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hawks i believe cooper is already in the bears' academy, and is 2026 draft eligible

what school does he attend? the big game between haileybury and caulfield grammar was on over the weekend, and the likes of tairon ah-mu, for instance, were playing for haileybury instead of the stingrays

so much so that luke hodge's kids are more likely to go to the bears' academy than to dingley as a father-son selection

i saw one throw in that was so ridiculously short on the afl members side (right! in front!! of ME!!!) that the field ump called it back and made him do it again the bloods fan in front of me and i couldn't think of the last time we'd seen a boundary throw-in given a do-over i think it's inevitable that 'between the arcs' it'll be an automatic free kick from the last player touch - the same approach they use for the 'lasso' in aflw, which seems to work okay

6: pickett 5: gawn 4: salem 3: oliver 2: petracca 1: langdon

from what i saw, tholstrup was not involved that much and laurie would need an injury crisis to get a go, as he's an inside mid who is not quick nor particularly skilled

we were terrible and once they got a sniff they powered away

looked like a classique 'football collision' with no malice in it whatsover if dbj was concussed then pearce is probably looking at 3 weeks off cos the afl and their arbitrary 'punish the result not the incident' ridiculousness will be a big part of the penalty

Expectations are high, and the outcome is super important for both sides Whoever loses slips that crucial 4 points behind the other and will lose touch with the bottom edges of the 8 Should be a cracking contest

They play completely different roles Laurie is a first possession inside mid type He’s sort of similar to Newcombe around the stoppages but with none of the strength and his kicking is hit and miss

geez i would may was decent last week - only the one brain fade on the goal line and i can't remember him stuffing up an exit d50 kick as i think it was @Roost it far said, we need our best two tall defenders to get game time together

i only see picket's inanities when someone quotes em, but for this reply it was worth it

bears run and spread from the contest is much better today who had the role, if anyone, on rayner last week? i can't seem to remember anyone in particular paying close attention to him, but i don't remember him being super-involved either

did they? i don't think we'd have been keen on that deal

last half of this quarter has left a lot to be desired tbh casey have left a 3 figure margin on the table jvr now has 2 goals 3 as the siren goes, but i think the big callout for his game is the 13 marks, at least 5 or 6 of which have been contested

adams a nice contested intercept mark but his disposal is iffy at best

el jefe with a lovely set shot - he gets his 2nd into the breeze

why kayo? it's a free stream via vfl website or app

if cripps doesn't win the ball at the stoppage - which i would say is 1 in 4, cos he's such a brute in that situation - then he simply doesn't move defensively at all

henderson with 6 tackles in a quarter - impressive

2 goals 1 after i posted this, both nice set shots for goal from jvr and laurie the latter has been excellent at stoppage, getting fed perfectly by tc, and sestan is absolutely laser-like by foot, other than his wild shot from 50 for a point

casey wasting the breeze and their dominance 3 goals 7 to 0.2 nearly the end of the 1st quarter

they haven't commited much, if anything it's all in 'intended funds' at this stage and, as you say, the afl is $-centric, which is why a 19th team simply must be joined shortly after by a 20th the entry of the taswegian franchise is something that should have happened eons ago, but at this point it adds little to the broadcast revenue, which is where the bulk of the $$s in the game came from, as it doesn't add more games to the competition on a round-by-round basis i fully expect that a 'play-in' before finals will become part of the equation tho, with teams finished 7-10 playing off to make the actual finals, and those finishing 1-6 getting a genuine week's break between the end of the home and away and the finals

it's very odd that they've elected to schedule so many games in melbourne this round and then sweet fanny adams next