Nathan Williamson

What a fantastic ambassador for the umpiring fraternity at all levels.

Love it when we hear from these impressive young men and women and their passion for the game.

Thank you guys 🙏❤️

Jay Clark reports on The Midweek Tackle the AFL is souring on allowing players to be traded in a midseason trade period due to Victorian bias fears.

📺 Watch #MidweekTackle on Ch. 504 or stream via Kayo Sports bit.ly/3Tq7pcR

The AFL has called for major tech companies to step up their protection for players after Harley Reid and Elliot Yeo were targeted with abuse online.

Sam Landsberger has more.

STORY: bit.ly/3UFaqqm

Brisbane now has four vacancies in midseason draft. Might not fill all. Jack Hutchinson the buzz, but do North, Tigers & Hawks all need a tall more? Lots of work being done on big men Jasper Scaife & Jacob Blight. Talent pool not super deep. heraldsun.com.au/sport/afl/mone…

Western Australia is bracing for its worst ever national draft as fears escalate that the country’s talent pathways will not be capable of producing enough elite players for 19 AFL clubs.

✍️ Sam Landsberger

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Has Collingwood found another young gem?

Sam Landsberger names his round 8 likes and dislikes in the Early Tackle: bit.ly/3y8uU3a

The Cats are flying, but is their small forward brigade going under the radar?

Sam Landsberger chats with Gryan Miers who reveals the ins and outs of the Geelong 'Swarm'.

Story: bit.ly/4b8pQKM

Ex-premiership Bulldog Clay Smith has traded the Sherrin for the boxing gloves.

And he's unbothered by the issues of CTE and concussion that currently dominate the AFL world.

Sam Landsberger has the story: bit.ly/4a2mIyz

Well done to chief cricket writer Daniel Cherny who revealed two days ago the staggering call to leave out JFM.

In 2016, North Melbourne cut four veteran stars including Brent Harvey.

Since then it’s been a never-ending tunnel for North fans but will they ever see the light at the end?

✍: Sam Landsberger

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Alastair Clarkson's five-year contract has 85 games remaining. How many more will it take for North Melbourne to start making ground? The Roos never recovered from their 2016 list pivot and hold only one top-20 draft choice in 2024. (Suns, Freo have 3x).
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2016 - Oldest list in the AFL
2017 - 2nd Youngest
2020 - 6th Oldest (in 3 years!!!)
2024 - Youngest

One of a long list of embarrassments in a great article by Sam Landsberger

North Melbourne FC #AFL

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Harvey and Petrie should have been allowed to go out in their terms, no-one will convince me otherwise. Drewy went on to play two more years and Boomer’s final year stats were almost identical to, if not better than, Toby Green’s - who was AA. heraldsun.com.au/sport/afl/team…

'Cameron is 31 and unlikely to emulate Buddy Franklin’s feat of joining the illustrious 1000-goal club.

But could you really rule anything out when it comes to this remarkable football club?'

Sam Landsberger's must-read analysis on Geelong: bit.ly/3xVmuMe

Remember when Geelong was too old and too slow?

Well, the Cats are defying the odds again.

Sam Landsberger analyses the key moves that have made Geelong flag favourites again: bit.ly/4dg8yww

Don't forget to buy your GWS GIANTS membership for grand final tickets like Sam Landsberger told you to do.

A draw is basically as good as a win for Essendon given its percentage. Seven games in and the Bombers have had one stinker and six genuine cracks. Plenty to like and with some key pillars to come back. Zach Merrett motoring towards equaling James Hird with five Crichton Medals.

The AFL only allocated 17,000 tickets to members of competing clubs at last year’s grand final, but a loophole has emerged that could score footy fans a golden ticket. See how you can get a seat at the MCG this year > bit.ly/3wcYFio

This loophole could be your way to snag a grand final ticket this year 👇
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