YOU DON'T need to have followed AFL for your whole life to have Fantasy success. Chris Burnham and Tom Hales are testament to this after finishing first and second in AFL Fantasy Classic last season.

"You'd have to be dead to be more stiff!" That's all that was left for Nick Rippon to say when a 51-leg multi bet fell short on Thursday. Somehow, the monster play was only an NBA three-pointer away ...

Alex Pearce broke his left arm twice in the space of a few weeks. Picture: Getty ImagesSource: Getty Images “The plan was if we made finals, I’d give it a crack to try and play,” he said.

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