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Sporting Declaration: Fasten seatbelts as Jets strike turbulence

The longer this drags out, the more conspiracy theories will inevitably float to the surface.

Newcastle Herald

Gather Round folks, the Crows are too plain, too sloppy and too predictable

Adelaide fluff their lines on the city’s big opening night but the Demons show their strength in depth

The Guardian - AU

‘You don’t often get fairytales in sport’: how the NBL’s JackJumpers won Tasmanian hearts

With humility and authenticity the newly crowned champions have entered the discussion about Australia’s best expansion team

The Guardian - AU

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Haze lifts on Tigers’ AFL season as Swans win delivers more than just a victory

Richmond got many reminders that they’re on the right track at the MCG and that it should not be all doom and gloom at the club

The Guardian - AU

‘We know the community is over it’: how self-regulation of gambling ads came unstuck minutes into an AFL game

Clubs and bookmakers have set their own restrictions as campaigners await a decision on a proposed ban

The Guardian - AU

Zero-tolerance on drugs in the AFL sounds good in a rant. But would a punitive approach work?

To turn to a policy that kicks transgressors to the curb would simply be bowing to the loudest and most blinkered

The Guardian - AU

Collingwood successfully tackle a major issue to kickstart their AFL season

The stakes in the grand final rematch at the Gabba were greater than usual but the Pies’ tackling proved the difference

The Guardian - AU

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‘Incredibly small’ number of AFL players pulled from games for positive drug tests, union says

AFLPA head Paul Marsh says speculation missing the mark, while Sport Integrity Australia is now assessing allegations by MP Andrew Wilkie

The Guardian - AU

Australian Rules Reviewing Drug Policy After Cocaine Claims

Australian Rules football said Wednesday it was reviewing its illicit drugs policy after a whistleblower aired claims of widespread cocaine use among players.

International Business Times

AFL boss sells Cardiff McDonald's for $5.53m, and new owner pays cash

'McDonald's investments are the most highly sought after'.

Newcastle Herald

Peter Wright’s four-game ban shows AFL is changing – one unconscious player at a time

The rants of Wayne Carey aside, most accept Essendon man’s hit on Sydney’s Harry Cunningham deserved punishment

The Guardian - AU

MP details allegations of secret AFL drug tests

Allegations from a whistleblowing doctor of secret illicit drug tests to allow AFL players to avoid detection have been outlined by federal MP Andrew Wilkie.

AAP

AFL score review system is ‘bush league’ in competition groaning with money

Australian rules football is being derailed by a score review system that lacks the technology to land on enough definitive decisions

The Guardian - AU

After two exhilarating seasons, Collingwood have been studied and stripped bare

A third successive loss – this time to St Kilda – represents a major premiership hangover. Do the Magpies have the quality of greats to bounce back?

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'Save our Jets': club uncertainty unites fans behind a common goal

Fans, former players and politicians rally behind the Newcastle Jets.

The Guardian - AU

AFL announces Tasmania Devils will be new team’s name as playing kit unveiled

The league’s announcement event did not address doubts about whether a Tasmanian side would ever take field

The Guardian - AU

Melbourne’s troubled soul takes giant leap towards redemption with trademark display

Clayton Oliver showed signs against the Western Bulldogs that he is ready to put a summer of off-field sagas and setbacks behind him

AAP

Political barbs over Hobart stadium as election nears

Plans for a new stadium in Tasmania, a condition of the state's licence for an AFL team, have divided the community and the island's politicians.

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The Guardian - AU

37 review – this play about racism in AFL is terrific, thrilling – and a wake-up call

Nathan Maynard’s great footy play is physically intense, following two Aboriginal players in a country team during the Adam Goodes era

AAP

Tas Labor open to new stadium if AFL club proves itself

Tasmanian Labor appears open to supporting construction of a new stadium but only after the state's AFL club "proves itself".

The Guardian - AU

Sam Docherty’s endless ‘kicks in the guts’ show us the power of overcoming adversity

The Carlton defender has endured more setbacks than most AFL players but faces another stint on the sidelines after a third ACL tear

AAP

Stop downplaying racism, integrity boss tells sports

Sport Integrity Australia chief David Sharpe says national sports leaders must stop downplaying racism as fresh claims emerge involving the AFL.

AAP

Tasmanian Labor 'naive' about stadium: former leader

Tasmanian Labor, aiming to end a decade in opposition at the March 23 election, is naive to think it can renegotiate the state's AFL deal, a former leader says.

The Guardian - AU

Afternoon Update: Samantha Murphy’s alleged killer identified; mass coral bleaching on Great Barrier Reef; and Rupert Murdoch to marry again

Patrick Stephenson, son of ex-AFL footballer Orren Stephenson, has been charged with murder of Ballarat woman

AAP

Identity of man accused of killing missing mum revealed

A suppression order on the identity of 22-year-old Patrick Orren Stephenson, who is accused of murdering Samantha Murphy, has been lifted.

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