Analysis
AFL round 18 key takeouts and match review news
Our reporters give you the lowdown on all the action from round 18 of the AFL season.
- by Peter Ryan, Steve Barrett, Jon Pierik, Andrew Wu, Roy Ward, Marnie Vinall and Russell Bennett
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Storm 16 Raiders 20
Papenhuyzen faces knee surgery as Canberra Raiders beat Melbourne Storm
Ryan Papenhuyzen’s season appears over after going down with a knee injury as Melbourne slumped to a third straight defeat.
- by Roy Ward
Wild weather eases across Victoria, cold snap to drag on
Damaging winds were easing across Melbourne on Sunday, and the forecast for the week ahead includes a very chilly day again on Monday.
- by Ashleigh McMillan and Roy Ward
Swans charge to overhaul Dockers; Lions too strong for Giants
Sydney stormed back in the final term to beat Fremantle in WA and set up their run to the top four, while four goals from Hugh McCluggage helped Brisbane take care of the Giants.
- by Roy Ward
Manchester United 4 Melbourne Victory 1
Manchester United draw 74,000 fans in MCG victory over Melbourne Victory
Manchester United claimed a 4-1 victory in a friendly against Melbourne Victory at the MCG on Friday night.
- by Roy Ward
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‘They refer to Delly, not the coach’: Goorjian sees Rose Gold Boomers influence on next gen; Boomers beat China
Brian Goorjian has hailed the leadership of Matthew Dellavedova as his inexperienced Boomers look to complete the first round of FIBA World Cup qualifying with a win over China on Sunday.
- by Roy Ward
50,000 Victorians per day using Foodbank services
The charity hosted drive-through food pickups on Sunday with thousands of people visiting sites in Dandenong and Epping to receive free hampers of vegetables and pantry essentials.
- by Roy Ward
Core connections: The bonds Vixens hope will burn Fever
When Melbourne Vixens stars Kate Moloney and Liz Watson are exchanging passes in the heat of Sunday’s Super Netball grand final, they will be calling on a connection that dates back to their teenage years.
- by Roy Ward
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Durant’s Brooklyn bombshell but Mills to stay; Ingles to join Bucks; Boomers down Japan
On a day Kevin Durant dropped an NBA free-agency bombshell, Australian Joe Ingles is on the move again, this time to the Milwaukee Bucks, but Patty Mills is expected to stay with Brooklyn.
- by Jon Pierik and Roy Ward
Gaze says Mills will have plenty of NBA suitors; Boomers beat China
Patty Mills is heading into NBA free agency and Andrew Gaze believes the bronze-medal-winning Boomers star will have plenty of suitors although his current club Brooklyn Nets will also want to keep him. Meanwhile, the Boomers have held of a big China comeback to win their World Cup qualifier.
- by Roy Ward
As it happened: Albanese meets leaders at NATO Summit, NSW government agrees to union terms, wants industrial action to end
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- by Nigel Gladstone and Roy Ward