Live blog: St Kilda's body blow

Rohan Connolly St Kilda met its biggest challenge of 2010 in round three when Nick Riewoldt went down. This season it came a week earlier, the circumstances of the shock to the system eerily similar.

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Suck it up and move on

Rohan Connolly There's scarcely a week of any AFL season that goes by without some sort of umpiring controversy.

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Suns shine with their fast and furious football

Rohan Connolly If Gold Coast continues to improve at its current rate, things could change dramatically.

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Only four can fly the flag

Rohan Connolly Barring a miracle, the Hawks, Cats, Swans and Dockers will fight it out.

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Goodes shines for Swans in difficult conditions

Rohan Connolly No one would have blamed Sydney champion for a bad game given the week he had endured.

Freo flag is no fantasy

Rohan Connolly Ross Lyon's team deserves enormous credit for what it's done so far this season.

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Bombers and Blues the thorn in each other's side

Rohan Connolly The notable rivalries between different pairs of AFL clubs have their own characteristics. Carlton and Essendon's remains one of the most intense.

Time is a great healer but some pain can haunt you

Rohan Connolly Robert Walls has an idea of what North Melbourne is feeling at the moment.

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Football its own equaliser

Rohan Connolly Football, the business, is a constant source of concern these days.

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Another winter, and still the old Lion is roaring

Rohan Connolly Have we really sung Lions champion Simon Black's praises loudly enough?

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It's business as usual as Swans fly under radar

Rohan Connolly Were it not for the final two games of 2012, the lead-up to Friday night's big clash between Collingwood and Sydney would be dominated by the concept of the hoodoo.

Dogs relish a win at last

Rohan Connolly This was a win in which the Dogs just kept coming, again and again.

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Perseverance pays off for McCartney's pups

Rohan Connolly St Kilda fans aside, not many wouldn't have felt at least a little warm and fuzzy about the Bulldogs' win.

Cameron stands tallest among Giants

Rohan Connolly Giants' key forward Jeremy Cameron is emerging as a star.

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Daw lives up to hype, while others fall well short

Rohan Connolly The hype has been considerable, but the reality of Majak Daw at senior level is living up to it.

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Is Collingwood on the nose?

Rohan Connolly Can a side as proven as the Pies really be dismissed as a flag chance?

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Dons hand out a lesson

Rohan Connolly St Kilda has regularly found itself short of sufficient height and strength in recent times.

Leading by example

Rohan Connolly Geelong's Joel Selwood and Essendon's Jobe Watson are two of the best leaders.

Pies, Dons can dig deep

Rohan Connolly Already, 2013 is looking likely to be a premiership won by depth as much as class.

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Dons well placed for Pie fright

Rohan Connolly Few players have featured in as important a moment in just their fourth AFL game as did Essendon's David Zaharakis in 2009.