Triple M’s Top 10 Footy Stories For 2017

2017 was a bloody big year for footy.

Richmond broke a premiership drought of 37 years, Dustin Martin put together on of the all-time great seasons, Melbourne managed to stuff up an almost certain finals place and Harry Taylor kept ham in his sock for an entire match for some reason.

In celebration of the season that was, we’ve combed through our archives and picked our 10 best articles for the year.

Trent Cotchin’s Selfless Act During Richmond’s Lap Of Honour

The Richmond skipper showed his class when he put Daniel Rioli on his shoulders to help the his injured teammate soak in the Tigers’ lap of honour.

Jimmy Bartel His Back At Taylor Walker’s Comments

After Tex Walker had a pop at ex-teammate Jake Lever for choosing “money over success”, Jimmy didn’t miss in his response. He said that the Crows “haven’t had success either” and that Tex “wants loyalty in a one-way street”.

Chompers Blows His Lid After Footy Show Stitch-Up

Our old mate Chompers blew up deluxe at Billy after a glorious stitch up on the Sunday Footy Show!

Nathan Brown Sledges A Player On Every Single Team

Browny found a player to sledge from every team in the comp and didn’t miss anyone, from David Mackay at Adelaide to Bob Murphy at the Doggies.

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Clayton Oliver Hits Back At Dane Swan's Brownlow Sledge

Swanny took over the Sportsbet twitter account on Brownlow night and dished out a massive whack to Melbourne’s Clayton Oliver. The Melbourne redhead responded with his own slam on the ex-Pie larrikin.

Richmond Can Still Finish 9th

After 21 rounds Richmond sat comfortably inside the top four, but we figured out a way they could still finish ninth. They didn’t, obviously, and the rest is history…

Tex Walker Reveals Harry Taylor's Bizarre Post-Game Antics

Harry Taylor is well known as a different cat, and he proved it this year when Tex Walker revealed that he’d kept a slice of ham in his sock during an entire game against Adelaide before pressing it into Josh Jenkins’ hand during the post-match handshakes. Weird.

Footage Emerges Of Barry Hall Delivering The 'Don't Argue' Of The Millennium

Big, Bad, Bustling Barry Hall showed he’s still got it with a MONSTER don’t argue for Labrador in the QAFL this year.

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Hugh Greenwood Gave Patrick Dangerfield An Absolute Belter Of A Sledge

The Crows rookie squared off with the Cats superstar and got him with a beauty of a sledge. Listen to it here:

Essendon Release Image Of Jake Stringer's Huge Guts Tattoo

Essendon released an image of new recruit Jake Stringer at training, and his huge stomach tattoo caught a few eyes…

Here’s to more laughs and footy in 2018.