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Saturday May 17, 2008

Featured Experts

Regular Experts

ROBERT WALLS

Queensland's Lethal injection

Leigh Matthews could have retired from coaching a happy man, but knew that up north, the job wasn't done.

Rohan Connolly ROHAN CONNOLLY

Eye on the Tiger

The Tigers knew they had a genuine star in Nathan Foley way before the state game.

Michael Voss MICHAEL VOSS

Young rucks hit the big time

Carlton's Matthew Kreuzer and the Brisbane Lions' Matthew Leuenberger are big and they're about to get really big.

JAKE NIALL

West Sydney could be a disaster

They'll be paying for it long after Andrew Demetriou's expansion campaign.

RICHARD HINDS

Memo AFL: someone loses in musical chairs

North flirted shamelessly with the Gold Coast. When the AFL came on a bit too strong, the Roos stormed out of the bar.

TIM LANE

The mark of the man, Jesaulenko you genius

Alex Jesaulenko's rise to fame is the culmination of a journey that began with the end of World War II.

MARTIN BLAKE

Lyon's Saints are the dispossessed

Two significant matters emerged from St Kilda's win by less than a kick over Richmond; one technical, and one far more earthy.

GREG BAUM

Hawthorn quest about glory

A Hawthorn premiership flag might bear a label reading, 'Made in Port Adelaide'.

Nathan Buckley NATHAN BUCKLEY

Playing through (private) pain

All footballers carry the burden of personal issues, it's just a matter of how they cope with them.

SAMANTHA LANE

Pretty good Nick

Nick Stevens has endured disappointment, criticism and a career threatening pain in the neck.

MICHAEL GLEESON

Punch no knockout for exhibitions

A player sidelined for his club should not be allowed to play for Victoria.

PAUL DAFFEY

A proud porcine past

The Bushpigs honoured their history with an appropriate acronym: CTFP.