Around the country: Giants skipper returns, Tiger reported, young Pie could be 8th debutant
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2021-07-05T12:04+10:00
There was plenty of action across the state leagues for your AFL sides this weekend.
There were players returning from injury, young guns standing up and dominant performances across the board, highlighted by the returns of Stephen Coniglio and Jesse Hogan for GWS and Zak Butters for Port Adelaide.
The WAFL did not run due to COVID-19 restrictions in Western Australia.
Here’s some of our takeaways:
Promising signs for Port
Port Adelaide edged closer to the top five by beating Central District by nine points in a low-scoring affair.
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A bit of a whirlwind round awaited us in Round 8. Plenty of strong wins, a lot of high-flying speckies and an unusual amount of talk about prison bars. Here are the talking points.
Grand final rematch flips the script, but a new character proves the difference
In last year’s decider, it was the Cats who led comfortably at halftime, before Richmond emerged from the break with a stunning run of football that allowed them to come back and then some.