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Tuesday, December 10

Touch Of The Fumbles: First World Problems

Sure, the Crows look a shadow of their former selves and played so poorly we can’t even really revel much in Port’s shock loss or Carlton’s last-gasp bid to give us pick one in the draft… but our Fumbles correspondent is still scratching for positives.

Beware the wounded Roos, warns Hinkley

Port Adelaide coach Ken Hinkley says looking at the AFL ladder is futile ahead of his finals-bound team’s danger game against lowly North Melbourne.

Tomas Bugg of the Demons gets hold of North Melbourne's Jack Ziebell during Sunday's spiteful encounter. Photo: Julian Smith / AAP

AFL to deliver a whack to jumper-punchers

The AFL will immediately act to crack down on the jumper punch, rather than wait until the season’s end.

North 'making $1m play' for Tiger Dusty

Ruckman Todd Goldstein has welcomed the prospect of North Melbourne luring Richmond star Dustin Martin to Arden Street on a massive AFL contract.

Touch Of The Fumbles: Stockholm Syndrome

Normal service was resumed on the weekend, as the Crows reverted to type by failing spectacularly to live up to the hype. Fortunately, so did almost every other contender – including Port. And despite the crushing disappointment, our Fumbles correspondent is, perversely, looking on the bright side.