News about Jack Higgins

While Carlton fans may be celebrating their history-making captain after Monday night's Brownlow Medal count, many footy fans believe Patrick Cripps' win (right) has exposed a massive problem with the award (pictured left, Cripps and wife Monique at the ceremony on Monday night).

Umpire Steven Piperno was replaced halfway through the second quarter of a clash between Carlton and St Kilda at Melbourne's Marvel Stadium on Sunday after a bottle was thrown at his head.

Goal umpire Steven Piperno was hit from behind by a flying bottle, which appeared to be full of water halfway through the second quarter during Carlton's crucial clash against St Kilda at Marvel Stadium on Sunday afternoon.

Ken Hinkley has shown the toll of the last few days, choking up immediately after Port Adelaide's crucial two-point AFL win over St Kilda.

Injury-hit Port Adelaide was left counting the cost of Friday night's courageous win over dogged St Kilda, with star skipper Connor Rozee, Aliir Aliir and Sam Powell-Pepper all failing to see out the scrappy contest

An AFL club has released a throwback video of one of their star players as a child being arrested in the crowd during an enthralling game way back in 2005. So, can you guess who it is?

After being led to believe he had won a new car for his dramatic appearance against St Kilda on Sunday, Adelaide Crows rookie Patrick Parnell has been stitched up by teaching staff. Following his mighty grab, 'Pistol' Parnell, 21, received a Mark of the Year nomination, albeit with a new vehicle.' In a video shared by Adelaide on Monday night, the defender was led to believe he had landed a new set of wheels.

HENRY DEEDES: What is the most tedious phrase in the English language? This was a tough one. Any ranking would need a 'Rail replacement bus' somewhere near the top. You might want to see it, sorted, or undiscovered product in the bagging area,'. The Northern Ireland Protocol is essentially the name of a controversial Jack Higgins book involving gun-toting Irish gangsters, but it refers instead, as we know all too well, to the more straightforward questions of EU law and pettifogging trade relations. Any mention of the protocol is enough to make even the most hardened political anorak roll their eyes and yel for a loaded revolver these days. No wonder then, that dull old Sir Keir Starmer (left) is fond of discussing it. Any agreement Rishi Sunak (right) strikes with the EU over the coming week is likely to produce a long wedge between him and his party.

Former St Kilda star Rod 'Rocket' Owen has demanded that the AFL stop delivering 'empty words' to former players that are suffering the ongoing effects of concussion after the concussion-related death of his former captain and friend Danny Frawley