Hawthorn Hawks Position: 1st Win Loss Ratio: 9-1 Points: 36 Season so far: The Hawks have had an incredibly impressive start to the season. Facing up against every team from the 2012 finals series in the first seven rounds, the Hawks came out with a 6-1 record. Since then, they have been in cruise control against [...]
Aaron Heppell (Gippsland Power) Height: 181cm Weight: 78kg Player Comparison: Heath Shaw Player Style: Corey Enright Strengths: Ground contests; Football IQ; Positioning Weaknesses: Stamina; Overhead contested marking Gippsland Power have started the 2013 TAC Cup season with a bang and despite losing their past two games, are still sitting nicely in fifth position on the [...]
The issue of homophobic derogatory language being used at AFL games came to the forefront of the Adelaide media this week, after a Port member made a complaint over twitter about a fellow Port supporter yelling out a slur to injured Tiger Chris Knights, calling him a ‘f—ing poof’. The complaint was retweeted many times, [...]
Abuse at AFL matches has always been prevalent, but it is beginning to cross lines that aren’t acceptable in any code and it needs to be stamped out. AFL supporters are well within their rights to cheer and boo players of teams when they attend live games of football. Many supporters might find the vitriol [...]
(Photo courtesy of Gippsland Power) As the siren sounded to end one of the greatest TAC Cup Grand Finals of all time, the Oakleigh Chargers emerged victorious by a point. Oakleigh’s line-up included first round draft picks Jackson Macrae and Kristian Jaksch as well as the talented bottom-ager Jack Billings to celebrate the narrowest of [...]