There is such a thing as trying to bite off too much. For about the last decade HPN has been covering the AFL Draft and Trade cycle. This includes bringing the “consensus phantom draft” concept to the AFL landscape from US sport. It’s usually amongst HPN’s most read and discussed
Continue reading »The 2024 Trade Period last hour and overall summary
With the last six trades of a slightly quieter trade period all dropping well into the evening, HPN focused on getting our summary done for the ABC, and now we return to wrap up the final trades in detail and add a bit more about the overall shape of the
Continue reading »The 2024 Trade Period Final Day Live
HPN will be covering this AFL Trade Period with daily posts, as a roundup or with progressive updates through the day. Watch for updates on social media. With today set to be hectic, HPN will be trying to keep up with the moves as they drop. Check back periodically or
Continue reading »The 2024 Trade Period Day 6
HPN will be covering this AFL Trade Period with daily posts, as a roundup or with progressive updates through the day. Watch for updates on social media. Tuesday, the penultimate day of trade period, saw some of the now regular Super Trades drop, two three way deals which both saw
Continue reading »The 2024 Trade Period Day 5
HPN will be covering this AFL Trade Period with daily posts, as a roundup or with progressive updates through the day. Watch for updates on social media. Another quiet day as the likely complex player trades continue to brew. There was some reporting this evening suggesting a previously mooted trade
Continue reading »The 2024 Trade Period Day 4 (and 2 and 3)
HPN will be covering this AFL Trade Period with daily posts, as a roundup or with progressive updates through the day. Watch for updates on social media. One of the things HPN notices each year covering trade period is that the kinds of trades which reveal club thinking about the
Continue reading »The 2024 Trade Period Day 1
HPN will be covering this AFL Trade Period with daily posts, as a roundup or with progressive updates through the day. Watch for updates on social media. It may still be a public holiday in half the country, but that hasn’t stopped the trade period beginning in earnest. Welcome to
Continue reading »Nick Daicos is worth two “Pick 1s”?!? Introducing the 2025 Trade Calculator
Shortly after every AFL season finishes the off-season begins. For some, it’s even more competitive than the actual season itself. The media landscape is flooded with loosely sourced speculation and rumour, much of it intended to benefit one party or another. Tim Finn sung about six months in a leaky
Continue reading »Why is Australia’s Olympic team so large? Or: How did Raygun make it to the Olympics?
Everywhere you look in Paris there are the green and gold uniforms of Australian athletes. Australia is represented in nearly every sport with the exception of fencing and handball. Overall Australia is fielding more competitors than any country except the hosts France and the behemoth that is the United States.
Continue reading »Paris 2024: Day 7 – Citius, Altius, Fortius – Communiter: What’s the most Olympic sport?
Citius, Altius, Fortius – Communiter Those words – in Latin – don’t really get around much in common conversation these days. But for two weeks every two years they tend to take a bit more prominence. They might resonate a little more in English these days. Faster, higher, stronger –
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