The Age’s exclusive this week on a proposed mid-season competition was quickly torpedoed in the race for readership by the guilty verdict in the mushroom murder trial.
The AFL usually saves its strategic leaks and thought bubbles for the middle of summer. Several years ago, they dropped their fixture at 6am as the Socceroos prepared to take on Argentina. There’s nothing like a code war at the crack of dawn while Lionel Messi is slicing through your defence.
