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Watching Hawthorn this year has been like that Seinfeld episode where Jerry dates a woman who looks stunning in one light and terrible in another. Some weeks, like last Thursday night against another second tier contender in the Bulldogs, Hawthorn were irrepressible. OH MY JOSH WEDDLE!#AFLDogsHawks pic.twitter.com/dEtt5kzOSP — 7AFL (@7AFL) June 5, 2025 Other weeks,…

Tom Lynch played his 100th game for Richmond after leaving Gold Coast after the 2018 season. He played an anonymous role for a team that went two hours of real time without kicking a goal. But his irrelevance on Saturday arvo, and his generally quiet season as he has contended with three opponents like he’s…

This year, footy demands scoring, it’s like in the 90s when, after Reservoir Dogs, movies suddenly had to be funny and faster paced. Or now in the Tik-Tok world, where things really have to be fast paced or else you’re going the way of Elon Musk in the White House – obsolete. You can see…

I wrote this column about Sydney in Round 16 last year, when they were 13-2. The fault I identified for Sydney was that, in both of their losses, their opponents took more than 100 marks. That benchmark indicated that if it wasn’t a Swans game – chaotic and frenetic – then they’d lose. They were…

My relationship with GWS has been like dating someone you know is a fixer-upper: smart, exciting, fun—but with one fatal flaw that makes it impossible to work. The Giants are that girl. Even with a limited contested midfield, they’re elite at stopping first possessions from becoming clean clearances. Beyond that, they might have the best…

After a wasted 2024, my beloved Tigers are 10 rounds into a rebuild and things are going better than I thought they would. I’m not alone, you could feel it at the MCG on Sunday afternoon. I went with a North Melbourne fan, and I had two more in front of me. I, and the…