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Western Bulldogs to pay $5.9m to child sexual abuse victim over paedophile access

Posted on November 8, 2023 by Admin

AFL club Western Bulldogs negligent in giving paedophile fundraiser special access to victim in the 1980s, supreme court finds

An Australian rules football club will pay out almost $6m to a child sexual abuse victim after it was found negligent in giving a paedophile special access to the boy.

A supreme court civil jury on Thursday delivered its verdict against the Western Bulldogs over the abuse of Adam Kneale at the hands of a club fundraiser, following a four-week trial.

Demons win grand final rematch as Bulldogs downed in AFL season opener

Posted on March 16, 2022 by Admin

Melbourne win 14.13 (97) to 11.5 (71) in front of 58,002 at MCG
Dees unfurl their first premiership flag in 57 years before game

Melbourne toppled the Western Bulldogs again, winning a topsy-turvy grand-final rematch by 26 points in the AFL season-opener at the MCG. The Demons stormed out of the blocks on a night when they unfurled their first premiership flag in 57 years, with the first-half playing out in eerily similar circumstances to last year’s decider.

After booting the first four goals of the match, Melbourne then had to withstand a blistering surge as the Bulldogs piled on the next eight majors. But just as they did several times in 2021, the Demons’ stars turned the game around in quick fashion to kick off their premiership defence in style, prevailing 14.13 (97) to 11.5 (71) in front of 58,002 fans.