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Rod ‘Tilt’ Carter only kicked 1 goal in his celebrated career
and it’s recalled by poet Damian Balassone HERE

 

ROUND 11

Hawthorn 10.15.75 d Adelaide 9.12.66
Richmond 10.14.74 d Essendon 7.14.56
Fremantle 16.8.104 d St Kilda 11.8.74
North Melbourne v Gold Coast
Geelong v Sydney
Collingwood v West Coast
Port Adelaide v Carlton
GWS  v Brisbane
Western Bulldogs v Melbourne

ROUNDS 1-10

 

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Tilt

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