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Injury report says Rosas is available for selection this weekend. I'm tipping he plays.

You can dress it up however you like but I stick by my statement that it was big for both clubs. When you're sitting 6-4 in a precarious position (in Carlton's case, outside the top 8) then you really need to beat the teams around you on the ladder to stay in the hunt. Carlton did that on...

As has been pointed out, Essendon were far from impressive last night. We know it's going to be a big crowd and potentially 20k plus because Bombers fans are pumped about being 2nd on the ladder, but they definitely looked beatable last night. My tip is that we'll see a big difference in the way...

It's a big game considering both clubs sit mid-table with records of 6W 4L so far. It's the type of game both teams should be winning if they want to play finals this year. The next 4 games for Carlton are Gold Coast (8th), Port Adelaide (4th), Essendon (2nd) & Geelong (3rd) vs Gold Coast's next...

Looks like there's a fair few of us heading down for this one. Hope seems to be at an all-time high amongst Suns supporters. Let's hope the boys reward our faith tomorrow!

Two Burleigh boys Addinsall and Gulbin on debut. I'm guessing we got a special exception for bottom ager Addinsall like we did for Lombard last year?

We've beaten Carlton in 3 of our last 4 Marvel clashes against them. I'm more confident at Marvel than I would be at the MCG.

That will never happen. Imagine a team like Carlton finishing top 4, or even top 8 like you've suggested, and losing first round access to both Camporeale twins - it just won't happen. If you assume the Suns will make finals next year, then 3-4 of the best prospects coming out of our academy are...

Wasn't sure where to put this so I just figured I'd go with this thread. Shoutout to Nick from The Suns Stand who showed up on a Cartlon fan channel tonight and gave us some representation in a format that we typically don't have representation. Thought he handled himself pretty well and made us...

That's going to make it a lot easier for us to hold on to our academy guns. Theoretically, we should be able to trade both 2026 & 2027 picks (Tassie's first draft) for 2025 picks to hang on to our highly rated academy players. Only issue will be if we finish top 4 and more than one of our...

I get the point you're trying to make, but you have to remember that southern clubs like Fremantle are based in footy states and have an inherent benefit that comes with high level local footy talent that can be recruited home. Luke Jackson (East Fremantle), Jaeger O'Meara (Perth), Brad Hill...

Alright mate. To me it sounded like the typical lines you hear before a player requests a trade, but you're entitled to your opinion.

Still think Port will find a way to get him on their list. A bit like his cousin Trent Bugoyne who never ended up making it but there were flow on benefits that came/are coming in the form of Jase and Rome. Plus, there's something special about drafting cousins who both have fathers that played...

They are different climates. Townsville and Darwin fall into the tropical savanna climate, whereas Fiji falls into the tropical rainforest climate. So no, I wouldn't say Suva is more similar to Darwin than Townsville. There's more to it than just the temperature. That sounds like a good trade...

No, I'm pointing out that the Fijian Drua isn't the only team that plays home games in humid conditions and therefore shouldn't be the only win-loss record considered when trying to determine if a team based in higher humidity conditions can play in lower huimidity conditions. That was the...

It's a factor. As is higher cohesion with teammates in the national team (amongst other things). The old Melbourne Storm key players of Smith, Cronk, Slater etc proved just how far team cohesion can take you for over a decade when they would dominate for the Storm in lower humidity Melbourne...

Was thinking he could potentially fill a hole in our list as a goalscoring small forward. I haven't seen a lot of him but from the little vision I've seen he kind of reminds me of a younger Willie Rioli.

Fantastic news for us. Any word on Weitering?

I don't think you can just create a blanket rule that all teams who play/train in humid conditions are disadvantaged when playing in conditions that aren't humid purely because a Fijian rugby team can't win in Australia/NZ. There's so many factors that play into why a team may struggle on the...

Fantastic news on Rosas! Looks like he'll be lining up for us in the Essendon game next week.

Does anyone know if we have academy access to small forward Waylon Davey-Motlop this year? I noticed he was included in the Allies squad for the U18 national championships and is draft eligible this year. He's from Palmerston in Darwin (Sandy Brock's junior club) and has been boarding at Xavier...

So you're annoyed at the northern academy access and believe this year's draft is ruined, but the predictive top 20 of this year's draft currently includes four F/S picks (Ashcroft, Welsh, Camporeale x 2) vs one from the northern academies (Lombard). In fact, Lombard is the only Suns academy...

Think there's more to that than just the humidity. The Drua team is made up entirely of Fijian players who play together for the national team plus the living conditions is Fiji are pretty different to Australia and NZ. It's not really any different to the Swans having access to Newcastle...

Although Rankine is the better of the two, I think Dan Rioli is more of what we actually need right now. I don't think Rankine will ever play as a skilful running/rebounding halfback and Rioli has arguably already done that at an All-Australian level. Plus, Rioli is in his physical prime right...

This video from yesterday certainly sounds like a player that's about to leave. Skip forward to 5:52 in the video below when the journo asks him if he wants to stay at Richmond and he rolls out the typical lines we hear just before someone leaves like 'I'm contracted', 'I'm focusing on the team'...

Skip to 5:52 in this video and listen to Dan Rioli address whether he wants to stay at Richmond. He basically dodges the question entirely and could have easily shut it down by saying he wants to stay; instead he rolls out the typical lines you hear before a player leaves like 'I'm contracted'...

Not sure that's true. Kate McCarthy (former Brisbane AFLW player) said an NT team would be in a great position because she found that the skills of the Lions player would be even sharper when they played in Melbourne and they were always prepared for slippery conditions if it rained. So you get...

Second week in a row I've written this... this game is MASSIVE for the Suns. We just pulled off one of our greatest ever wins against Geelong in Darwin last week, but this is a completely different kettle of fish when trying to perform in the heartland of footy against a powerhouse club. We're...

Perhaps even more suprising is that we can move into the top 4 if Fremantle beat Collingwood on Friday night. We probably won't stay there but just being inside the top 4 at any point in time feels like it would be a huge shot in the arm for a young team like ours. Plus, the idea of hosting...

I liked that Dimma put out the call for Suns fans to show up for this game against Carlton. I can't remember any other Suns coach asking our supporters to show up for an away game. The guys who do On The Couch had us ranked 4th on their form ladder (last 6 games) tonight and had Carlton down in...