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It’s really hard to watch Rory Lobb play football and not take a shine to him. Between the three-quarter length sleeves, extender arms that reach over almost any pack, and a look that is halfway between a 30s film star and Dolph Lundgren, Lobb has a way of drawing the

Every football club needs to fit a rough list profile. Enough tall forwards, rebounding defenders, inside mids, and the rest, in order to operate, both on a best 22 basis and having squad depth. Jordan Roughead’s acquisition by Collingwood represents the Pies moving to address one of their glaring list

For two of the last three off-seasons, Marcus Adams has been rumoured to want a move out of the Kennel – back to WA in 2016, and to Brisbane this year. As the trade period wound to a close, Brisbane and the Dogs were able to get the deal over the line,

Overlooked in his original draft years, Nic Newman started to carve out the beginnings of a career at the Swans, but his time in Sydney has come to an end. Originally a mature age draftee from the Frankston VFL side, Newman featured regularly for a solid Sydney defence over the

When a top notch 25 year old midifielder who can play great footy on the inside and outside comes on the market, it makes sense to jump on the opportunity. As the sharks circled the suddenly available Dylan Shiel, one favourite quickly emerged – Essendon. Here at HPN, Shiel has a

How much do you pay for an extremely talent yet often injured 28 year old who has some off field history hanging over his head from previous years? Brisbane haven’t lost out in this deal at all. pic.twitter.com/Kh6UTSnvN1 — Preston Towers (@prestontowers) October 17, 2018 If you’re Collingwood, then you pay this

Here is the one piece of trivia you’ll ever need to know about Jack Hombsch: He broke the record for “most grounds played at” in 95 games where the previous record holders took 300 games and spanned the suburban Victorian and national eras. Hombsch managed this feat having started at GWS

After being unable to persuade Darcy Moore or Tom Langdon to leave Collingwood, and seemingly losing interest or losing the “race” for Taylor Duryea, Sydney decided to focus on “Plan D”. In this case, Sydney’s Plan D for their stated aim of finding a defender to free up Zak Jones or

In the end, Melbourne didn’t hold on to pick six for long at all. Instead of holding tight in one of the (alleged) strongest draft classes in recent memory, the Demons have decided to flip one of the picks they received in the Hogan deal to address their biggest weakness

Jesse Hogan becomes a Docker in one of the more fraught and contentious moves of the period. His quality is unquestionable, his body is a big issue. Even as a dispassionate valuation question that’s tricky, and being contracted changes the negotiation platform moreso. Throw in wild claims and counter claims played out