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The AFL Rover's early word on round 14 teams: Can 'two-metre' Peter's return get Suns shining?

All the news on AFL squads ahead of official team announcements.

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The AFL Rover: Plenty of vacancies at the Blue Hotel

Carlton is losing its appeal to the older market, while a former Blue is quite happy at his new home.

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The AFL Rover's rant on racism: Thank god Eddie Betts is a better man than me

The Adelaide Crows star once again showed his class in the latest AFL racist slur, but he shouldn't have to.

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The AFL Rover's early word on round 13 teams: Dusty's back along with a Tigers favourite

All the news on AFL team selections ahead of round 13.

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The AFL Rover's rant: Alex Rance's dive didn't justify the splash

The Tiger defender's acting wasn't great but the AFL's response was worse.

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The AFL Rover's early word on round 12 teams: Roos will load up in top-four bid

All the big AFL ins before the teams are out.

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The AFL Rover's Brownlow leaderboard: Trent Cotchin and Jack Macrae on top after round 11

The leaderboard is starting to take shape.

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The AFL Rover's inside word: Gold Coast's Tom Lynch has a quiet dinner with Eddie McGuire

Suns captain drops into Melbourne on his weekend off and manages to bump into the Collingwood president.

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The AFL Rover's early word on round 11 teams: Suns guns return but will anyone notice?

Gold Coast get big names back for their first true home game of the year, and a big Bomber ready to unload at Dreamtime at the 'G'

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The AFL Rover's rant: The score review system isn't just bad, it's a virus that's killing the game

Poor, confusing and disruptive decisions are bad enough, but the League's new system is doing damage on a much bigger level.

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The AFL Rover's Brownlow leaderboard: Trent Cotchin joins Jack Macrae at the top after round ten

The leaderboard is starting to take shape.

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The AFL Rover's early word on round 10 teams: A big Dog could debut to counter veteran Pie

Get all the big 'ins' early as seasons hang on the line.

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The AFL Rover's rant: If the AFL wants to expand they should try heading south

If the league wants to expand it should be looking closer to home than Shanghai.

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The AFL Rover's Brownlow leaderboard: Jack Macrae a clear leader after round nine

The leaderboard is starting to take shape.

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The AFL Rover's rant: Match Review Officer Michael Christian is being crucified by the AFL

The AFL is making it's new, simple match review process complicated and impossible to be consistent.

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The AFL Rover's early word on round nine teams: A couple of captains come back

Scott Pendlebury and Marc Murphy just two of the important changes to AFL teams as they head towards the mid-season slog.

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The AFL Rover's Brownlow leaderboard: Western Bulldogs' Jack Macrae takes the lead after eight rounds

The leaderboard is starting to take shape.

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The AFL Rover's early word on round eight teams: Some superstars return, but not all of them

Who's in and who'll miss the AFL action this weekend? A Tiger, a Cat and a couple of Crows return but a big Swan and Magpie are still in doubt.

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The AFL Rover's rant: Stop with the 2018 All-Australian predictions, you haven't got a clue

Seriously, if I hear the term "he's got to be in the AFL All-Australian equation right now" one more time I'm going to take a green blazer and ...

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The AFL Rover's Brownlow leaderboard: Tom Mitchell and Jack Macrae share the lead after round seven

The leaderboard is starting to take shape.

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The AFL Rover's rant: Football ain't broke so stop trying to fix it

There's a lot of complaining about the state of AFL football - low-scoring, congested, ugly to watch - but then there's always a lot of complaining about the state of AFL football.

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The AFL Rover's Brownlow leaderboard: Trent Cotchin and Tom Mitchell join Steele Sidebottom at the top

Hawthorn's Tom Mitchell and Richmond's Trent Cotchin join Steele Sidebottom on nine votes in the the Rover's Brownlow leaderboard.

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The AFL Rover's early word on round six teams: Adelaide and Collingwood to bring stars back in

Premiership players, top draft picks and silky veterans are all in the AFL selection mix this week.

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The Rover's rant: Melbourne needs to play Jesse Hogan forward if they're ever going to find success

The Demons need to stop lairising with the ball and with their set up, and play players in their best positions.

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The AFL Rover's early word on round five teams: Crows may have a bigger 'out' than Eddie

All the news on AFL ins and outs for the Anzac Day round.

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The AFL Rover's rant: Hodgey, maybe it is time to go

Was Danny Frawley right to say the Brisbane Lions veteran should get off the ground?

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The AFL Rover's Brownlow leaderboard: Greater Western Sydney's Stephen Coniglio becomes joint leader with Hawthorn's Tom Mitchell

Greater Western Sydney's Stephen Coniglio is now level with Hawthorn midfielder Tom Mitchell at the top of the leaderboard after round four.

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The AFL Rover's early word on round four teams: Have Swans' big-man woes hit 'Tipp-ing' point?

Our man gives you all the big AFL selection news before it happens.

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The AFL Rover's rant: Is 'insufficient intent' rule made to drive fans mad?

The AFL admitted the umpires got it wrong again, but how can they get it right with this ridiculous rule?

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The AFL Rover's Brownlow leaderboard: Hawthorn's Tom Mitchell still king, but others catching up

Ahead of the flock, Hawthorn midfielder takes prime position on the Brownlow leaderboard following the opening rounds of the 2018 AFL season.

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The AFL Rover's early word on round three teams: Some big names come back in

Stars are going to be rushed back as teams already get desperate for wins.

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The AFL Rover's rant: Good Friday football is not good Friday football ... or is it?

Has the league painted itself into a corner giving North Melbourne the Easter blockbuster, or is it part of a bigger picture?

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The AFL Rover's Brownlow leaderboard: Hawthorn's Tom Mitchell continues perfect run

Ahead of the flock, Hawthorn midfielder takes prime position on the Brownlow leaderboard following the opening rounds of the 2018 AFL season.

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Who's harder than Hardwick? The Rover rates the AFL coaches from creampuff to steely killer

After another coach and fan face-off we wondered who are the most fearsome men in charge? Here's what we came up with.

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The AFL Rover's early word on round two teams: It's Danger time!

Cats to have the 'big three' together for the first time as Swans get a star back and Blues big man ready to roll.

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The AFL Rover's rant: Katie Brennan has to be stopped for the sake of the AFLW

The Western Bulldogs skipper was right to appeal and could have gone further, but not to the Human Rights Commission.

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The AFL Rover's early word on round one teams: Don't expect Cyril to play

Can't wait till clubs release their official team lists? Here's the good oil on who'll make the cut for the season-starters.

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The AFL Rover's rant: Does the 'P' in AFLPA stand for 'Propaganda'?

The Players' Association needs to accept it's members are responsible for the way they're portrayed.

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The AFL Rover's rant: Josh Green should have been suspended for diving

Staging for free kicks does more damage to the game than biffing blokes, and needs to be stamped out now.

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The AFL Rover names his top breakout players for 2018

Our man thinks a bit differently to the AFL players about who's going to be the next best-of-the-best.

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Rover's Rant: AFLW's weighty issue the League wants to keep secret

We're told to stop living in a male-dominated past, but then the AFL treats women like they're living in the 1950s.

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The Rover's rant: AFL's obsession with head-high hits is ruining the game

Charlie Dixon is right to question Robbie Gray's suspension and address players' confusion on the rules of the game.

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The Rover's early word on round one JLT teams

Our man tells us what he expects to see when the clubs name teams for the first pre-season hit-outs.

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Eddie's 'bullying' call is the pot calling the kettle black

ROVER'S RANT: The Collingwood president has to learn he can't control everything and everyone in football.

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The Rover's 2018 AFL predictions: Richmond to the Western Bulldogs

Our guy on the inside makes his call on where clubs will finish, and what will get them there, as we head into another year of football.

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The Rover's 2018 AFL predictions: Hawthorn to Port Adelaide

Our guy on the inside makes his call on where clubs will finish, and what will get them there, as we head into another year of football.

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The Rover's 2018 AFL predictions: Fremantle to GWS

Our guy on the inside makes his call on where clubs will finish, and what will get them there, as we head into another year of football.

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The Rover's 2018 AFL predictions: Adelaide to Essendon

Our guy on the inside makes his call on where clubs will finish, and what will get them there, as we head into another year of football.

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Jake King arrest will cast a cloud over Dustin Martin deals

Relationship and similarities between arrested former Tiger and superstar midfielder has clubs thinking twice about swooping on the Brownlow favourite.

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Banned Jordan De Goey's double life as a bouncer?

The last thing Collingwood wanted just days before its season opener against the Bulldogs was more crucial players getting hurt, but that may be trumped by the reason behind one of those injuries.

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'Boomer' returns to footy in a 94-point romp

The North Melbourne legend is back doing what he does best... and some.

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Rover Awards: The Poo-Brown Microphone

It doesn't take much to get Brad Scott offside.

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Rover Awards: The Rover-Was-Wrong Certificate of Acceptance

Sometimes, even The Rover gets it wrong.

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Rover Awards: The ‘Golden Broom’

When is comes to sweeping things under the carpet, Eddie McGuire is the man for the job.

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Rover Awards: The 2006 West Coast Best and Fairest Award

Things have always been a little different at West Coast.

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St Kilda release 'Pride Match' jumpers

St Kilda has always embraced its reputation as the football club of choice for those in the shadows of society, and is returning some of the love by wearing a rainbow-infused jumper for the round 21 ‘Pride Match’ against the Sydney Swans.

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The Rover: Gold Coast Suns confirm signing of former NFL wide receiver

In a move predicted a month ago by The Rover, the Gold Coast Suns have announced the signing of former NFL wide receiver Brandon Kaufman.

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The Rover: Is a Hawks' seven-peat on the cards?

Clarkson and the Hawks closing in on a lucrative contract extension.

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The Rover: Tigers should stand by Dustin Martin

The Rover urges the Tigers to get tough in the Dustin Martin chopstick affair, and comes up with a novel approach as to how to handle the situation.

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