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Conor Nashâs move into Hawthornâs midfield worked wonders in Sundayâs upset win over finals-bound Brisbane in Tasmania.
The 23-year-old, who stands at 197cm and weighs 93kg, collected 23 disposals, laid nine tackles and won seven clearances in a career-best performance.
Nash boosted his chances of earning a contract extension with his current deal due to expire at the end of the season.
Hawthorn great Dermott Brereton credited coach-in-waiting Sam Mitchell for shifting the Irishman into the midfield.
âThe boy Conor Nash has only ever played as a pressure forward â nowhere else in senior footy,â Brereton told
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The AFL may need to pause the season after eight Sydney and GWS players were forced into isolation, premiership-winning coach Adam Simpson says.
Star forward Toby Greene is among eight players from the Giants and the Swans now isolating in Queensland after attending a COVID-19 exposure site.
The eight players were made unavailable for Sunday night s game between GWS and Sydney in Queensland.
The AFL may need to pause the season after eight Sydney and GWS players were forced into isolation, premiership-winning coach Adam Simpson says
The AFL says 15 players and staff members from the two Sydney-based clubs attended the Wallabies Test match against France in Melbourne on Tuesday night.
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Victoria’s Delta outbreak is being fuelled by people under 40 who have been unable to secure a vaccination and are infecting others before contact tracers reach them.
The state’s lockdown is threatening to extend beyond five days, with 19 new local cases recorded on Saturday, taking the total number of infected people in the latest outbreak to 43.
More than 10,000 close contacts are isolating across Victoria.
A closed Myer store in the deserted Bourke Street Mall on Saturday.
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Chief Health Officer Brett Sutton warned Victorians on Saturday to be ready for what could emerge over the next few days. “We just need to brace ourselves for any possibility,” he said.