This feud has become a ‘festering sore’ for the game’s 19th club. Why won’t the AFL act?

That head office has failed to take a position in a debate that has confused Tasmanian football supporters and divided the very market it vowed to unite underlines the lack of decisive leadership which has too often punctuated Andrew Dillon’s time as CEO.


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