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Brisbane Times

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All love but no wins: Is Simon Goodwin’s time running out at Melbourne?

All love but no wins: Is Simon Goodwin’s time running out at Melbourne?

For all the pre-season chat about the players showing “love” for each other after a tumultuous 2024, it’s becoming increasingly clear that the...

08.04.2025 5

WA Today

Jon Pierik

All love but no wins: Is Simon Goodwin’s time running out at Melbourne?

All love but no wins: Is Simon Goodwin’s time running out at Melbourne?

For all the pre-season chat about the players showing “love” for each other after a tumultuous 2024, it’s becoming increasingly clear that the...

08.04.2025 2

The Sydney Morning Herald

Jon Pierik

All love but no wins: Is Simon Goodwin’s time running out at Melbourne?

All love but no wins: Is Simon Goodwin’s time running out at Melbourne?

For all the pre-season chat about the players showing “love” for each other after a tumultuous 2024, it’s becoming increasingly clear that the...

08.04.2025 6

The Age

Jon Pierik

All love but no wins: Is Simon Goodwin’s time running out at Melbourne?

All love but no wins: Is Simon Goodwin’s time running out at Melbourne?

For all the pre-season chat about the players showing “love” for each other after a tumultuous 2024, it’s becoming increasingly clear that the...

08.04.2025 5

Brisbane Times

Jon Pierik

In the game of the season so far, Hawks showed they are the team to beat in 2025

In what shaped as the game of the season to date, it was the Hawks who prevailed in a tactical masterpiece against the Giants in Launceston on...

30.03.2025 30

WA Today

Jon Pierik

In the game of the season so far, Hawks showed they are the team to beat in 2025

In what shaped as the game of the season to date, it was the Hawks who prevailed in a tactical masterpiece against the Giants in Launceston on...

30.03.2025 7

The Sydney Morning Herald

Jon Pierik

In the game of the season so far, Hawks showed they are the team to beat in 2025

In what shaped as the game of the season to date, it was the Hawks who prevailed in a tactical masterpiece against the Giants in Launceston on...

30.03.2025 9

The Age

Jon Pierik

In the game of the season so far, Hawks showed they are the team to beat in 2025

In the game of the season so far, Hawks showed they are the team to beat in 2025

In what shaped as the game of the season to date, it was the Hawks who prevailed in a tactical masterpiece against the Giants in Launceston on...

30.03.2025 10

Brisbane Times

Jon Pierik

Kick along: Why Saints can set lofty goals after edging Cats

Kick along: Why Saints can set lofty goals after edging Cats

The Cats have led the league in scoring for the past two seasons, while the Saints’ issues in front of goal have been well documented. However, on...

22.03.2025 5

WA Today

Jon Pierik

Kick along: Why Saints can set lofty goals after edging Cats

Kick along: Why Saints can set lofty goals after edging Cats

The Cats have led the league in scoring for the past two seasons, while the Saints’ issues in front of goal have been well documented. However, on...

22.03.2025 6

The Sydney Morning Herald

Jon Pierik

Kick along: Why Saints can set lofty goals after edging Cats

Kick along: Why Saints can set lofty goals after edging Cats

The Cats have led the league in scoring for the past two seasons, while the Saints’ issues in front of goal have been well documented. However, on...

22.03.2025 7

The Age

Jon Pierik

Kick along: Why Saints can set lofty goals after edging Cats

Kick along: Why Saints can set lofty goals after edging Cats

The Cats have led the league in scoring for the past two seasons, while the Saints’ issues in front of goal have been well documented. However, on...

22.03.2025 7

Brisbane Times

Jon Pierik

The AFL has dropped the ball on its first major test of 2025

No.1 draft pick Sam Lalor was left concussed and with a fractured jaw after an ugly incident against West Coast, but the man who pushed him in the...

25.02.2025 10

WA Today

Jon Pierik

The AFL has dropped the ball on its first major test of 2025

No.1 draft pick Sam Lalor was left concussed and with a fractured jaw after an ugly incident against West Coast, but the man who pushed him in the...

25.02.2025 8

The Sydney Morning Herald

Jon Pierik

The AFL has dropped the ball on its first major test of 2025

No.1 draft pick Sam Lalor was left concussed and with a fractured jaw after an ugly incident against West Coast, but the man who pushed him in the...

25.02.2025 10

The Age

Jon Pierik

The AFL has dropped the ball on its first major test of 2025

No.1 draft pick Sam Lalor was left concussed and with a fractured jaw after an ugly incident against West Coast, but the man who pushed him in the...

25.02.2025 7

Brisbane Times

Jon Pierik

Can Australia rebound in time to win the Champions Trophy?

A new-look Australia without several of their prime movers will take to the field against England. The world champions have lost four straight ODIs....

18.02.2025 8

WA Today

Jon Pierik

Can Australia rebound in time to win the Champions Trophy?

A new-look Australia without several of their prime movers will take to the field against England. The world champions have lost four straight ODIs....

18.02.2025 10

The Sydney Morning Herald

Jon Pierik

Can Australia rebound in time to win the Champions Trophy?

A new-look Australia without several of their prime movers will take to the field against England. The world champions have lost four straight ODIs....

18.02.2025 8

The Age

Jon Pierik

Can Australia rebound in time to win the Champions Trophy?

A new-look Australia without several of their prime movers will take to the field against England. The world champions have lost four straight ODIs....

18.02.2025 9

Brisbane Times

Jon Pierik

What your team needs to improve to win the 2025 premiership

AFL clubs are fine-tuning their preparations for the marathon that awaits. Here is what your team needs to do if it is to attempt to claim the...

16.02.2025 10

WA Today

Jon Pierik

What your team needs to improve to win the 2025 premiership

AFL clubs are fine-tuning their preparations for the marathon that awaits. Here is what your team needs to do if it is to attempt to claim the...

16.02.2025 10

The Sydney Morning Herald

Jon Pierik

What your team needs to improve to win the 2025 premiership

AFL clubs are fine-tuning their preparations for the marathon that awaits. Here is what your team needs to do if it is to attempt to claim the...

16.02.2025 7

The Age

Jon Pierik

What your team needs to improve to win the 2025 premiership

AFL clubs are fine-tuning their preparations for the marathon that awaits. Here is what your team needs to do if it is to attempt to claim the...

16.02.2025 10

Brisbane Times

Jon Pierik

Thirty-nine balls of madness: How Mitch Owen made BBL history

Mitch Owen delivered a batting masterclass for the ages in a breathtaking century in the Big Bash League final on Monday night. Here’s how he did it.

28.01.2025 30

WA Today

Jon Pierik

Thirty-nine balls of madness: How Mitch Owen made BBL history

Mitch Owen delivered a batting masterclass for the ages in a breathtaking century in the Big Bash League final on Monday night. Here’s how he did it.

28.01.2025 10

The Sydney Morning Herald

Jon Pierik

Thirty-nine balls of madness: How Mitch Owen made BBL history

Mitch Owen delivered a batting masterclass for the ages in a breathtaking century in the Big Bash League final on Monday night. Here’s how he did it.

28.01.2025 9

The Age

Jon Pierik

Thirty-nine balls of madness: How Mitch Owen made BBL history

Mitch Owen delivered a batting masterclass for the ages in a breathtaking century in the Big Bash League final on Monday night. Here’s how he did it.

28.01.2025 6

Brisbane Times

Jon Pierik

Bogut says he flops. He says he doesn’t. The explosive question dividing Australian basketball

Chris Goulding is one of the greatest shooters this country has produced, but critics have been shooting from the hip over claims he is a flopper....

30.10.2024 10

WA Today

Jon Pierik

Bogut says he flops. He says he doesn’t. The explosive question dividing Australian basketball

Chris Goulding is one of the greatest shooters this country has produced, but critics have been shooting from the hip over claims he is a flopper....

30.10.2024 5

The Sydney Morning Herald

Jon Pierik

Bogut says he flops. He says he doesn’t. The explosive question dividing Australian basketball

Chris Goulding is one of the greatest shooters this country has produced, but critics have been shooting from the hip over claims he is a flopper....

30.10.2024 5

The Age

Jon Pierik

Bogut says he flops. He says he doesn’t. The explosive question dividing Australian basketball

Chris Goulding is one of the greatest shooters this country has produced, but critics have been shooting from the hip over claims he is a flopper....

30.10.2024 4

Brisbane Times

Jon Pierik

The AFL flag blueprint: Is your club in the premiership window?

There’s a blueprint which history suggests is required to be in premiership contention next season. What does that look like, and where does your...

25.10.2024 4

WA Today

Jon Pierik

The AFL flag blueprint: Is your club in the premiership window?

25.10.2024 6

The Sydney Morning Herald

Jon Pierik

The AFL flag blueprint: Is your club in the premiership window?

Add articles to your saved list and come back to them any time. Hawthorn are on the cusp of premiership contention, but Carlton and Collingwood...

25.10.2024 10

Brisbane Times

Jon Pierik

The AFL flag blueprint: Is your club in the premiership window?

Add articles to your saved list and come back to them any time. Hawthorn are on the cusp of premiership contention, but Carlton and Collingwood...

25.10.2024 4

The Age

Jon Pierik

Cripps dominates, but was this really the greatest season ever played?

There was plenty to digest after Patrick Cripps’ record-breaking vote haul at Monday night’s Brownlow Medal count. We take a look at the key...

24.09.2024 10

WA Today

Jon Pierik

Cripps dominates, but was this really the greatest season ever played?

There was plenty to digest after Patrick Cripps’ record-breaking vote haul at Monday night’s Brownlow Medal count. We take a look at the key...

24.09.2024 6

The Sydney Morning Herald

Jon Pierik

Cripps dominates, but was this really the greatest season ever played?

There was plenty to digest after Patrick Cripps’ record-breaking vote haul at Monday night’s Brownlow Medal count. We take a look at the key...

24.09.2024 5

The Age

Jon Pierik

Cripps dominates, but was this really the greatest season ever played?

There was plenty to digest after Patrick Cripps’ record-breaking vote haul at Monday night’s Brownlow Medal count. We take a look at the key...

24.09.2024 4

Brisbane Times

Jon Pierik

The grand final 125 years in the making: The early tip for Swans v Lions flag battle

The MCG will have its first non-Victorian grand final since 2006 when the Brisbane Lions and Sydney Swans take to the field next Saturday. The...

21.09.2024 3

WA Today

Jon Pierik

The grand final 125 years in the making: The early tip for Swans v Lions flag battle

The MCG will have its first non-Victorian grand final since 2006 when the Brisbane Lions and Sydney Swans take to the field next Saturday. The...

21.09.2024 10

The Sydney Morning Herald

Jon Pierik

The grand final 125 years in the making: The early tip for Swans v Lions flag battle

The MCG will have its first non-Victorian grand final since 2006 when the Brisbane Lions and Sydney Swans take to the field next Saturday. The...

21.09.2024 4

The Age

Jon Pierik

The grand final 125 years in the making: The early tip for Swans v Lions flag battle

The MCG will have its first non-Victorian grand final since 2006 when the Brisbane Lions and Sydney Swans take to the field next Saturday. The...

21.09.2024 20

Brisbane Times

Jon Pierik

Finals fixture revealed: Dogs and Hawks get Friday night timeslot

The final grid has been locked in - the four games to start the 2024 AFL finals campaign set. After a weekend to refresh, it will be down to...

26.08.2024 2

WA Today

Jon Pierik

Finals fixture revealed: Dogs and Hawks get Friday night timeslot

The final grid has been locked in - the four games to start the 2024 AFL finals campaign set. After a weekend to refresh, it will be down to...

26.08.2024 3

The Sydney Morning Herald

Jon Pierik

Finals fixture revealed: Dogs and Hawks get Friday night timeslot

The final grid has been locked in - the four games to start the 2024 AFL finals campaign set. After a weekend to refresh, it will be down to...

26.08.2024 3

The Age

Jon Pierik

Finals fixture revealed: Dogs and Hawks get Friday night timeslot

The final grid has been locked in - the four games to start the 2024 AFL finals campaign set. After a weekend to refresh, it will be down to...

26.08.2024 2

Brisbane Times

Jon Pierik

Boon or bust: Is it really an advantage to play the AFL’s biggest losers twice?

In an AFL season that has gone completely bonkers, every inch matters. And there’s nothing like the unevenness of the fixture to have fans’ blood...

13.08.2024 3

WA Today

Jon Pierik

Boon or bust: Is it really an advantage to play the AFL’s biggest losers twice?

In an AFL season that has gone completely bonkers, every inch matters. And there’s nothing like the unevenness of the fixture to have fans’ blood...

13.08.2024 2

The Sydney Morning Herald

Jon Pierik