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• AFL finals 2016: The Five Geelong

  

  1. The prime moverPaddy Dangerfield. Of course it's Paddy Dangerfield. What was the biggest change to personnel year-on-year at the Cats to make the difference between 10th and a preliminary final? Paddy came. Against Hawthorn, he was not as damaging as in other games, but he was still among the best on ground. The best players do this – they demand the opposition spends more time contemplating them than other parts of the game. (Geelong will do this with Lance Franklin on Friday night). Josh K..

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• Give Geelong next Big Bash team, says Flem

  

  GEELONG should be next cab off the rank for a Big Bash League franchise, former Australian fast bowler Damien Fleming has declared.Fleming, who played 20 Test matches and was part of the 1999 World Cup winning side, has backed Geelong to become part of an expanded BBL competition when Network Ten’s $100 million five-year contract expires after the 2017-18 season.“If it grows, Victoria and New South Wales is where it happens,” Fleming said.“And when you look at the facilities here, the stadium is..

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• Sydney Swan Isaac Heeney relishing first AFL preliminary final ...

  

  Playing for a spot in the AFL grand final at a capacity MCG was the last thing on Isaac Heeney's mind when he was dropped to the Swans' reserves two months ago.Physically exhausted from the endless rigours of his second season, Heeney was given a week off football in round 16 then made to earn a senior recall playing a NEAFL game at Blacktown in front of just a few hundred fans. More Sport Videos Previous slide Next slide Swans overcome Crows to make prelim Th..

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• Five keys to the Cats v Swans

  

  THE Cats are a game away from a Grand Final but they must first get the job done against the minor premiers Sydney at the MCG on Friday night. We take an early look at the five keys to the preliminary final. media_cameraKieren Jack is one of the keys to the Swans’ midfield.THE STARTThe Cats enter this do-or-die battle coming of a unique preparation of playing only one game since its 111-point smashing of Melbourne on August 27.The conventional wisdom that it’s better to have semi-final week off ..

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• Ford reunion sees pals salute proud Geelong past

  

  KEN Robinson received his gold service watch from Ford in 1970 and it was still ticking truly as he joined colleagues celebrating centuries of workdays for the Blue Oval.The former design leader was one of almost 90 former stamping and engineering staff to muster for a warm-hearted reunion as time continued counting down on closure of manufacturing at their much-loved North Geelong plant.At 88 Mr Robinson ranked among elders at the gathering but his brothers Joe, 93, and Harold, 97, and both sti..

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• Cats prelim at MCG not biased, just commonsense

  

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• Patrick Dangerfield is embracing the expectation and excitement ...

  

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• Jimmy Bartel's spot in Geelong team is coach Chris Scott's greatest ...

  

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• 'I heard this deafening boom'

  

  A SECOND possible bomb has been found in Manhattan as authorities confirmed an earlier explosion in Chelsea was a “deliberate act”.Mayor Bill de Blasio said there was no evidence of a terror connection to the explosion that went off in a construction dumpster outside the Townhouse Inn of Chelsea in Manhattan that occurred about 8.30pm local time, but went on to say New Yorkers would not be intimidated and “are not going to let anyone change who we are or how we go about our lives”.He said th..

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• mates unite for something special

  

  AS they headed to the centre of Simonds Stadium to sing the club song following the 2016 GFL Grand Final, the Leopold captain was front and centre, as usual. Jai Thompson, the engine room of the Leopold midfield, soaked up the moment as the tight knit group rejoiced for the first time as premiership players following their 14.9 (93) to 8.9 (57) win over St Mary’s.“It’s an amazing feeling when you get out there with 21 of your best mates,” Thompson said. Lions break through for flagPreviousNextPl..

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