Age

Jake Niall

How Collingwood won the moments that mattered most

At three-quarter time, the Demons trailed by seven points, having willed themselves back from a deficit that peaked at 20 points. Could they surge to...

09.06.2025 7

Brisbane Times

Jake Niall

Out with the young and in with the old: A mid-year All-Australian team with a difference

Seven players aged 30-plus make this mid-year 22, as the AFL follows the trend of tennis and American team sports, in which 35 really is the new 30.

07.06.2025 6

WA Today

Jake Niall

Out with the young and in with the old: A mid-year All-Australian team with a difference

Seven players aged 30-plus make this mid-year 22, as the AFL follows the trend of tennis and American team sports, in which 35 really is the new 30.

07.06.2025 6

The Sydney Morning Herald

Jake Niall

Out with the young and in with the old: A mid-year All-Australian team with a difference

Seven players aged 30-plus make this mid-year 22, as the AFL follows the trend of tennis and American team sports, in which 35 really is the new 30.

07.06.2025 10

The Age

Jake Niall

Out with the young and in with the old: A mid-year All-Australian team with a difference

Seven players aged 30-plus make this mid-year 22, as the AFL follows the trend of tennis and American team sports, in which 35 really is the new 30.

07.06.2025 9

Brisbane Times

Jake Niall

At risk of losing the Devil they know, the AFL stands firm to keep Tassie’s footy dream alive

Like Jeremy Rockliff, the Tasmania Devils live to fight another day. Meanwhile, the AFL is refusing to budge, not even one millimetre, as uncertainty...

04.06.2025 3

WA Today

Jake Niall

At risk of losing the Devil they know, the AFL stands firm to keep Tassie’s footy dream alive

Like Jeremy Rockliff, the Tasmania Devils live to fight another day. Meanwhile, the AFL is refusing to budge, not even one millimetre, as uncertainty...

04.06.2025 3

The Sydney Morning Herald

Jake Niall

At risk of losing the Devil they know, the AFL stands firm to keep Tassie’s footy dream alive

Like Jeremy Rockliff, the Tasmania Devils live to fight another day. Meanwhile, the AFL is refusing to budge, not even one millimetre, as uncertainty...

04.06.2025 7

The Age

Jake Niall

At risk of losing the Devil they know, the AFL stands firm to keep Tassie’s footy dream alive

Like Jeremy Rockliff, the Tasmania Devils live to fight another day. Meanwhile, the AFL is refusing to budge, not even one millimetre, as uncertainty...

04.06.2025 5

Brisbane Times

Jake Niall

Origin of the AFL’s great challenge: What AFLW can learn from the NRL

The Matildas have raised the bar. The NRLW has jumped ahead via Origin. The AFL can’t create a larger footprint for women without thinking bigger.

31.05.2025 9

WA Today

Jake Niall

Origin of the AFL’s great challenge: What AFLW can learn from the NRL

The Matildas have raised the bar. The NRLW has jumped ahead via Origin. The AFL can’t create a larger footprint for women without thinking bigger.

31.05.2025 10

The Sydney Morning Herald

Jake Niall

Origin of the AFL’s great challenge: What AFLW can learn from the NRL

The Matildas have raised the bar. The NRLW has jumped ahead via Origin. The AFL can’t create a larger footprint for women without thinking bigger.

31.05.2025 10

The Age

Jake Niall

Origin of the AFL’s great challenge: What AFLW can learn from the NRL

The Matildas have raised the bar. The NRLW has jumped ahead via Origin. The AFL can’t create a larger footprint for women without thinking bigger.

31.05.2025 9

Brisbane Times

Jake Niall

Robert Walls didn’t do hot takes. He pioneered footy’s hard take

Robert Walls had strong opinions on football and never shied away from expressing them, either in print or on air. But his views were not manufactured...

16.05.2025 6

WA Today

Jake Niall

Robert Walls didn’t do hot takes. He pioneered footy’s hard take

Robert Walls had strong opinions on football and never shied away from expressing them, either in print or on air. But his views were not manufactured...

16.05.2025 3

The Sydney Morning Herald

Jake Niall

Robert Walls didn’t do hot takes. He pioneered footy’s hard take

Robert Walls had strong opinions on football and never shied away from expressing them, either in print or on air. But his views were not manufactured...

16.05.2025 20

The Age

Jake Niall

Robert Walls didn’t do hot takes. He pioneered footy’s hard take

Robert Walls had strong opinions on football and never shied away from expressing them, either in print or on air. But his views were not manufactured...

16.05.2025 5

Brisbane Times

Jake Niall

How crime and punishment do, and don’t, work in the AFL world

The handling of Paul Curtis, Noah Balta, Willie Rioli and others highlights the very different way the AFL deals with on-field and social incidents.

11.05.2025 10

WA Today

Jake Niall

How crime and punishment do, and don’t, work in the AFL world

The handling of Paul Curtis, Noah Balta, Willie Rioli and others highlights the very different way the AFL deals with on-field and social incidents.

10.05.2025 10

The Sydney Morning Herald

Jake Niall

How crime and punishment do, and don’t, work in the AFL world

The handling of Paul Curtis, Noah Balta, Willie Rioli and others highlights the very different way the AFL deals with on-field and social incidents.

10.05.2025 9

The Age

Jake Niall

How crime and punishment do, and don’t, work in the AFL world

The handling of Paul Curtis, Noah Balta, Willie Rioli and others highlights the very different way the AFL deals with on-field and social incidents.

10.05.2025 4

Brisbane Times

Jake Niall

The Hawks’ hard calls: One key reason for their edge over the competition

The Hawks are the only team to have won premierships in every decade from the 1960s. They have been, by any measure, the club that has been most...

03.05.2025 10

WA Today

Jake Niall

The Hawks’ hard calls: One key reason for their edge over the competition

The Hawks are the only team to have won premierships in every decade from the 1960s. They have been, by any measure, the club that has been most...

03.05.2025 7

The Sydney Morning Herald

Jake Niall

The Hawks’ hard calls: One key reason for their edge over the competition

The Hawks are the only team to have won premierships in every decade from the 1960s. They have been, by any measure, the club that has been most...

03.05.2025 9

The Age

Jake Niall

The Hawks’ hard calls: One key reason for their edge over the competition

The Hawks are the only team to have won premierships in every decade from the 1960s. They have been, by any measure, the club that has been most...

03.05.2025 10

Brisbane Times

Jake Niall

The multimillion-dollar decision: How Demons missed the boat on Oliver

The non-trading of Clayton Oliver isn’t a hanging offence, or gigantic blunder. But the upshot is that the Demons have found themselves out of flag...

01.05.2025 9

WA Today

Jake Niall

The multimillion-dollar decision: How Demons missed the boat on Oliver

The non-trading of Clayton Oliver isn’t a hanging offence, or gigantic blunder. But the upshot is that the Demons have found themselves out of flag...

01.05.2025 9

The Sydney Morning Herald

Jake Niall

The multimillion-dollar decision: How Demons missed the boat on Oliver

The non-trading of Clayton Oliver isn’t a hanging offence, or gigantic blunder. But the upshot is that the Demons have found themselves out of flag...

01.05.2025 10

The Age

Jake Niall

The multimillion-dollar decision: How Demons missed the boat on Oliver

The non-trading of Clayton Oliver isn’t a hanging offence, or gigantic blunder. But the upshot is that the Demons have found themselves out of flag...

01.05.2025 6

Brisbane Times

Jake Niall

Good old Collingwood: On a day to honour veterans, Pies show 34 is the new 30

It is no surprise that Nick Daicos and his brother Josh were exceptional for Collingwood. But another, much older player, shone in the grey skies and...

25.04.2025 4

WA Today

Jake Niall

Good old Collingwood: On a day to honour veterans, Pies show 34 is the new 30

It is no surprise that Nick Daicos and his brother Josh were exceptional for Collingwood. But another, much older player, shone in the grey skies and...

25.04.2025 4

The Sydney Morning Herald

Jake Niall