Will Brodie
Help The Age's online sport reporter, Will Brodie, further his sporting education. Put him straight.
AFL
List analysis: Brisbane
Will Brodie The Lions are widely tipped to further improve after an encouaging finish to 2012.
A Giant waste of time and effort?
Will Brodie Back in the pre-season, the critics came for Israel Folau. He looked all at sea playing AFL: a powerhouse which couldn't find its switch, a reservoir of potentially destructive energy lying dormant.
Fans count down to grand final
Will Brodie Having trouble picking which team to barrack for in the grand final? The former Hawthorn president Jeff Kennett is here to help.
Grand final week news, day two: Watson's humble beginnings
Will Brodie Tim Watson reveals the inauspicious footballing origins of the 2012 Brownlow Medal winner, his son Jobe.
Live AFL: Saturday July 7
Will Brodie Sydney takes on the resurgent Lions at the SCG before St Kilda and Essendon fight out a top-eight battle at Etihad Stadium.
Live AFL: Saturday July 7
Will Brodie Sydney takes on the resurgent Lions at the SCG before St Kilda and Essendon fight out a top-eight battle at Etihad Stadium.
AFL
Folau not alone when it comes to underwhelming debuts
Will Brodie One tackle, one free kick for, one free kick against. Five kicks, two marks, one goal. Three kicks, one mark, one behind.
Fantastic picks: Brisbane
Will Brodie Brisbane has some exciting developing talents around the midfield, but sorely lacks class tall men in attack to assist Jonathan Brown, and in defence to aid Daniel Merrett.
Live coverage: Melbourne v Brisbane
Will Brodie Live coverage of every minute of the Demons v Lions clash from the MCG, and the Suns versus Crows from Metricon Stadium.
Live AFL blog, Saturday 14 April
Will Brodie Five games are played today, with footy from the early afternoon until late at night.
The Indispensables
Will Brodie All night you have dreamt of that long-awaited premiership, the tinsel falling on your flag-winning heroes on the dais, your mobile phone bleeping incessantly with friends arranging the night's...
Game-changers and cult faves: the AFL's most watchable
Will Brodie Who are the players from clubs you don't barrack for that you most like to watch? Maybe you don't enjoy their brilliance when it comes at the expense of your team, but when it's a "neutral game",...
Cats on brink of season-long battle to scrape into the finals?
Will Brodie Can a great team fall from playing in a grand final to missing the eight the next year? Is Geelong really going to slide so drastically?
The biggest Vics
Will Brodie Traditionally, state-of-origin games were played at about this stage of the season, and seven games in, we thought it was time to assess what a hypothetical Big V would look like in 2010.
