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There are no winners in the Tanner Bruhn case

There are no winners in the Tanner Bruhn case

Charges against Geelong player Tanner Bruhn, now dropped, left the AFL in a tricky position. How should sporting bodies handle these situations?...

12.11.2025 7

WA Today

Michael Gleeson

There are no winners in the Tanner Bruhn case

There are no winners in the Tanner Bruhn case

Charges against Geelong player Tanner Bruhn, now dropped, left the AFL in a tricky position. How should sporting bodies handle these situations?...

12.11.2025 7

The Sydney Morning Herald

Michael Gleeson

There are no winners in the Tanner Bruhn case

There are no winners in the Tanner Bruhn case

Charges against Geelong player Tanner Bruhn, now dropped, left the AFL in a tricky position. How should sporting bodies handle these situations?...

12.11.2025 7

The Age

Michael Gleeson

There are no winners in the Tanner Bruhn case

There are no winners in the Tanner Bruhn case

Charges against Geelong player Tanner Bruhn, now dropped, left the AFL in a tricky position. How should sporting bodies handle these situations?...

12.11.2025 6

Brisbane Times

Michael Gleeson

The more we know the better: How the AFL’s NBA-style gamble on injury could come unstuck

The more we know the better: How the AFL’s NBA-style gamble on injury could come unstuck

The NBA is dealing with a gambling scandal that touches the biggest name in the biggest basketball competition in the world. The AFL can learn plenty...

31.10.2025 6

WA Today

Michael Gleeson

The more we know the better: How the AFL’s NBA-style gamble on injury could come unstuck

The more we know the better: How the AFL’s NBA-style gamble on injury could come unstuck

The NBA is dealing with a gambling scandal that touches the biggest name in the biggest basketball competition in the world. The AFL can learn plenty...

31.10.2025 5

The Sydney Morning Herald

Michael Gleeson

The more we know the better: How the AFL’s NBA-style gamble on injury could come unstuck

The more we know the better: How the AFL’s NBA-style gamble on injury could come unstuck

The NBA is dealing with a gambling scandal that touches the biggest name in the biggest basketball competition in the world. The AFL can learn plenty...

31.10.2025 4

The Age

Michael Gleeson

The more we know the better: How the AFL’s NBA-style gamble on injury could come unstuck

The more we know the better: How the AFL’s NBA-style gamble on injury could come unstuck

The NBA is dealing with a gambling scandal that touches the biggest name in the biggest basketball competition in the world. The AFL can learn plenty...

31.10.2025 5

Brisbane Times

Michael Gleeson

The AFL announced seven rules changes. One of them is absurd

The AFL announced seven rules changes. One of them is absurd

Under the new stand rule, as it is now written, a player – any player – within five metres of a player who is paid a mark or a free kick must stand.

29.10.2025 6

WA Today

Michael Gleeson

The AFL announced seven rules changes. One of them is absurd

The AFL announced seven rules changes. One of them is absurd

Under the new stand rule, as it is now written, a player – any player – within five metres of a player who is paid a mark or a free kick must stand.

29.10.2025 9

The Sydney Morning Herald

Michael Gleeson

The AFL announced seven rules changes. One of them is absurd

The AFL announced seven rules changes. One of them is absurd

Under the new stand rule, as it is now written, a player – any player – within five metres of a player who is paid a mark or a free kick must stand.

29.10.2025 7

The Age

Michael Gleeson

The AFL announced seven rules changes. One of them is absurd

The AFL announced seven rules changes. One of them is absurd

Under the new stand rule, as it is now written, a player – any player – within five metres of a player who is paid a mark or a free kick must stand.

29.10.2025 8

Brisbane Times

Michael Gleeson

No more ‘oh Bailey’: The schoolboy treatment that lets Smith escape accountability

Chris Scott is right: Bailey Smith, the footballer, was an outrageous success on the field. But Geelong didn’t just recruit a footballer, they...

22.10.2025 3

WA Today

Michael Gleeson

No more ‘oh Bailey’: The schoolboy treatment that lets Smith escape accountability

Chris Scott is right: Bailey Smith, the footballer, was an outrageous success on the field. But Geelong didn’t just recruit a footballer, they...

22.10.2025 3

The Sydney Morning Herald

Michael Gleeson

No more ‘oh Bailey’: The schoolboy treatment that lets Smith escape accountability

Chris Scott is right: Bailey Smith, the footballer, was an outrageous success on the field. But Geelong didn’t just recruit a footballer, they...

22.10.2025 5

The Age

Michael Gleeson

No more ‘oh Bailey’: The schoolboy treatment that lets Smith escape accountability

Chris Scott is right: Bailey Smith, the footballer, was an outrageous success on the field. But Geelong didn’t just recruit a footballer, they...

22.10.2025 4

Brisbane Times

Michael Gleeson

Why Geelong’s offer to snatch Charlie Curnow is not as good as it looks

It’s hard to sell the fans on the idea you have squeezed the best deal possible, and exhausted all options, if you’ve knocked over a trade with a...

10.10.2025 10

WA Today

Michael Gleeson

Why Geelong’s offer to snatch Charlie Curnow is not as good as it looks

It’s hard to sell the fans on the idea you have squeezed the best deal possible, and exhausted all options, if you’ve knocked over a trade with a...

10.10.2025 10

The Sydney Morning Herald

Michael Gleeson

Why Geelong’s offer to snatch Charlie Curnow is not as good as it looks

It’s hard to sell the fans on the idea you have squeezed the best deal possible, and exhausted all options, if you’ve knocked over a trade with a...

10.10.2025 8

The Age

Michael Gleeson

Why Geelong’s offer to snatch Charlie Curnow is not as good as it looks

It’s hard to sell the fans on the idea you have squeezed the best deal possible, and exhausted all options, if you’ve knocked over a trade with a...

10.10.2025 10

Brisbane Times

Michael Gleeson

How an annual club best-and-fairest night could shape the whole AFL trade period

At Essendon’s Crichton Medal, Zach Merrett will inevitably stand up and accept his sixth award. Then what does he say? “How ’bout those Hawks?”

30.09.2025 4

WA Today

Michael Gleeson

How an annual club best-and-fairest night could shape the whole AFL trade period

At Essendon’s Crichton Medal, Zach Merrett will inevitably stand up and accept his sixth award. Then what does he say? “How ’bout those Hawks?”

30.09.2025 5

The Sydney Morning Herald

Michael Gleeson

How an annual club best-and-fairest night could shape the whole AFL trade period

At Essendon’s Crichton Medal, Zach Merrett will inevitably stand up and accept his sixth award. Then what does he say? “How ’bout those Hawks?”

30.09.2025 5

The Age

Michael Gleeson

How an annual club best-and-fairest night could shape the whole AFL trade period

At Essendon’s Crichton Medal, Zach Merrett will inevitably stand up and accept his sixth award. Then what does he say? “How ’bout those Hawks?”

30.09.2025 5

Brisbane Times

Michael Gleeson

The AFL has a credibility problem. The Brownlow Medal is a laughingstock

The umpires are doing the AFL more harm than good by voting on the Brownlow.

24.09.2025 7

WA Today

Michael Gleeson

The AFL has a credibility problem. The Brownlow Medal is a laughingstock

The umpires are doing the AFL more harm than good by voting on the Brownlow.

24.09.2025 10

The Sydney Morning Herald

Michael Gleeson

The AFL has a credibility problem. The Brownlow Medal is a laughingstock

The umpires are doing the AFL more harm than good by voting on the Brownlow.

24.09.2025 20

The Age

Michael Gleeson

The AFL has a credibility problem. The Brownlow Medal is a laughingstock

The umpires are doing the AFL more harm than good by voting on the Brownlow.

24.09.2025 4

Brisbane Times

Michael Gleeson

The big winners – and the disappointments – of Australia’s world athletics championships

Australia’s biggest successes of the championships were not medals at all. From the highs of Gout Gout and Torrie Lewis, to the lows of the injured...

22.09.2025 6

WA Today

Michael Gleeson

The big winners – and the disappointments – of Australia’s world athletics championships

Australia’s biggest successes of the championships were not medals at all. From the highs of Gout Gout and Torrie Lewis, to the lows of the injured...

22.09.2025 4

The Sydney Morning Herald

Michael Gleeson

The big winners – and the disappointments – of Australia’s world athletics championships

Australia’s biggest successes of the championships were not medals at all. From the highs of Gout Gout and Torrie Lewis, to the lows of the injured...

22.09.2025 10

The Age

Michael Gleeson

The big winners – and the disappointments – of Australia’s world athletics championships

Australia’s biggest successes of the championships were not medals at all. From the highs of Gout Gout and Torrie Lewis, to the lows of the injured...

22.09.2025 4

Brisbane Times

Michael Gleeson

Euphoric, throbbing, alive: Why these world championships are proving a rarity

In 2021, athletes’ footfalls echoed around the cavernous, empty stadium in Tokyo for the COVID-affected Olympics. At this year’s world athletics...

18.09.2025 4

WA Today

Michael Gleeson

Euphoric, throbbing, alive: Why these world championships are proving a rarity

In 2021, athletes’ footfalls echoed around the cavernous, empty stadium in Tokyo for the COVID-affected Olympics. At this year’s world athletics...

18.09.2025 2

The Sydney Morning Herald

Michael Gleeson

Euphoric, throbbing, alive: Why these world championships are proving a rarity

In 2021, athletes’ footfalls echoed around the cavernous, empty stadium in Tokyo for the COVID-affected Olympics. At this year’s world athletics...

18.09.2025 4

The Age

Michael Gleeson

Euphoric, throbbing, alive: Why these world championships are proving a rarity

In 2021, athletes’ footfalls echoed around the cavernous, empty stadium in Tokyo for the COVID-affected Olympics. At this year’s world athletics...

18.09.2025 3

Brisbane Times

Michael Gleeson

‘It’s easier when you’re young’: Bolt on Gout, and Aussies to watch at the worlds

The greatest sprinter of all time will be watching Gout, but there are plenty of other Aussies who can make a mark in Tokyo. Here’s the lowdown on...

12.09.2025 10

WA Today

Michael Gleeson

‘It’s easier when you’re young’: Bolt on Gout, and Aussies to watch at the worlds

The greatest sprinter of all time will be watching Gout, but there are plenty of other Aussies who can make a mark in Tokyo. Here’s the lowdown on...

12.09.2025 10

The Sydney Morning Herald

Michael Gleeson

‘It’s easier when you’re young’: Bolt on Gout, and Aussies to watch at the worlds

The greatest sprinter of all time will be watching Gout, but there are plenty of other Aussies who can make a mark in Tokyo. Here’s the lowdown on...

12.09.2025 10

The Age

Michael Gleeson

‘It’s easier when you’re young’: Bolt on Gout, and Aussies to watch at the worlds

The greatest sprinter of all time will be watching Gout, but there are plenty of other Aussies who can make a mark in Tokyo. Here’s the lowdown on...

12.09.2025 10

Brisbane Times

Michael Gleeson

Rankine, Snoop and the AFL’s hypocrisy on homophobia

Rankine is the fourth player at AFL level since Gather Round last year to be accused of making homophobic comments. Why does this keep happening?

18.08.2025 8

WA Today

Michael Gleeson

Rankine, Snoop and the AFL’s hypocrisy on homophobia

Rankine is the fourth player at AFL level since Gather Round last year to be accused of making homophobic comments. Why does this keep happening?

18.08.2025 10

The Sydney Morning Herald

Michael Gleeson

Rankine, Snoop and the AFL’s hypocrisy on homophobia

Rankine is the fourth player at AFL level since Gather Round last year to be accused of making homophobic comments. Why does this keep happening?

18.08.2025 20

The Age

Michael Gleeson

Rankine, Snoop and the AFL’s hypocrisy on homophobia

Rankine is the fourth player at AFL level since Gather Round last year to be accused of making homophobic comments. Why does this keep happening?

18.08.2025 7

Brisbane Times

Michael Gleeson

$1m payout won’t stop Demons making tough call on Goodwin if necessary

The only thing certain for the Demons as their season draws to a close is that changes are afoot.

29.07.2025 6

WA Today

Michael Gleeson

$1m payout won’t stop Demons making tough call on Goodwin if necessary

The only thing certain for the Demons as their season draws to a close is that changes are afoot.

29.07.2025 7

The Sydney Morning Herald

Michael Gleeson

$1m payout won’t stop Demons making tough call on Goodwin if necessary

The only thing certain for the Demons as their season draws to a close is that changes are afoot.

29.07.2025 5

The Age

Michael Gleeson

$1m payout won’t stop Demons making tough call on Goodwin if necessary

The only thing certain for the Demons as their season draws to a close is that changes are afoot.

29.07.2025 5

Brisbane Times

Michael Gleeson

Charlie Curnow got the mid-winter blues, and dreamt of life in the sun. We’ve all been there

Charlie Curnow would like to play for Gold Coast. Not that he has formally told Carlton or the Gold Coast that. It might be a nice thought for...

23.07.2025 4

WA Today

Michael Gleeson

Charlie Curnow got the mid-winter blues, and dreamt of life in the sun. We’ve all been there

Charlie Curnow would like to play for Gold Coast. Not that he has formally told Carlton or the Gold Coast that. It might be a nice thought for...

23.07.2025 3

The Sydney Morning Herald

Michael Gleeson