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Written by Suneer Chowdhary

Two years back, when South Africa had toured India, they were sitting pretty on a 1-0 lead with one game to play. The Indians had managed to get the curator on their side, and obtained a pitch from him that had the South African coach – and indeed the rest of the side – gushing with anger as it had turned from the first day, broken up on the second and by the time it was the third, the South Africans had capitulated.This time around, the South Africans will not be able to complain too much...

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Written by Craig Bilski

Here is the second half of our look at each of the 16 AFL clubs and who they picked up in this years draft. Check to see how your team went and who might be the up and coming star at your club. Here is our first part of the 2009 AFL Draft - Club by Club.
 
Melbourne
With the first two picks to their name Melbourne were always going to do well in this year’s draft. The Demons nabbed two future stars in Tom Scully and Jack Trengove with the prized picks hopefully building a solid midfield...

Read more: 2009 AFL Draft - Part II

Written by Craig Bilski

With the 2009 AFL Draft done and dusted, we take a look at who is going to each of the 16 clubs. Which players are potential stars and will be the future of your team? Only time will tell but we'll tell you a bit about each of the newbies to your ranks. Adelaide


With home town rivals Port Adelaide surprise pick of Andrew Moore at nine and the Demons opting with another midfielder Jordan Gysberts, key position player Daniel Talia fell to the Crows at pick 13. The 18 year old is a...

Read more: 2009 AFL Draft - Club by Club

Written by Craig Bilski

Two months after the end of the 2009 season us true footy fans are struggling without the presence of our great game.  Those who are already dying for footy back in their life were given something yesterday with the 2009 AFL Draft, which is gaining more focus each year. All sixteen clubs have a chance to pick up the best young talent in the country which will be the future of their club. For those who don’t know the order of the draft is dependant on the order in which the teams finished...

Read more: 2009 AFL Draft Wrap

Written by Craig Bilski

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Geelong has avenged last year’s grand final loss in the ultimate fashion by winning the 2009 premiership flag, defeating St Kilda on that last Saturday in September. The hurt and heartache of 2008 spurred on the Cats as the claimed their second premiership in three years.

It was built up to be a classic Grand Final with the two best teams of the year making it to the big day and it didn’t let us down with the Cats coming from behind to snatch victory in the final few minutes of the game...

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Written by Craig Bilski

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The big day is almost upon us. That one day in September that all players have worked hard for since pre-season in the summer heat. That one shot at taking the ultimate prize in front of a packed MCG crowd.
This coming Saturday is that day and Geelong and St Kilda, clearly the best two teams of the season, have that chance to take this year’s flag, writing their name in the history books forever. The Cats have been there before, winning the premiership in 2007 before being upset in last...

Read more: All set for epic Grand Final clash

Written by Craig Bilski

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Not far away now! Just under two weeks until that last Saturday in September where we see who takes the ultimate glory. At the start of the finals we had eight teams fighting out for the flag, but two left us last week in Carlton and Essendon. This week another two have left us and we are down to just four teams battling for that spot in the Grand Final.

The Western Bulldogs booked their spot in the preliminary finals after thrashing the Brisbane Lions by 51 points at the MCG on Friday...

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Written by Craig Bilski

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After a massive effort to get over the Hawks in that bruising match last week to sneak into the finals, the Bombers are out in the first week, smashed by the Crows by 96 points at AAMI Stadium.

It looked as though the visitors would match it with the in-form Crows, keeping up in the first quarter to only trail by a goal at the first change. After Vince kicked the first goal of the game, Essendon was gifted a goal when the Adelaide runner amazingly ran across the mark to give away a 50m...

Read more: AFL Finals - Week 1 Wrap