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AFL finals ANALYSIS from @petryan: Why Carlton have a habit of upsetting Geelong https://t.co/SQPbUeJpBc

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Families lost everything when a bushfire hit Harcourt. The local footy club helped them heal. Danny Russell dropped in to see how the recovery is progressing.
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Will the Carlton forward who booted a team-high goal haul against Geelong be rushed back?
@Pierik_AgeSport #AFLFinals

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NFL at the MCG: LA Rams star Jaylen Watson reveals why his family is skipping the Australia trip https://t.co/Q5gws7MTy6

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Novak Djokovic knocked out of US Open in shock first-round exit. Marc McGowan reports.
https://t.co/TAOROWUwgk

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AFL 'Four Points' with @mickgleeson

The AFL’s wildcard finals delivered everything the AFL wanted, but is the experiment good for the game?

https://t.co/qM3rlSztF5

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Bunny on the run as Demons hand Lions record loss; Carlton hang tough; Lamentable jumper clash

The #aflw weekend that was

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Wildcard Taylah Preston is Australia's first singles winner at this year's US Open. Marc McGowan reports.
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Forced into playing an “extra” final under the AFL’s top 10 system, eighth-placed @westernbulldogs must achieve footy’s equivalent of rounding Cape Horn - winning five finals - to claim the 2026 flag. It's a Hurculean task @scottspits https://t.co/9SqD6N1ihU

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It’s a mixed bag for Craig Tiley’s first US Open at the helm: Jannik Sinner, the world No. 1, withdrew with a persistent knee injury. He’s one of 20 male and female players who have pulled out of the year’s final slam @michaelkoziol https://t.co/KQICmoD9UY

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COMMENT: The nature of Isaac Heeney’s dual reality – the golden boy of the code in NSW embroiled in such an unsavoury scandal – will have haunted Sydney chairman Andrew Pridham and other club bosses https://t.co/frGZRJGZ2S

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ANALYSIS: As brilliant as Nick Daicos has been this season, he could make Collingwood no better than bang average. His heroics have papered over the cracks #AFLFinals https://t.co/vXJlPFZ77q

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The AFL got everything it wanted from the wildcard games, but what is the cost for the integrity of the competition? https://t.co/qM3rlSztF5

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UPDATED: Scott Pendlebury’s ambitions to become a senior coach were crystallised two months ago while the Collingwood great was sitting in the box with Craig McRae coaching against what would become his new club Gold Coast https://t.co/Zzw3jlDXhj

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Harry Petty remembers the MCG spinning around him, even before the ball came back to him #AFLFinals https://t.co/Kg2Qurx8zt

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This was the first time a coaching position had been subject to something resembling a political campaign, even if the candidate’s wares were mainly pushed by supporters rather than by James Hird, himself. https://t.co/TLYfeHlK1o

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Like it or lump it, the AFL’s wildcard finals are here to stay, writes Michael Gleeson in Four Points.
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Australian Olympian Heath Ryan has been suspended for 18 months by equestrian’s international federation for animal abuse after a more than year-long investigation https://t.co/thyU9R3q09

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To an outsider, the email read like a threat. If you don’t deliver on your promises, you will lose the Cox Plate https://t.co/LaOHOu9yZB

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Here is the latest in the @NBL feud: NBL investigation: Basketball Australia finds Larry Kestelman made mistakes but changes afoot @theagesport @smhsport https://t.co/jdpn7hYOQJ