Michael Gleeson
Writer at The Age
Sports writer with The Age/SMH. Write on AFL, athletics, tennis. Now over on Blue Sky @gleesonm.bsku.social
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2 weeks ago |
theage.com.au | Jon Pierik |Marc McGowan |Michael Gleeson
Collingwood and Melbourne will do battle in front of a bumper MCG crowd, with the King’s Birthday game officially a sell-out. Final tickets to the blockbuster clash were snapped up over the weekend, with the Demons expecting a record-breaking crowd of more than 85,000 on a day the football world supports Neale Daniher, the Australian of the Year, and his fight against Motor Neurone Disease. The pre-game action, highlighted by the Big Freeze and its customary sliders, begins at 2pm.
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2 weeks ago |
smh.com.au | Jon Pierik |Marc McGowan |Michael Gleeson
By Marc McGowanCarlton midfielder Adam Cerra woke up on Monday without any delayed concussion symptoms from last night’s brutal front-on bump from Sam Durham. Durham will learn his match-review fate on Monday afternoon, but the industry consensus, including from Blues coach Michael Voss, is that the Bomber is in trouble.
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3 weeks ago |
smh.com.au | Brittany Busch |Michael Gleeson
By Brittany Busch and Michael GleesonUpdated June 5, 2025 — 7.27pmfirst published at 6.07pm, register or subscribe to save articles for later. Add articles to your saved list and come back to them any time. LoadingAFL chief Andrew Dillon has personally apologised to the four umpires at the centre of the Lachie Schultz concussion saga for the league’s handing of the events.
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3 weeks ago |
theage.com.au | Michael Gleeson
, register or subscribe to save articles for later. Save articles for laterAdd articles to your saved list and come back to them any time. The AFL has hired Brisbane Lions chief executive Greg Swann to be the league’s new head of football performance. The role was created when AFL boss Andrew Dillon split Laura Kane’s position in half, creating a new position that will also sit on the executive.
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3 weeks ago |
theage.com.au | Michael Gleeson
An opponent called the Swans a ‘rabble’. He was being kind, register or subscribe to save articles for later. Save articles for laterAdd articles to your saved list and come back to them any time. LoadingAdelaide’s Wayne Milera called them a “rabble”. Listening to the way the Swans players spoke, watching how they played and behaved, it was just a mess, he said. Ordinarily this sort of comment from an opponent would be considered inflammatory and ungracious. It wasn’t. Milera was in fact, being kind.
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Does Morrison get one award? Or one for each of his de facto ministries? https://t.co/7MpcRerAuT
RT @mickgleeson: @mathewjcox I qualified in a repost you might reasonably have missed but he -fortunately - glanced him
Best goal assist of the year!