AFL Finals Week 1 preview: Hawks too experienced for young Dockers

What do Geelong, Hawthorn, Collingwood and Sydney have in common? All is revealed in Ben Waterworth’s preview of the first weekend of this year’s AFL finals.

AFL Round 22 Preview: Crows to upset Saints?

Ben Waterworth has returned from the Youth Olympics in Singapore in time to preview the final seven games of the home-and-away season for 2010.

AFL Round 21 Preview: Fighting for position

A fortnight out from the finals and the top eight is all but decided, but those eight teams are jostling for position… except perhaps Fremantle, who has flown the white flag. Ben Waterworth gives us his Round 21 preview.

AFL Round 19 Preview: Clash of the Titans II

For the second week in a row, two of the competition’s ‘big’ clubs meet at the MCG: Essendon come in on a high while Carlton plumbed the depths but the real interest this round is the top of the table clash between Collingwood and Geelong. Ben Waterworth gives us his preview of this week’s AFL fixtures.

AFL round 18 preview: Collingwood to continue its top form

A couple of the league’s biggest rivalries reignite this weekend with Collingwood meeting Carlton and the derby in Perth seeing Fremantle clash with West Coast. Ben Waterworth previews the round 18 action.

AFL round 17 preview: Aker-less Dogs to make a statement

Ben Waterworth returns with his preview of the Round 17 AFL action, featuring the Western Bulldogs looking to put a tumultuous week behind them and tonight’s big clash between St Kilda and Hawthorn.

AFL round 14 preview: Buddy vs. Bazza

Tonight’s Hawthorn v Western Bulldogs clash is shaping up as one of the highlights of the season. As we head ever closer to the finals, Ben Waterworth previews round 14 of the AFL season.

FootyHeads looking for volunteer reporters

Interested in AFL (you know, football) and want to get some experience writing about it? Footyheads is looking for volunteer reporters.

AFL Round 13 (Part 2) preview: Three games, three coin flips

There might be only three AFL games to be decided this weekend, but Ben Waterworth believes that each of them could go either way.

Carlton: The Ultimate Enigma

Carlton have been running hot and cold for much of the 2010 AFL season, but why so erratic? Ben Waterworth, upstart’s resident AFL expert, runs his rule over the Blues at the midseason break.

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