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Touch Of The Fumbles: Covidball
Look, there’s really only one way to point the blame for this.
Look, there’s really only one way to point the blame for this.
There are few things better in football than your team getting up by a single point – unless of course your team is Port, in which case it’s just annoying and a bit unoriginal. Our Fumbles correspondent revisits a remarkable weekend – and one of the longest final minutes ever played.
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Amid the jubilation, there were some wry smiles and sighs of relief after the West Coast Eagles dug deep, drawing on their “head, heart and gut” to recover from a disastrous start and beat Collingwood by five points in an epic AFL grand final.
Collingwood defender Sam Murray is under investigation by the Australian Sports Anti-Doping Authority after allegedly testing positive on matchday for a banned illicit substance.
A “humbled” Nathan Buckley has been awarded a two-year extension as Collingwood coach after an extensive club review determined he remained the best person for the job.
Nathan Buckley will go into Collingwood’s final-round AFL clash against Melbourne not knowing if it will be his last game as coach.
Fremantle coach Ross Lyon has angrily denied he approached Collingwood about becoming their next senior AFL coach.