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From the Killers to Kiss: grand final entertainment will forever be hit and miss

It’s not the Super Bowl but it’s still chastening that the best we can get is often the most washed-up, least imaginative choices

The Guardian - AU

Concussion research a focus at Collingwood AFL HQ

Concussion is a focus at a new research hub at Collingwood headquarters, opened by the prime minister on the eve of their AFL Grand Final clash with the Lions.

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Magpies fans swoop as Lions fans roar at AFL parade

Collingwood and Brisbane fans have turned out in force for a chance to see their favourite players paraded through Melbourne ahead of the AFL grand final.

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Humility a common thread as Lions rise from rock bottom to AFL grand final

Players like Charlie Cameron and Cam Rayner epitomise the no-fuss attitude that has put Brisbane one win away from a premiership

The Guardian - AU

Lions to roar or Magpies to soar? It's a remarkable revival story either way on grand final day

Saturday’s premiership tussle between Collingwood and Brisbane features the two top-ranked teams from 2023. Hopefully, unlike last year’s final, it will be a gripping match. The 2023 finals series has so far featured edge-of-the-seat contests, as reflected in media audiences: some 13.3 million eyeballs tuning in, at an average of…

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Temperatures to soar 8C above average as ‘heat bubble’ brings scorcher to Australia’s east coast this weekend

Sydney could reach 35C on Sunday for the NRL and NRLW grand finals and Melbourne 29C for Saturday’s big AFL clash

The Guardian - AU

Loving Collingwood is about the heart and not the head – and my grandfather’s story helped forge my emotional connection

My grandfather ‘played for Collingwood’ but my family is yet to fully untangle his tragic history

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From the Macedonian Marvel to Akermanis magic: five classic Magpies v Lions games

Jonathan Horn looks back at the best encounters between Collingwood and Brisbane/Fitzroy ahead of the 2023 AFL grand final

The Guardian - AU

Game on for critics as Dockers score new oil giant deal

The Fremantle Dockers have extended a sponsorship deal with Woodside despite high-profile fans and scientists urging the AFL club to ditch the fossil fuel firm.

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NSW raises concerns about volume of gambling ads but declines to endorse total ban

Advocate Tim Costello fears state resistance could be excuse for federal Labor to ‘kick the ad ban recommendation into the long grass’

The Guardian - AU

Michael Willson: the master photographer capturing AFL history from behind the lens

From Tayla Harris’s kick to Lance Franklin’s 1,000th goal, everyone has a favourite photo by the man who sees ‘a picture within a picture’

The Guardian - AU

Collingwood entered my family’s life by chance in 1955. Now we need the stars to align again

After the high of an AFL grand final win in 2010 and the low of 2018, I’ve learned it so often comes down to a strange twist of fate

The Guardian - AU

Lachie Neale: Kybybolite kid defies the odds to win second Brownlow

Brisbane Lions midfielder proves that hard work can go a long way as he pips much-fancied Magpie Nick Daicos to AFL’s big individual prize

The Guardian - AU

Brownlow red carpet draped in colour ahead of count

The partners of some of the AFL's biggest names have draped the Brownlow Medal red carpet in colour ahead of the count in Melbourne.

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Afternoon Update: Michael Pezzullo stands aside after leaked texts; Collingwood anger over grand final tickets; and Qantas flags higher air fares

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Despite tarnished past Jordan De Goey looms large for AFL grand final

As the Magpie hurtled across the MCG to celebrate on Friday it was a reminder there is plenty left in his tank – and a sign of things to come

The Guardian - AU

Brisbane show their best side as they slice and dice way into AFL grand final

The Lions were again a sight to behold after recovering from an inauspicious start against Carlton at the Gabba

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Collingwood on the up and up as they take the stairs to grand final

GWS Giants threatened to overwhelm the Pies but Craig McRae’s team seized the moments to win through

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Collingwood beat GWS in AFL preliminary final – as it happened

The Collingwood Magpies have secured their spot in the AFL grand final after holding on to a one-point lead against the GWS Giants

The Guardian - AU

Morning Mail: AFL’s gambling problem, Covid-19 inquiry expected, UK’s green retreat

Sport under fire for promoting bets with an 85% fail rate; Anthony Albanese tipped to announce panel to examine response to pandemic

The Guardian - AU

AFL criticised for promoting series of bets that have 85% loss rate for gamblers

Analysis of 90 advertised same-game multis from Sportsbet shows only 15% would result in a win

The Guardian - AU

How Australia found itself in the thick of Edinburgh’s oldest football rivalry

Hibs and Hearts in Scotland’s capital have the greatest concentration of top-flight Australian men’s talent of any city

The Guardian - AU

Giants bring new romance to freshen up the AFL’s reheated nostalgia

Carlton, Collingwood and Brisbane may have longer histories but after 12 seasons GWS have a claim to sentiment of their own

The Guardian - AU

Winds of change through Collingwood may shift long-held fan perceptions too

The Magpies are not just in pursuit of on-field success, they are undergoing a transformation of the AFL club’s very identity

The Guardian - AU

Ron Barassi to be honoured with state memorial as AFL weighs up renaming cup

The AFL Commission will make a final decision as calls grow for the league to rename the premiership cup after Australian sporting icon Ron Barassi

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