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Footy’s new LeBronomy: Why Richmond’s exodus is disturbing

Footy’s new LeBronomy: Why Richmond’s exodus is disturbing

The AFL doesn’t want or need the club-hopping of the NBA, in which players and teams are empowered to leave each other, at short-notice, when either...

saturday 10

WA Today

Jake Niall

Footy’s new LeBronomy: Why Richmond’s exodus is disturbing

Footy’s new LeBronomy: Why Richmond’s exodus is disturbing

The AFL doesn’t want or need the club-hopping of the NBA, in which players and teams are empowered to leave each other, at short-notice, when either...

saturday 10

The Sydney Morning Herald

Jake Niall

Footy’s new LeBronomy: Why Richmond’s exodus is disturbing

Footy’s new LeBronomy: Why Richmond’s exodus is disturbing

The AFL doesn’t want or need the club-hopping of the NBA, in which players and teams are empowered to leave each other, at short-notice, when either...

saturday 10

The Age

Jake Niall

Footy’s new LeBronomy: Why Richmond’s exodus is disturbing

Footy’s new LeBronomy: Why Richmond’s exodus is disturbing

The AFL doesn’t want or need the club-hopping of the NBA, in which players and teams are empowered to leave each other, at short-notice, when either...

saturday 10

Brisbane Times

Jake Niall

Is Petracca better than Cripps? Jake Niall’s top 30 AFL players for 2025

Is Petracca better than Cripps? Jake Niall’s top 30 AFL players for 2025

To be top 30 in an 18-team competition defines a footballer as genuinely elite. This exercise is simply about who’s the best.

23.02.2025 8

WA Today

Jake Niall

Is Petracca better than Cripps? Jake Niall’s top 30 AFL players for 2025

Is Petracca better than Cripps? Jake Niall’s top 30 AFL players for 2025

To be top 30 in an 18-team competition defines a footballer as genuinely elite. This exercise is simply about who’s the best.

23.02.2025 6

The Sydney Morning Herald

Jake Niall

Is Petracca better than Cripps? Jake Niall’s top 30 AFL players for 2025

Is Petracca better than Cripps? Jake Niall’s top 30 AFL players for 2025

To be top 30 in an 18-team competition defines a footballer as genuinely elite. This exercise is simply about who’s the best.

23.02.2025 10

The Age

Jake Niall

Is Petracca better than Cripps? Jake Niall’s top 30 AFL players for 2025

Is Petracca better than Cripps? Jake Niall’s top 30 AFL players for 2025

To be top 30 in an 18-team competition defines a footballer as genuinely elite. This exercise is simply about who’s the best.

23.02.2025 20

Brisbane Times

Jake Niall

Living on the edge: The AFL coaches fighting for their jobs in 2025

Living on the edge: The AFL coaches fighting for their jobs in 2025

While all AFL senior coaches suffer the slings and arrows of feral fans, up to five enter 2025 in parlous positions.

15.02.2025 9

WA Today

Jake Niall

Living on the edge: The AFL coaches fighting for their jobs in 2025

Living on the edge: The AFL coaches fighting for their jobs in 2025

While all AFL senior coaches suffer the slings and arrows of feral fans, up to five enter 2025 in parlous positions.

15.02.2025 8

The Sydney Morning Herald

Jake Niall

Living on the edge: The AFL coaches fighting for their jobs in 2025

Living on the edge: The AFL coaches fighting for their jobs in 2025

While all AFL senior coaches suffer the slings and arrows of feral fans, up to five enter 2025 in parlous positions.

15.02.2025 9

The Age

Jake Niall

Living on the edge: The AFL coaches fighting for their jobs in 2025

Living on the edge: The AFL coaches fighting for their jobs in 2025

While all AFL senior coaches suffer the slings and arrows of feral fans, up to five enter 2025 in parlous positions.

15.02.2025 10

Brisbane Times

Jake Niall

Salacious corporeal material rather than suited corporate failings ends Sayers tenure

Had he clung to the presidency, Sayers would have faced pressure to explain exactly what had transpired and the provenance of this embarrassing photo.

22.01.2025 7

WA Today

Jake Niall

Salacious corporeal material rather than suited corporate failings ends Sayers tenure

Had he clung to the presidency, Sayers would have faced pressure to explain exactly what had transpired and the provenance of this embarrassing photo.

22.01.2025 5

The Sydney Morning Herald

Jake Niall

Salacious corporeal material rather than suited corporate failings ends Sayers tenure

Had he clung to the presidency, Sayers would have faced pressure to explain exactly what had transpired and the provenance of this embarrassing photo.

22.01.2025 7

The Age

Jake Niall

Salacious corporeal material rather than suited corporate failings ends Sayers tenure

Had he clung to the presidency, Sayers would have faced pressure to explain exactly what had transpired and the provenance of this embarrassing photo.

22.01.2025 7

Brisbane Times

Jake Niall

Handle with care: Flags can’t be won in January, but they can be lost

High stakes apply for Collingwood and Carlton, as they nurse their injured stars such as Nick Daicos and Charlie Curnow.

22.01.2025 9

WA Today

Jake Niall

Handle with care: Flags can’t be won in January, but they can be lost

High stakes apply for Collingwood and Carlton, as they nurse their injured stars such as Nick Daicos and Charlie Curnow.

22.01.2025 6

The Sydney Morning Herald

Jake Niall

Handle with care: Flags can’t be won in January, but they can be lost

High stakes apply for Collingwood and Carlton, as they nurse their injured stars such as Nick Daicos and Charlie Curnow.

22.01.2025 10

The Age

Jake Niall

Handle with care: Flags can’t be won in January, but they can be lost

High stakes apply for Collingwood and Carlton, as they nurse their injured stars such as Nick Daicos and Charlie Curnow.

22.01.2025 10

Brisbane Times

Jake Niall

Why John Longmire left, and why rival clubs will keep calling him

John Longmire was, as a pair of associates put it, cooked. His decision to quit, with 12 months remaining on a contract worth more than $1 million,...

26.11.2024 4

WA Today

Jake Niall

Why John Longmire left, and why rival clubs will keep calling him

John Longmire was, as a pair of associates put it, cooked. His decision to quit, with 12 months remaining on a contract worth more than $1 million,...

26.11.2024 4

The Sydney Morning Herald

Jake Niall

Why John Longmire left, and why rival clubs will keep calling him

John Longmire was, as a pair of associates put it, cooked. His decision to quit, with 12 months remaining on a contract worth more than $1 million,...

26.11.2024 4

The Age

Jake Niall

Why John Longmire left, and why rival clubs will keep calling him

John Longmire was, as a pair of associates put it, cooked. His decision to quit, with 12 months remaining on a contract worth more than $1 million,...

26.11.2024 4

Brisbane Times

Jake Niall

The Hawks couldn’t win in the racism scandal. But they found an escape route

The series of events known as the Hawthorn racism saga have cost the club and competition millions of dollars, damaged the reputations and...

21.11.2024 5

WA Today

Jake Niall

The Hawks couldn’t win in the racism scandal. But they found an escape route

The series of events known as the Hawthorn racism saga have cost the club and competition millions of dollars, damaged the reputations and...

21.11.2024 4

The Sydney Morning Herald

Jake Niall

The Hawks couldn’t win in the racism scandal. But they found an escape route

The series of events known as the Hawthorn racism saga have cost the club and competition millions of dollars, damaged the reputations and...

21.11.2024 10

The Age

Jake Niall

The Hawks couldn’t win in the racism scandal. But they found an escape route

The series of events known as the Hawthorn racism saga have cost the club and competition millions of dollars, damaged the reputations and...

21.11.2024 4

Brisbane Times

Jake Niall

The fix-ture is in: Why handicapping teams flies in the face of AFL’s integrity

Carlton fans have every reason to be buoyant about their team’s prospects in 2025. Unravelled by injury this year, the Blues need only to avoid...

16.11.2024 4

WA Today

Jake Niall

The fix-ture is in: Why handicapping teams flies in the face of AFL’s integrity

Carlton fans have every reason to be buoyant about their team’s prospects in 2025. Unravelled by injury this year, the Blues need only to avoid...

16.11.2024 5

Brisbane Times

Jake Niall

The fix-ture is in: Why handicapping teams flies in the face of AFL’s integrity

Carlton fans have every reason to be buoyant about their team’s prospects in 2025. Unravelled by injury this year, the Blues need only to avoid...

16.11.2024 4

The Sydney Morning Herald

Jake Niall

The fix-ture is in: Why handicapping teams flies in the face of AFL’s integrity

Carlton fans have every reason to be buoyant about their team’s prospects in 2025. Unravelled by injury this year, the Blues need only to avoid...

16.11.2024 30

The Age

Jake Niall

Footballers are not the victims here: Why the AFLPA’s Giants statement landed out on the full

On Friday, as the public absorbed the not-so-fine details of how several Giants footballers had performed a series of appalling skits at their...

21.10.2024 3

WA Today

Jake Niall

Footballers are not the victims here: Why the AFLPA’s Giants statement landed out on the full

On Friday, as the public absorbed the not-so-fine details of how several Giants footballers had performed a series of appalling skits at their...

21.10.2024 4

The Sydney Morning Herald

Jake Niall

Footballers are not the victims here: Why the AFLPA’s Giants statement landed out on the full

On Friday, as the public absorbed the not-so-fine details of how several Giants footballers had performed a series of appalling skits at their...

21.10.2024 2

The Age

Jake Niall

Footballers are not the victims here: Why the AFLPA’s Giants statement landed out on the full

On Friday, as the public absorbed the not-so-fine details of how several Giants footballers had performed a series of appalling skits at their...

21.10.2024 3

Brisbane Times

Jake Niall

A three-year plan: Why the Bombers didn’t hunt anyone this trade period

Essendon didn’t chase Dan Houston, when they held a better draft hand than Collingwood and had comfortably enough draft and salary cap capital to...

18.10.2024 3

WA Today

Jake Niall

A three-year plan: Why the Bombers didn’t hunt anyone this trade period

Essendon didn’t chase Dan Houston, when they held a better draft hand than Collingwood and had comfortably enough draft and salary cap capital to...

18.10.2024 3

The Sydney Morning Herald

Jake Niall

A three-year plan: Why the Bombers didn’t hunt anyone this trade period

Essendon didn’t chase Dan Houston, when they held a better draft hand than Collingwood and had comfortably enough draft and salary cap capital to...

18.10.2024 10

The Age

Jake Niall

A three-year plan: Why the Bombers didn’t hunt anyone this trade period

Essendon didn’t chase Dan Houston, when they held a better draft hand than Collingwood and had comfortably enough draft and salary cap capital to...

18.10.2024 4

Brisbane Times

Jake Niall

A hefty price: Why the Pies’ pursuit of Houston is risky business

Collingwood are ahead of Carlton in the tender for the services of Dan Houston, in large part because the Magpies are willing to pay a heftier...

08.10.2024 4

WA Today

Jake Niall

A hefty price: Why the Pies’ pursuit of Houston is risky business

Collingwood are ahead of Carlton in the tender for the services of Dan Houston, in large part because the Magpies are willing to pay a heftier...

08.10.2024 2

The Sydney Morning Herald

Jake Niall

A hefty price: Why the Pies’ pursuit of Houston is risky business

Collingwood are ahead of Carlton in the tender for the services of Dan Houston, in large part because the Magpies are willing to pay a heftier...

08.10.2024 10

The Age

Jake Niall

A hefty price: Why the Pies’ pursuit of Houston is risky business

Collingwood are ahead of Carlton in the tender for the services of Dan Houston, in large part because the Magpies are willing to pay a heftier...

08.10.2024 3

Brisbane Times

Jake Niall

Best, not fairest: Why the Heeney ban exposes an outdated Brownlow

Isaac Heeney took what was arguably the best mark of 2024, but can’t get the official gong – and $50,000 and two million frequent flier points –...

22.09.2024 3

WA Today

Jake Niall

Best, not fairest: Why the Heeney ban exposes an outdated Brownlow

Isaac Heeney took what was arguably the best mark of 2024, but can’t get the official gong – and $50,000 and two million frequent flier points –...

22.09.2024 5

The Age

Jake Niall

Best, not fairest: Why the Heeney ban exposes an outdated Brownlow

Isaac Heeney took what was arguably the best mark of 2024, but can’t get the official gong – and $50,000 and two million frequent flier points –...

22.09.2024 3

Brisbane Times

Jake Niall

Best, not fairest: Why the Heeney ban exposes an outdated Brownlow

Isaac Heeney took what was arguably the best mark of 2024, but can’t get the official gong – and $50,000 and two million frequent flier points –...

22.09.2024 1

The Sydney Morning Herald

Jake Niall

A different Cat: How Chris Scott differs from other AFL coaches

When it emerged that Tyson Stengle had been found “unresponsive” at a Geelong nightclub and rushed to hospital at 2.30am on the morning of July 28,...

20.09.2024 3

The Age

Jake Niall

A different Cat: How Chris Scott differs from other AFL coaches

When it emerged that Tyson Stengle had been found “unresponsive” at a Geelong nightclub and rushed to hospital at 2.30am on the morning of July 28,...

20.09.2024 4

Brisbane Times

Jake Niall