After an extraordinary tribunal process, St Kilda’s Lance Collard has been handed a massive suspension for ‘conduct unbecoming’ over the use of a homophobic slur, with his AFL future now in the balance.
The biggest difference between a contender and a re-builder is the ability to play harder for longer. And nothing sums that up more than what happens during time-on.
The AFL’s wildcard round might sound exciting, but it changes what the home-and-away season means. And it softens the consequence of just missing out and risks rewarding mediocrity, writes Mitchell Johnson.