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Wednesday August 29, 2007

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ROBERT WALLS

The Power of Williams

Mark Williams has confounded the critics who believed his team was bottom-eight material.

ROHAN CONNOLLY

Eagles, Power to fight long distance

Scoreboard is a favourite bit of football jargon, but more relevant than ever to Port Adelaide and West Coast this week.

MICHAEL VOSS

This September, can the Cats stand up?

Can the Cats go the distance? Only time will tell, but from experience, they look like they're ready.

JAKE NIALL

Demons injury-hit, but not tanking: Riley

Melbourne is likely to have only 26 players from whom to select its round-22 team, but caretaker coach Mark Riley insists the Demons will not be tanking.

RICHARD HINDS

Get well really soon, Leo: Sydney badly need Barry for September

Since his conversion from erratic half-forward to stalwart defender, Leo Barry has come to the Swans' rescue many times - most memorably in the dramatic final seconds of the 2005 grand final.

TIM LANE

AFL opened this Pandora's box, now what?

Now that its players are being subjected to unfair public scrutiny, the AFL's illicit drug policy has proved to be unworkable.

STEPHEN RIELLY

Bulldog, Lion may hang up their boots

Chris Grant and Chris Scott could join the extraordinary exodus of champions from football at the end of this season.

MARTIN BLAKE

Cassisi shrugs his accustomed tag to achieve redemption

This is the story of a day in the football life of Dom Cassisi. It comes straight from the Boys' Own Annual.

GREG BAUM

In twilight, slowly fades the Don

The MCG provides an ambiguous celebration for Hird and Sheedy, a finale but not a final.

GRANT THOMAS

Heaven or hell, Saints will not die wondering

With the coach on the ball and great spirit among the players, St Kilda has become a threat.