Hannah Kennelly
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🔮 To say it’s been a challenging 2026 for Oscar Piastri would be an understatement.
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🔮 The Saints’ singular behind, from Ashleigh Richards, came with 41 seconds to go in the final quarter; the 30-point margin could have been far greater, given the Bulldogs’ inaccuracy (3.13).
It was the Saints’ eighth consecutive loss in a winless season.
The alarm bells are sounding for Dal Santo, whose contract finishes at the end of 2026.
He spoke after the loss, where he was defensive about his team’s performance, citing poor conditions, an extensive injury list and inexperience, though he admitted the team “did not use the ball very well”.
“I think we are all frustrated, that’s not how we planned on today going,” he said.
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🔮 The Cats were hit with a $140,000 fine after the AFL’s independent review by James Peters, KC, found the waiver constituted a variation of Kolodjashnij’s playing contract and should have been lodged so it could be scrutinised by the league and the AFL Players’ Association.
🔮 - Fremantle are shattered for captain Alex Pearce, whose devastating game-ending Achilles injury in the Dockers’ heartbreaking grand final defeat will likely also eat into his 2027 campaign.
🔮 On Saturday, the 27-year-old will play in his first grand final in his first season with the Lions – a reality Draper himself can’t quite believe.
🔮 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.
🔮 I mean, there’s not much we can do now other than obviously appeal ... but yeah, I think there were a few of us that sort of would have been waiting by our phones to see the result.”
🔮 The Swans are yet to make a call on whether the suspended five will remain eligible for the club’s best-and-fairest award, which will be presented at a function in Sydney on October 1.
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