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About Richard Hinds
About Richard Hinds
Richard Hinds is the Melbourne-based sports writer for the Sydney Morning Herald. Hinds has covered the AFL for almost two decades, several Olympic Games, international golf and numerous Grand Slam tennis tournaments. Hinds grew up in Victoria where he witnessed the expansion of the national competition and, during his time with the SMH, has reported on some of the key moments in the Swans' gradual rise from unloved interloper to Sydney icon - including their stunning 2005 premiership victory.
One giant leap for stupidity
St Kilda's 15-point victory over North Melbourne at Carrara Stadium on Saturday was meritorious for all sorts of reasons.
Goodes is the thief booked for jaywalking
It was not an act of brutality or even significant negligence that brought Adam Goodes's unbroken streak of 204 games to an end.
When clubs are ready to pay any price for a flag
Despite AFL's lofty ideals, punishment does not always fit the crime.
Swans in his blood
As Jude Bolton prepares for No. 200, insiders know his great worth to the Swans.
Franklin can play as bump gets reprimand
A WEEK after Sydney's Adam Goodes was ridiculed as a protected species because he was reprimanded for a high bump on West Coast's Adam Selwood, Hawthorn's young superstar Lance Franklin has been offered the same lenient treatment despite the AFL's early season crackdown on high contact.
Big 3 have something to fear as Swans step it up
Any given season is supposed to be like a marathon, with a tight-knit pack gradually reduced to a handful of contenders.
If you fix them, fans will flock
First Collingwood, now Carlton - the AFL is always keen to help clubs that have strength in supporter numbers.
Protected species will certainly become the hunted now
FOR reasons he may or may not appreciate - Swans players seldom agree to talk about anything more controversial than their golf games - Adam Goodes was unlucky not to be suspended for his head-high bump on West Coast's Adam Selwood.
Pressure rises on 'ugly' Saints
The most recent lament of success-starved St Kilda fans is that Sydney have ruined their lives. Or at least ruined their team.
Goodes may pay the price for past 'sins'
Adam Goodes faces the possibility of a suspension that would end his run of 202 consecutive games.
It's the recession West Coast had to have
In the West, there's equanimity about a season going pear-shaped - a rebound is certain. Is the faith misplaced? Richard Hinds reports.
It's all quiet on the western front
Sydney's unexpectedly quiet build-up to its match against West Coast seems like a case of the calm before the calm.
Worsfold KOs eye-for-an-eye talk
According to West Coast coach John Worsfold, revenge will be served neither hot nor cold at Subiaco on Saturday night. It won't even be on the menu.
Already only nine left to go into eight
Not even halfway through the home and away season, the possibilities for the top eight are as limited as the choice of French champagnes in a country pub.
Kirk joins Hird, Voss in game's elite
Brett Kirk has long been the most highly-rated supposedly underrated player in the AFL.
Cats are among the pigeons now
For weeks now the anticipation of the round 17 match between front-running Geelong and Hawthorn has grown more eager.
Post-it note to AFL - it's gonna blow
WHAT do you expect when you try to open a can of baked beans with a stick of dynamite?
Get set for a blast, thanks to new Post-it rule
The AFL now has less than four days to defuse the time bomb created by the paperwork element of its new interchange rules.
Numbers just don't add up in the west
On Saturday night a mere 6881 turned up for St George Illawarra's victory over Melbourne at ANZ Stadium.
Memo AFL: someone loses in musical chairs
North flirted shamelessly with the Gold Coast. When the AFL came on a bit too strong, the Roos stormed out of the bar.
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