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At the halfway point in the year, attention starts to turn to what we’ve seen so far, and how the season will shake out at the end of the year. Last week HPN looked at how the teams were looking so far, so this week attention naturally turns to the

As HPN has stated in the past, and as is illustrated by the commonly given “score sources” statistic in television broadcasts of the AFL, there are three primary modes of score origins. Turnovers. Clearances (centre and stoppage). Kick-outs. Turnovers generally make up about two-thirds of all scores, and this is

With about two-fifths of the season behind us, some nuggets of knowledge are starting to emerge across the league. This week, HPN will take a look at some of the emerging trends for different players so far this year. As the headline sort of spoiled, according to HPN’s system of

It was a slaughter. Everywhere Port wanted to go, Collingwood were already there. Every foray up forward was dangerous, and the ball was moving with so much speed that the most vaunted of Port tough nuts couldn’t keep up. When Port tried to get out of the pack, it felt

With five rounds of the AFL season behind us, very little has been cleared up by what has been shown on the field. At this early stage, the competition appears more even than ever, with no side undefeated or winless, and any team potentially competitive with any other on their

Two of the most common predictions before the 2019 season kicked off in earnest were, in no particular order: Melbourne are locks to finish top 4; and Gold Coast are locks to finish with the spoon (or at best bottom 2). There were immediate issues with both predictions, although this

A constant topic of discussion among football watchers is how much money each club gets, and why. For the last three years HPN has tried to break through the web of footy related financial reports, and break down each club’s financial allotments. The AFL recently released its Annual Report for

With about five minutes to go in the third quarter of AFL football in 2019, one of the worst nightmares of Richmond fans came to pass. Coming down after a contested marking contest, Alex Rance landed badly and tore his Anterior Cruciate Ligament, requiring season-ending surgery. Rance may or may