The rise of the flood defence: An AFL malaise
A fresh malady has fallen upon the AFL. Like the mist descending on the mythical Brigadoon, it is drifting down. At first I thought teams were just tired and playing out quiet dirges. The television camera span just showed the tight contest. But just occasionally, the wide view camera showed that all the players were confined to a third of the ground. A new defence has been revealed. The commentators have been quiet. There is no name yet for this defence. No previous AFL idiom can...