Welcome to contractual obligation football. Seasons that will feature virtual asterisks to qualify a variety of outcomes. How these competitions are able to proceed seems the second biggest mystery in Australia after why kids are still at school. The need for them to go on being more a testimony to the fact that particularly the …

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The major question about the NRL grand final will be whether Easts victory is of the magnitude that Richmond recorded in the AFL last week. They’re certainly capable. Canberra are no GWS, though. It’s a very strange world where the only way to deny Easts a premiership is by supporting Ricky Stewart. NRL (last round …

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One AFL game and three NRL games to go. To win the AFL grand final Richmond need to keep a winning streak going that stretches back to the last week of June. That’s a long time in football. A very long time. GWS should be pretty fearless, but backing up after last week’s effort will …

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