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AFL 2024
‘We’re going to end up with a Steven Bradbury winner’: Should the Rising Star criteria change?
This week on the Real Footy podcast, Jake Niall, Caroline Wilson and Sam McClure debate whether “fairness” should be considered when judging the Rising Star award.
- by Staff writers
Opinion
AFL 2024
Can Essendon go all the way this year?
This week on the Real Footy podcast, Jake Niall, Caroline Wilson and Michael Gleeson discuss the Bombers, who are now unbeaten in seven games.
- by Staff writers
Opinion
AFL 2024
‘Showed a lot of cracks’: The competition in season 2024 is closer than you think
This week on the Real Footy podcast, Mathew Stokes joins Michael Gleeson and Jake Niall to discuss what this round taught us about how even the competition is, St Kilda’s struggles and the Bombers’ top four bona fides.
- by Staff writers
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Selection, weather, venue: The factors that could decide the grand final
This week on the Real Footy podcast, Michael Gleeson, Caroline Wilson and Jake Niall look ahead to the grand final and the factors that could impact the result of the game.
Opinion
Opinion
Can the Blues beat Brisbane in a preliminary final?
Michael Gleeson, Caroline Wilson and Jake Niall discuss how the Blues will want the game to be played if they are to have a chance against the Lions at the Gabba.
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Opinion
‘Born to play finals’: The players who shone in the first week of September
Michael Gleeson, Caroline Wilson and Jake Niall look back at the first week of finals, from the deafening crowds on Thursday and Friday night to the kids and unsung players who starred on the big stage.
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Opinion
‘Will they be ready?’ Previewing a blockbuster first week of finals
This week on the Real Footy podcast, Michael Gleeson, Caroline Wilson and Jake Niall discuss the blockbuster first week of finals and how the games are likely to play out.
Opinion
Essendon Bombers
The reason Essendon fans are ‘starting to tear their hair out’
Essendon’s list management boss Adrian Dodoro should be under further scrutiny after another disappointing season, according to the panel on this week’s Real Footy podcast.
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Opinion
‘It was a complete fiasco, really. It was a stuff up.’
The debacle in Adelaide which saw Ben Keays’ goal signalled as a behind and denied the Crows a win over Sydney, and ultimately a chance at playing finals, came on the back of human error and a system error.
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Opinion
Why the Matildas’ success should have the AFL ‘very worried’
As Australia experiences a week of extraordinary Women’s World Cup hype, the AFL season edges towards the end of its home-and-away season. But what does the Matildas’ success mean for the AFLW?