AFL: Essendon star Sam Draper is at the front of controversy as he dived on the ball to halt play moment before the final siren, leaving fans wondering if Adeliade should have been given a free kick inside 50.
As if the hype around Harley Reid couldn’t get any louder, he goes and does THAT in his first Western Derby.
Few players in recent AFL history are widely recognised and/or described by their nickname or first name. Buddy, Dusty and maybe Nic Nat are probably the exceptions.That’s bonkers to think now, considering Reid only turned 19 days just before his sixth AFL game. “He’s got a fair bit of swagger, but as ‘Simmo’ said, if you can walk the walk, you can talk the talk as well. He’s certainly doing that at the moment,” Eagles teammate Elliot Yeo — who’s also lifted in recent weeks — told Fox Footy on Saturday night.
In the past three games, Reid has kicked five goals — including three against the Dockers on Saturday night — and averaged 21.3 disposals, 10.3 contested possessions, 6.7 score involvements and 6.0 clearances. While it wasn’t by any means a declamation that it would necessarily take eight years to taste premiership success, the comments drew an exasperated sigh from a starving Dons faithful that continues to impatiently await September progress.
As of the start of Saturday’s games, the crucial four points shift Essendon into the top eight as it continues to trend towards an unexpected finals berth.“Brad Scott said, at the start of the year, ‘I’ve got an eight-year plan’. Well, let’s strip it back.“Their season’s set up. 4-2, they’re in good shape, they’re in the eight. He’s saying it’s a longer journey, I think it’s a shorter journey.”Dixon previewed Essendon’s upcoming fixtures, claiming the Dons can “set their year up”.
Next Thursday’s highly anticipated clash with Collingwood on ANZAC Day shapes as a telling measuring stick for these Dons.CROWS’ CLASS AFTER THIRD POOR CALL... BUT MAJOR ISSUES REMAIN Rightly, the Crows made a lot of noise after Keays wasn’t awarded a goal, for it was factually clear-cut – rather than left up to umpire interpretation for the first and third incidents – and probably cost them a spot in the 2023 finals series.
“If we start to review games based on moments like that we’re headed down the wrong path,” Crows head of footy Adam Kelly told SA Grandstand on ABC radio on Saturday morning. “That’s the bigger issue for us … we want to hold that momentum of form, we want to play a game that we walk off and be proud of.“We lost the contest, we got out-tackled, so there were just a lot of areas that weren’t working.
“I’ve been disappointed with their year. I thought they were a chance to be a sneaky fourth, fifth, maybe come into the top four,” North Melbourne champion David King said on Fox Footy after their 60-point loss to the Bulldogs. The Saints have only lost one game by more than 28 points since the start of 2023, a 50-point loss to the Crows back in round nine last year.Lyon made mention of the Saints’ interstate six-day and five-day breaks in the lead up to the clash with the Bulldogs and Montagna wondered whether it has caught up with the young Saints side.“The young guys all had no influence, they looked tired.
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