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The Southport Australian Football Club this year celebrates 60 years of existence and the Sharks are making the early running as the most likely non-Victorian club to give the VFL premiership a real shake.
Foundations
Southport have won 22 flags across the various senior competitions they have joined since 1961, with a sensational clubhouse with 55,000 members (memberships cost $5) and an 8000-seat boutique stadium.
They are hated too. Rival Gold Coast clubs like Labrador Tigers, Broadbeach Cats, Palm Beach Currumbin Lions and Surfers Paradise Demons have their own loyal fans, and they have been watching their teams, from seniors down to juniors, getting done by Southport year after year.
Around the country: Key Blue ready to return, Freeman continues VFL domination
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2021-05-10T09:30+10:00
There was plenty of VFL, SANFL and WAFL action on the weekend with some interesting storylines standing out.
One of them was the postponement of the Melbourne versus Sydney game, due to the COVID situation in New South Wales.
Here’s everything you need to know from the state leagues on the weekend.
Nathan Freeman continues his VFL domination
Frankston was smashed on the weekend by Williamstown, but Nathan Freeman continued his dominant start to the season, picking up 44 disposals in the loss.
Freeman is averaging 40 disposals across the opening month of the season and the former top-10 draft pick must be entering mid-season draft calculations.
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Leading up to Wednesday, June 2 all 18 AFL clubs will be frantically preparing for the opportunity to bring new talent onto their lists from the VFL, SANFL and WAFL.
Of course, there are several clubs that planned for this eventuality by leaving rookie spots open on their lists, while other clubs have had players go onto the long-term injury list having been determined to be unfit to return in 2021.
Retirements and disciplinary delistings have also opened space for clubs, with the reduced list sizes leaving several clubs with lengthening injury issues if patterns continue to deteriorate.