AFL 2021 Archives - The Inner Sanctum

Brownlow Predictor: Winner takes lead in final round, your club’s best chance

16/09/2021 Jasper Chellappah 0

The 2021 Brownlow Medal is set to go right down to the wire with the final round of the season crowning an upset winner in The Inner Sanctum’s predictor. Check who’s expected to top your club’s count.

Nic Naitanui soars to go back-to-back and win Eagles’ top honour

16/09/2021 Rebecca Ruthven 0

Ruckman Nic Naitanui takes out the West Coast Eagles’ John Worsfold Medal for a second consecutive season after a dominant 2021.

Launceston Blues go back-to-back after final term blitz

14/09/2021 Simon Andrews 0

Launceston has won its second premiership in a row in a highly anticipated Grand Final rematch against North Launceston on Sunday.

How the Sydney Swans win the Jordan Dawson trade

14/09/2021 Jack Dobson 0

Jordan Dawson has requested a trade back to Adelaide after taking home the Peter Bedford trophy. How can the Swans make the most of his exit?

I was there when… Port Adelaide made its first AFL grand final

11/09/2021 Thomas Grattan 0

In 2004, Peter Burgoyne took part in the preliminary final where the Power finally broke the duck and made their first AFL grand final.

Young midfielder Drews little praise, but the stats don’t lie

09/09/2021 Alex Catalano 0

33-gamer Willem Drew has become a key cog of Port Adelaide’s midfield in 2021, and the stats tell exactly that story.

Jack Macrae’s top five 30-plus disposal games in 2021 (so far)

08/09/2021 Jack Dobson 0

On Saturday night, Macrae will have the opportunity equal a record Tom Mitchell set in 2018. We’ve taken a look back at his best games of the season (so far.)

2021 Season Review: Brisbane Lions – Could 2022 be the year of the Brisbane Lyons?

08/09/2021 Jack Dobson 0

The Brisbane Lions’ season has once again finished in finals heartbreak for the third consecutive season. How do they bounce back again?

Viney: Demons not drawing back on 2018 prelim loss

07/09/2021 Giacomo Bruno 0

Jack Viney says the 2021 preliminary final against Geelong on Friday will have a different feeling to the 2018 prelim loss.

2021 Season Review: GWS Giants – Celebrating a big, big decade

07/09/2021 Tricia Mifsud 0

GWS reemerged this year while celebrating a big, big decade and despite challenges on and off the field, played in their fifth finals.

Isaac Smith: The expectations of finals football

06/09/2021 Anna Pavlou 0

Isaac Smith will pull on the boots for his sixth preliminary final this Friday night, but this one feels different for the man known as the ‘smiling assassin’.

AFL Trade and Free Agency: It’s not over for Naish

05/09/2021 Alex Catalano 0

Young flanker/winger Patrick Naish was delisted by Richmond after playing just nine AFL games. We’ve analysed if he could find another home elsewhere as a delisted free agent.

2021 Season Review: Sydney Swans – Cygnets become Swans

03/09/2021 Thomas Grattan 0

The Sydney Swans defied expectation and threw the timeline out the window when they returned to the finals for the first time in three years.

2021 Season Review: West Coast Eagles – Wings clipped

02/09/2021 Rebecca Ruthven 0

The high-flying West Coast Eagles plummeted back to earth in 2021, left with nothing but an exposed game plan and some pressing concerns.

2021 Season Review: Fremantle – The Freo Doctor is building

31/08/2021 Jasper Chellappah 0

It was a disappointing final game to an otherwise promising season for Fremantle, but the structure and talent is in place to break into the finals next year.