Gary Ablett

AFL

An open letter to Gary Ablett

Kevin Sheedy Dear Gary, I am not sure you even realise what a big drawcard you are.

All Hawks on Gazza watch

Sam Grimley, seen marking over Tom Scully of the Giants, will make his debut at the expense of the injured David Hale.

Robert Grant The hard-running Gold Coast captain is every opposition team's dilemma.

Gary Ablett at the Suns

Suns captain Gary Ablett.

Taking a look at Gary Ablett's career to date with the newest AFL team, the Gold Coast Suns. Ablett, who is the club's captain, played his first match for the Suns on April 2, 2011 against Carlton.

Gold Coast

Suns young gun O'Meara aiming high

Jaeger O'Meara.

Gold Coast teenager Jaeger O'Meara has no problem being touted as the AFL's next big thing, because that's exactly where he wants to one day be.

AFL

Trading draft for Naitanui makes sense to Sheedy

Nic Naitanui

Andrew Wu GWS coach willing to trade away year’s worth of draft selections to lure ruckman.

Trading draft for Naitanui makes sense to Sheedy

Andrew Wu Kevin Sheedy rates Nic Naitanui so highly he would be prepared to trade away an entire year's worth of draft selections, including pick No.

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Nic Nat and Daw a clash to savour

Majak Daw and Nic Nat

Robert Walls Andrew Demetriou and the AFL Commission will be delighted that the two biggest drawcards in Friday night's game in Perth are young men who come from vastly different backgrounds.

Dogs feel Suns' bite

W Bulldogs v Gold Coast

Andrew Stafford, Gold Coast The longer the match went, the brighter the Suns' future loomed.

Age Footballer of the Year: Round 8 votes

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Round 8 votes for the Age Footballer of the Year.

Fight club

Brendon Goddard and Hayden Ballantyne.

Jesse Hogan Only Steve Johnson has been on the receiving end more than Hayden Ballantyne.

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Age Footballer of the Year: Round 6 votes

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Round six votes for the Age Footballer of the Year award.

Age Footballer of the Year: Round 7 votes

Round 7 votes for the Age Footballer of the Year award.

Dons' treatment of 'Weapon' a mystery

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Caroline Wilson Dean Robinson will not be the only official to leave the club when this saga ends.

Tigers stand up but Cats scoot clear

Cat attack: Billie Smedts and Andrew Mackie celebrate.

Rohan Connolly Richmond not humiliated but Geelong's strength proves too much.

Docker niggle eclipses Suns

Caught: Tendai Mzungu is stopped in his tracks by Sun Charlie Dixon.

Andrew Stafford, Gold Coast Fremantle claims comfortable win over Gold Coast despite absence of several big names.

AFL

Stop playing the man, fans want their boys to soar

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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?

AFL

Space a premium in the new frontier

Gary Ablett in 1993

Peter Hanlon One thing above all stands out as the goals keep coming, kicked by the same two men, as for an afternoon 20 years ago Paul Salmon and Gary Ablett turned a game of AFL football into a schoolyard...

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Big test for Neeld and his Demons

If Melbourne cannot overcome the Suns, the result would surely impact on Mark Neeld's long-term contract.

Robert Grant Melbourne coach faces arguably the most pressure-packed clash of his time at the helm.

AFL

Jump to it

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Matthew Lloyd Jeremy Cameron is reviving memories of other forwards who were giants of the game.

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Abblett reigns supreme as Gold Coast thump lacklustre Demons

Gary Ablett

Gold Coast coach Guy McKenna described Sunday's 10-goal thumping of Melbourne as a milestone day for the AFL club after the Suns tasted victory for the first time at the MCG.