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Andrew Wu

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🔮 Bringing in readymade talent is worth far more than picks to the Hawks, given where they are – and even then, they didn’t give much up – so this was a ragingly successful fortnight. Western Bulldogs In: Jordon Butts (Ade/free agency), Zak Butters (PA/free agency), Finn Maginness (Haw/trade), Hudson O’Keeffe (Carl/trade), picks 42, 53, 83, 89, R2 2027 (PA), R3 2027 (Mel), R4 2027 (PA), R2 2028 (PA), R3 2028 (PA), R3 2028 (GC), R4 2028 (Melb) Out: Picks 14 and 33, R3 2027 (GC), R1 2028 (WB) Draft picks: 42, 53, 55, 83, 89, 91, 109 Trade rating: 9.5/10 The Bulldogs could hardly be happier.

2026-10-14 · assertive framing · Contending, rebuilding or stuck in limbo: What AFL trade period says about your team’s flag hopes

🔮 When Will Hayward and Ollie Florent were forced out last year as part of the trade to land Charlie Curnow from Carlton, both were thanked by Cameron in the club’s public statement.

2026-10-13 · assertive framing · Swans frosty as Blakey departs for North Melbourne with an apology

🔮 Piper said CV had attracted 35 more fans than they would have otherwise, “but I hope they’re self-employed and not being paid by Victorian employers to be there”.

2026-10-08 · assertive framing · The uni students’ project that has business groups riled – and cricket happy

🔮 South African cricket’s broadcast partner is using footage from the infamous ball-tampering scandal to promote coverage for the upcoming Test series, in an indication of the hot reception Australia will receive over the next month.

2026-10-08 · assertive framing · ‘Our cameras will be sharp’: Ball-tampering scandal used to promote Test series in South Africa

🔮 Marshall, 30, informed the Saints last week that he would not be attending the Trevor Barker Award function at Crown’s Palladium, saying he didn’t feel valued by the club and didn’t feel it was appropriate to attend while his trade request was in limbo. Marshall has played 177 games for the Saints over a 10-year stretch.

2026-10-05 · assertive framing · AFL trade period LIVE: Day two of trade period, mega-deal could be in the works for Butters, Marshall wants out

🔮 When Cameron Bancroft made the seismic decision on March 24, 2018, to take a small sheet of sandpaper out of his pocket and attempt to scuff up the ball, he should have known he would never get away with it.

2026-10-02 · assertive framing · ‘Just be careful, they’re on you’: Inside cricket’s greatest scandal

🔮 When the bells tolled for Wharfie Time with just over four minutes left in this epic grand final, few, if any, of the 100,023 crammed into the MCG could have imagined what they would see next.

2026-09-26 · assertive framing · The Dockers had one hand on the premiership cup. Then came four minutes that turned the grand final

🔮 When the first siren sounds at the MCG on Saturday, Gerard Neesham will be in either the sandy savannah of the Kalahari Desert or a lodge in Maun, a village in Botswana that is the gateway for tourists on safari to the Okavango Delta.

2026-09-25 · assertive framing · Fremantle’s first coach is in Botswana on grand final day. It sums up the quirky Dockers

🔮 The Swans have opted against scrubbing any of their five suspended players from claiming the club’s highest individual honour, the Bob Skilton Medal, which will be awarded at a function on Thursday night.

2026-09-25 · assertive framing · Banned Swans eligible to win best and fairest, but won’t be there to accept it if they do

🔮 Most importantly, football lovers were given a contest, a nerve-jangler with savage momentum swings that left them guessing until the final seconds as to which team would come back to this venue next Saturday to take on minor premiers Fremantle to lift the cup.

2026-09-19 · assertive framing · ‘Whatever you paid, it was worth it’: The agony and the ecstasy of the game of the season

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Roy Ward

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🔮 The Brisbane Lions remain resolute they want Essendon’s pick 17 for Coleman, but the Bombers have offered their No.27 and are unwilling to hand over either 17 or pick 21.

2026-10-13 · mixed framing · AFL trade deadline day LIVE: Bombers push to land premiership Lion

🔮 Australia’s chances of a competitive first innings score will rest on the success of Matt Renshaw, according to commentator Kerry O’Keeffe.

2026-10-10 · assertive framing · Australia vs South Africa LIVE: Renshaw, Cummins resume batting on day two in Durban

🔮 Paul needs to pass a fitness test on his injured ankle before he can make his NBL debut with the Cairns Taipans, which could come in their clash with Melbourne United at John Cain Arena on Saturday night.

2026-10-02 · assertive framing · Simmons, Giddey, Daniels, Paul? The next Aussie gun on the path to hoops stardom

🔮 It’s 14 degrees currently (feels more like 10 degrees), and the forecast suggests it will keep raining for the next few hours.

2026-09-26 · assertive framing · AFL grand final LIVE: Brisbane Lions, Fremantle fans count down to the decider at a wet MCG

🔮 Scans would later show he had a grade two strain, and should have been on the sidelines for a month.

2026-09-24 · assertive framing · ‘Who’s this bloke with no teeth?’ The raw talent who snubbed the NBA to become footy’s unicorn

🔮 Hore has since grown into one of the AFLW’s most-respected captains and leading players, and on Friday night she will run out for her 100th game – becoming the first Demon to do so.

2026-09-24 · assertive framing · AFLW round seven: Kate Hore brings up 100th game as Dees take on angry North Melbourne; IKON Park hosts double-header

🔮 The Lions could be forced to focus on Neale’s history of never having been suspended rather than contesting the intentional strike finding before the AFL Appeals Board, after reports that new vision had surfaced that is likely to be damaging to his case.

2026-09-24 · mixed framing · Lachie Neale tribunal appeal LIVE: New twist as Lions star attempts to overturn grand final suspension

🔮 That should point to a bumper crowd, mind you, anyone who has been on the trains or walked around the city in the last few hours could tell you that judging from all the Hawks and Lions colours floating about.

2026-09-19 · mixed framing · AFL LIVE: Hawthorn Hawks, Brisbane Lions face off in preliminary final at MCG as Dunstall dreams of Hawks win

🔮 It was the perfect start to the weekend for the Hawks, ahead of Saturday’s AFL preliminary final against the Brisbane Lions, when they will also start as underdogs against the two-time defending premiers.

2026-09-18 · assertive framing · AFLW round six: Hawthorn leave all-conquering Roos stunned, hand them their first loss since 2023

🔮 On Friday night at the SCG, Tania and Jamie Serong and their family will gather in the Fremantle rooms for a presentation in recognition of their son Caleb’s 150th game for the Dockers.

2026-09-18 · assertive framing · AFL LIVE: Sydney Swans, Fremantle Dockers face off at SCG for grand final place

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