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Tuesday, May 10, 2011

Balanced Sports on The Roar: The Demise of the Second Team

Posted on 1:17 PM by Unknown
Balanced Sports has once again been published on the Australian Sports commentary and opinion site, The Roar - this time regarding AFL fans' reluctance to embrace a second team.
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