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Tigers see off plucky Demons
Greg Baum For Melbourne, the season has been reduced to mitigation of its margins of defeats.
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Hawks play straight men
Greg Baum All the goals that Hawthorn could not kick in last year's grand final, it kicked on Saturday.
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Demons fail to reach their goals
Greg Baum Melbourne played like men possessed, Carlton like a self-possessed team.
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Stop playing the man, fans want their boys to soar
Greg Baum Many moan that hands-free marking denies the game the spectacle of a show of strength. But should it not firstly be a test of skill?
Hawks find a way to stem tide
Greg Baum Hawthorn holds on to beat North Melbourne by three points in a pulsating match.
Haunted Demons fans are ready to give up the ghost
Greg Baum In its support profile, Melbourne Football Club often is portrayed as a split personality.
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Gloating not in the game plan
Greg Baum The central issue for Essendon is who knew what and when - governance.
Fans find a silver lining
Greg Baum Melbourne goes down by 94 points to West Coast, but it's not all bad.
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Jeff the centre of attention, focus of his own universe
Greg Baum Jeff Kennett is the man who is always going away and never goes.
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Cereal thriller: breakfast with Mick and Bucks
Greg Baum Charity breakfast ahead of grudge match takes on the air of a weigh-in.
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Taking the contact out of sport
Greg Baum As sensibilities change, so too are the crunching nature of our games.
Bombers put on a winning face
Greg Baum The two faces of Essendon became one in Adelaide on Friday night.
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Battle-weary squads finally play on
Greg Baum Despite feel and appearance, this was day one, round one, and so a time of fresh starts.
Draft tales: boys becoming men
Greg Baum Emma Quayle's The Draft follows five draftees and their time in the AFL cauldron.
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Wounded Magpies call on plan B, and C and ...
Greg Baum This was a tale of the best laid plans of mice and football clubs.
No easy solutions and few winners in gambling probe
Greg Baum Anomaly uncovered by Senator Nick Xenophon highlights conflicting forces in professional sport.
Essendon's family faces the world
Greg Baum It was too hot for kicking footballs but not nearly too hot for a show of staunch football faith.
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Blowing the whistle on panic
Greg Baum The Australian sporting landscape - dramatised and catastrophised looks a bleak place.
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The art of law
Greg Baum Another football season is upon us, and another new iteration of rules and interpretations.
