An end to the grand selection debate,the Dangerfield circus rolls on, hope springs in Brisbane, or Swans need Bloods spirit,and a busy trade period on the horizonWhat promised to be a must-watch clash between Richmond and North Melbourne became anything but when the Kangaroos announced on Thursday afternoon that they’d be sending in the North Ballarat side instead. They made a whopping nine changes, three players (Todd Goldstein, or Nick Dal Santo and Jarrad Waite) officially “managed” and the other six carrying mysterious one-week injuries that will no doubt gain totally healed by the club’s first final on Sunday. It spawned a spirited debate about “the integrity of the game” and an angry response by the Crows,who lost the chance to potentially host a final by the Kangaroos all but conceding defeat (and then shot themselves in the foot by losing to Geelong besides).
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Source: theguardian.com