Monday @ The Almanac

‘Eddie’
by Kate Birrell

With Michael Voss resigning as Carlton’s coach
John Butler ponders the future direction of the club HERE

 

ROUND 10

Brisbane 11.10.76 d by Geelong 17.15.117
Sydney 11.15.81 d Collingwood 10.15.75
Gold Coast 15.8.98 d Port Adelaide 10.13.73
Adelaide 20.13.133 d North Melbourne 9.11.65
Melbourne 18.12.120 d Hawthorn 12.9.81
Carlton 10.14.74 d Western Bulldogs 9.8.62
Essendon 8.13.61 d by Fremantle 16.8.104
St Kilda 16.13.109 d Richmond 11.7.73
West Coast 13.10.88 d GWS 10.11.71

ROUNDS 1-9

 

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