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One-way traffic after early fling
Greg Baum This was one quarter of match, three quarters of match practice. The first quarter was Melbourne's nod to the occasion, the biggest day of its football year.
Swans in the driver's seat to sink Pies
Greg Baum Sydney begins the indigenous round in style, with a 47-point defeat of Collingwood.
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Danger defused, Dons, Carlisle give Pies boot
Greg Baum As the siren sounded to mark the most significant of Essendon's run of five wins in what has been an astonishing start to 2013, Jake Carlisle walked crookedly from the interchange bench to join his...
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Long and short of it is Hawks beat up on Pies
Greg Baum Hawthorn had the win that needed no explanation; Collingwood the defeat that had no alibi.
Plans will change for Magpies and Eagles
Greg Baum Collingwood and West Coast must simultaneously try to anticipate the other's adjustments.
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Hawks grasp chance to show winning credentials
Greg Baum Hawks get a week off, Magpies must lick their wounds and play a semi-final.
Magpies hang on in an epic tug-of-war
Greg Baum For the whole of the final frantic minute, the Eagles could well have reversed that result.
Celebrating football's broadest church
Greg Baum GWS on course to be first club to finish season with more leaders than premiership points.
Footy business a meet market
Greg Baum Long before two sides meet, a lot of meetings have taken place.
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Blue chip tradition
Greg Baum The rumbling builds for what is more than just another match.
I always saw myself as a little bit like Jonathan Brown
Greg Baum Geelong man mountain Tom Hawkins has finally become as formidable on-field as he looks.
