The 8 certainties for Good Friday footy

Back for another year, the SEN.com.au team gives you an insight into how every game will play out across the weekend. Labelling something a ‘certainty’ in any sport is fraught with danger. But we’ll attempt to find some anyway. Here is what we consider certainties for the Good Friday games between North...

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Young Dogs star no certainty for Round 3 as Beveridge confirms Macrae call

The Bulldogs have multiple calls to make on some key names.

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9 hours ago, Zero Hanger, Western Bulldogs

Lions’ ‘unresolved issue’ glaring amid 0-3 start as selection call ‘had no effect’

The winless Lions have an “unresolved issue” in their front half, according to Kangaroos legend David King, as their star forwards struggled to fire in Thursday night’s 20-point loss to Collingwood.

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9 hours ago, Fox Sports, Brisbane Lions

‘Wildly exaggerated’: AFL boss reportedly rejects idea ‘100 players’ exploit drug policy

AFL chief executive Andrew Dillon has reportedly informed all 18 clubs that the league’s Illicit Drugs Policy will retain its current ‘health-based’ form, despite reports that a major revamp to a more “punitive” rule was pending.

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9 hours ago, Fox Sports

Former AFL player Eddie Betts shares video of racist abuse hurled at children playing in yard

Indigenous star posts CCTV footage on Instagram, stating ‘Aboriginal kids deserve to be able to play safely, free from racism and abuse over the fence’Get our morning and afternoon news emails, free app or daily news podcastIndigenous AFL great Eddie Betts has shared footage of children being racially...

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9 hours ago, The Guardian

Picking the six best players in Collingwood’s win over Brisbane

SEN hosts Sam Edmund and Tom Morris have ranked the six best players on the ground in Collingwood’s 72-92 win over Brisbane at the Gabba on Thursday night. The Magpies picked up their first win of the campaign and now sit 1-3 after a poor start to their premiership defence, while Brisbane are now 0-3...

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10 hours ago, SEN, Brisbane Lions, Collingwood Magpies

AFL MRO: The likely outcome for Scott Pendlebury’s strike on Lions star

What level of punishment is the former Magpies skipper facing?

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10 hours ago, Zero Hanger, Brisbane Lions

Pendlebury whacks Neale in the stomach

Collingwood veteran Scott Pendlebury whacked Brisbane rival Lachie Neale in the stomach during their clash.

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11 hours ago, The Age

Does Pendlebury deserve a ban for open-hand strike on Neale?

Collingwood veteran Scott Pendlebury is set to come under MRO scrutiny for his open-hand strike on Brisbane star Lachie Neale in Thursday night’s win at the Gabba. The incident occurred late in the third term with both players manned up on each other at the stoppage with Pendlebury hitting Neale in the...

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11 hours ago, SEN

Collingwood successfully tackle a major issue to kickstart their AFL season | Jonathan Horn

The stakes in the grand final rematch at the Gabba were greater than usual but the Pies’ tackling proved the difference“What is tackles?” Pep Guardiola asked not long after he had arrived in England. The robust Premier League way of playing held no interest for him. But tackles were everything to Collingwood...

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11 hours ago, The Guardian, Collingwood Magpies

‘Wanted to raise the bar’: The ‘damning’ stat that ‘stung’ Pies ahead of epic Lions statement

Collingwood coach Craig McRae said the Magpies came to the Gabba intent on making a “statement” after their poor start to the season.

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11 hours ago, Fox Sports, Brisbane Lions, Collingwood Magpies

‘Making it sound like we’re 0-13’: Lions coach hits out, won’t ‘press the panic button’ amid poor start

Lions coach Chris Fagan says it’s wrong to “catastrophise” his side’s ordinary start to season, but admits Brisbane “has work to do” after losing the grand final rematch to Collingwood.

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11 hours ago, Fox Sports, Brisbane Lions

Why Cornes is backing Melbourne to beat Port Adelaide in SA despite losing May

Despite Steven May being out of the side and the game being in South Australia, Kane Cornes is tipping Melbourne to beat Port Adelaide on Saturday night. The Power great feels the Dees, who smashed Hawthorn last week, beat the Bulldogs in Round 1 and lost to Sydney in Opening Round, take better form...

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11 hours ago, SEN, Port Adelaide Power

Richmond must embrace rebuild or risk getting ‘mired in mediocrity’ – here’s how they can do it

Valiant. Brave. Gutsy. In footballing parlance, these synonyms tend to be used to describe the efforts of bad teams that are having a crack. These adjectives have been used for the Tigers at times to start season 2024. Despite the likely grand ideas Adem Yze had when taking over, Richmond is a...

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13 hours ago, The Roar, Richmond Tigers

550 games and change – Is time up for Andrew Gaff and Jack Darling?

When West Coast picked up Andrew Gaff and Jack Darling in the 2010 draft, the Eagles would’ve been chuffed if both players went on to rack up 150-odd games for the club. More than 10 years later, Darling (278) and Gaff (276) currently sit third and equal fourth for the most games played for the Eagles. Their...

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16 hours ago, The Roar

Tom Mitchell proves instrumental in Collingwood’s gutsy win over Lions

Collingwood midfielder Tom Mitchell kept scrapping and fighting, and played a significant part in Collingwood’s first win of the season.

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17 hours ago, The Age, Brisbane Lions, Collingwood Magpies

Round 3

The geat rematch turned out to be a fizzer, but still some interesting points 

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20 hours ago, Richmond Tiger Talk, Richmond Tigers

Footy Fix: The worst grand final rematch ever just proves the Pies have slightly fewer problems than Brisbane

It has been ten years since Australian cricket icon Ricky Ponting released his autobiography At the Close of Play, but there’s a passage that still resounds with me after all that time – and is a perfect metaphor, as it happens, for Collingwood’s win over Brisbane at the Gabba. Struggling...

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20 hours ago, The Roar, Brisbane Lions, Collingwood Magpies

‘Not even safe in our homes’: AFL world in shock as great shares awful clip of slur yelled at kids

AFL champion Eddie Betts has shared a confronting video of a racist driving past what appears to be his home, repeatedly yelling the N-word at his children.

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20 hours ago, Fox Sports

Grading every player in Collingwood's bounce back win over the struggling Lions

Collingwood saw their premiership hopes flashing before their eyes to start season 2024 and with the toughest road trip in footy before them, they took back control, beating Brisbane at the Gabba. It was a back and forth contest across the evening, but the Magpies led most of the way and had the answers...

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21 hours ago, SEN, Brisbane Lions, Collingwood Magpies

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