Nic Negrepontis
Sports Journalist at Wide World of Sports
Sports Journalist at Channel 9
✍️ ✍️ @wwos, @footyonnine @channel9 - 🎙️ @CarltonPod 📧 [email protected]
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1 week ago |
nine.com.au | Nic Negrepontis
Every AFL season is filled with surprises and unexpected turns and 2025 has certainly thrown up its own curveballs. Last year had a wild finish with Sydney coach John Longmire stepping down and that seemingly set the tone for a season peppered with oddities, with more than usual emitting from AFL headquarters itself. From breakout players, to unexpected declines, each team has had its own surprising storylines so far in 2025.
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1 week ago |
nine.com.au | Nic Negrepontis
The 2007 AFL draft was so good, it produced seven club captains, two Brownlow Medallists, two of the best key defenders of the 21st century, countless best and fairest winners and five future Hall of Famers. Sorting through all of those accolades and re-drafting the top 10 has proven a difficult task. Only three players remain active on lists from 2007 in Taylor Walker at Adelaide, Callan Ward at GWS and Patrick Dangerfield at Geelong, who will play his 350th game on Friday night.
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1 week ago |
nine.com.au | Nic Negrepontis
West Coast defender Jeremy McGovern has been forced to retire by the AFL's concussion panel, after waiting almost two months for a verdict. McGovern has not played since round eight and his fate was taken out of his own hands by the league, given the many concussions he has suffered across his career.
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1 week ago |
nine.com.au | Nic Negrepontis
Debate has long surrounded Cricket Australia's level of involvement with the new $1b Macquarie Point stadium in Hobart, which will house an expansion AFL side in the next decade. Complaints surfaced earlier in the year that the proposed design for the stadium's roof would cast awkward shadows on the pitch and make it extremely difficult to play cricket there.
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1 week ago |
nine.com.au | Nic Negrepontis
Fremantle coach Justin Longmuir has responded to images of umpire headshots in the changerooms last week, admitting he was baffled by the public reaction. The Dockers had photos of all four field umpires visible to broadcast cameras in their rooms during their win over North Melbourne, something that was picked up by both broadcasters and wider national media.
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