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The AFL Protected Zone is presented weekly by Eddy Jay and Lintang Enam and we explore everything and the universe about the great game of AFL (that's the Australian Football League, the game that's played in heaven and hell, and everywhere inbetween). A sub-cultural and different view on the very serious sport of Australian Rules football. Sociology, politics, hair styles, culture, music, colours, design. And, of course, football.
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Redemption is the new buzzword in the AFL. Collingwood found it. Western Bulldogs found it. And so did Essendon. Which team will be next? We explore this fascinating new concept, while reviewing Round 4, which proves we can kick and handball at the same time. The AFL Grand Final will be played at the MCG until 2057: cue the complaints from intersta…
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We've waited a long time for this, but we finally have a Man Bites Dog story for the AFL: An Essendon player bit a Western Bulldogs player. An act of love, frustration or just plain old hunger on the field? We explore. We review another excellent Round 3, and look at all the big issues of the day: Deliberate out of bounds; umpire reviews; and how d…
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Remember the AFL power forwards of the 1980s and 1990s? Tony Lockett, Jason Dunstall, Gary Ablett, Peter Sumich. Those were the days. But are these days coming back? We think the forward gorilla is returning and we explore why this is happening. How can we avoid serious injuries to players? Something needs to be done. What's happening at the Wester…
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It's hard to believe that the 2018 AFL season is about to start and what a time to get back to warm beers and cold pies at the football. An action-packed episode where we announce who will win the 2018 AFL Premiership – sure, it's a bit too early but we'd rather be the quick than the dead. We preview the first round of this new season and give our …
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It's 2018 and the AFL year has started with a big bang! We assess the merits of AFLX, AFLW and AFL: who has moved, new coaches, who will drop out and who will step up in 2018. We look at lo-brow, high-brow and every brow in between. And a surge towards out song of the week, Who's In and Who's Out.Di AFL Protected Zone
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There's nothing more to say except... it's Tigertime in the AFL! Richmond are the 2017 Premiers and we dissect each quarter of the AFL Grand Final, the national anthem and where Adelaide lost the game. We think they put too much emphasis on their stare-down and not enough in the big show-down. And we celebrate Dusty’s best year ever, with a differe…
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The magic moment we've all been waiting for: The 2017 AFL Grand Final. But first, we review the Preliminary Finals, assess the Trent Cotchin bump on Dylan Shiel, the clash of the clash jumpers and the Brownlow Martin. Who will win the last day in September? Richelaide or Ademond? It will be a winner for the romantics, but it's not quite Tigertime a…
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The finals series has not been up to standard and we launch a scathing attack on the most one-side finals series ever. What can the AFL do? Begrudgingly, we review the second week of the finals and offer some suggestions for how to improve the cause. At 7.49 on Friday night, Sydney were premiership favourites, Geelong also rans. But at 10.30, Sydne…
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