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AFL 2024 round 18 LIVE updates: Magpies celebrate 2010 flag but Cats start as favourites
Follow along for all the major moments and post game reactions as Collingwood and Geelong battle it out at the MCG.
- by Roy Ward and Danny Russell
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AFL 2024
‘Pretty shattering’: Heeney out of Brownlow race, AFL throws out appeal
- by Vince Rugari
Insight & Analysis
Cheerleader or coach? Adem Yze has a decision to make
The Richmond coach needs to stop being Mr Nice Guy if he is to get the best out of his players.
Kane Cornes
AFL columnist
A knee-jerk reaction is no answer to a backhander
Isaac Heeney’s suspension has once again prompted calls for a loosening of the criteria for Brownlow Medal eligibility. Those calls should be resisted.
Greg Baum
Sports columnist
Booed, under-paid and over-scrutinised: Who’d be an AFL coach?
The AFL must end the conversation about improving the lot of coaches, and act. Watching Ken Hinkley after last Sunday’s game should have proved another wake-up call.
Caroline Wilson
Football columnist for The Age
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Boost for Magpies as Elliott returns: AFL round 18 teams and tips
See the selected teams as they’re announced for round 18 and what the expert tipsters think.
The Scoop
AFL 2024
The $35m pool that will help the AFL’s rich get richer
Between 50 and 80 players will be getting a healthy bonus to their pay from a new marketing fund that has been included in AFL players’ CBA.
- by Sam McClure
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AFL 2024
Lewis ruptures ACL; Stringer helps Stewart recapture his form; Gawn out at least a fortnight
- by Peter Ryan and Andrew Stafford
