Football
The AFL says Melbourne should have been awarded a free kick for Nick Murray’s handpass across the boundary line in the frantic final minute of their shock one-point defeat to Adelaide.
Football
The SANFL has its own rules and a fierce independent streak. Michelangelo Rucci asks how long second-tier football competitions can hold out against the AFL and a national reserves league push.
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Port Adelaide Football Club won’t challenge a four-match suspension handed to ruckman Scott Lycett for a sling tackle that concussed Adelaide’s Ned McHenry during Saturday night’s Showdown.
Young Adelaide defender Fischer McAsey has resisted overtures from Victorian rivals to sign a fresh AFL deal with the Crows.
The Adelaide and Port Adelaide AFL clubs are looking to entrench suburban bases with new or expanded headquarters at Thebarton and Alberton ovals. But winning community approval presents a challenge to both clubs and community leaders. Michelangelo Rucci reports.
An increase to 100 per cent capacity at Adelaide Oval is “on the table” with further discussions to take place this week, but there have been no changes to South Australia’s public gathering restrictions after a meeting of the state’s transition committee this morning.
