by Tom McConville | Jul 28, 2016 | Media-Updates
JARRAD Grant admits his breakthrough performance for the Suns has to be his “baseline” going forward at the Gold Coast AFL club. Grant’s effort against Fremantle last Saturday was his best for the Suns since joining the club at the start of the year from the Western...
by Tom McConville | Jul 27, 2016 | Media-Updates
IT’S FITTING that Melissa Hickey is part of the pioneering AFL women’s league, given that one of her relatives Pat Hickey played in the first ever VFL/AFL round for Fitzroy back in 1897. For the extended Hickey family, football runs in its blood. Not only did Pat...
by Tom McConville | Jul 25, 2016 | Media-Updates
Orazio Fantasia needed a new place to live. Jobe Watson had a spare room at his house.. There was an obvious question to ask, but that didn’t make it an easy one. “I was nervous, trust me!” smiled the young Essendon forward, who went ahead and asked anyway. Having...
by Tom McConville | Jul 21, 2016 | Media-Updates
Rookie Reilly O’Brien has been rewarded for strong SANFL form, promoted to Adelaide’s senior list. O’Brien, 20, has been elevated under the AFL’s mid-season rookie rule, which allows eligible clubs to add a rookie to their senior squad without placing a player on the...
by Tom McConville | Jul 19, 2016 | Media-Updates
Orazio Fantasia has been named the Round 17 NAB AFL Rising Star nominee. The 20 year old kicked three goals and laid seven tackles against Richmond on Saturday. Fantasia has kicked 11 goals in his last four games and 21 for the season, to sit second in the Bombers...
