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Congratulations to the North Melbourne Kangaroos for their 2025 AFLW title. Back-to-back premierships and 2 straight unbeaten seasons. They finished 4th in #ABST2024 so going to right up the top for #ABST2025. Tap for #ABST2024 details - zurl.co/ZLxnw

Wasn’t to be for Brisbane but that’s game 28 for the Kangaroos winning streak with the GF win.

#ABST2025 watch - A potential unique outcome if the Brisbane Lions win the 2025 #AFLW Grand Final. Brisbane will hold the Men's & Women's titles for both AFL & NRL. Some serious bragging rights for BrisVegas! Tap for #ABST2024 ranking & details zurl.co/jFuAu

With the North Melbourne Kangaroos team heading into this weekends AFLW Grand Final on a 27 game unbeaten streak (and potential back-2-back Premiers) things are definately looking tight at the top of #ABST2025. Tap for #ABST2024 ranking and details - zurl.co/04jda

Another positive week in Japan engaging with clubs and learning more about the unique sporting landscape.

Japan League One rugby pre-season in full swing.

You will not be able to look at teams in the same way again when viewed through the lens of Cohesion Analytics. Reach out to understand how this can be applied in your domain #CohesionMatters

Listen to the latest Storytellers Australia podcast - storytellersaustralia.au/episode/nic-...

⚽️ Consistent selection made Arsenal a contender — and new talent might finally take them to a title My Week in Sport(s) ⚽️ 🏏 🏉 ⚾️ 🏒

Leading Plot the Ball this week: analysis of Arsenal’s consistency of selection, and how it’s vaulted them into the Premier League’s top tier.

The newsletter also features notes on Laura Wolvaardt, the Irish rugby team, Yoshinobu Yamamoto and Macklin Celebrini: www.plottheball.com/p/consistent...

Tokyo/Japan based connections. Co-Founder Simon Strachan will be in Japan Nov 14th - 21st. Reach out to get an understanding on how the Cohesion Analytics Methodology can be used within the Corporate, Financial Services & Sporting environments. #CohesionMatters #TalentIsNotEnough

The Monopoly Effect: “As coaches I think we tend to not really recognise when things are in our favour” #AttributionBias

Listen to returning guest Ben Darwin on the Coaching Culture Podcast with Ben Herring.

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Heading into the #AFLW finals and with the North Melbourne Kangaroos not having lost a game since the 2023 AFLW Grand Final they are looking to be in a strong position for #ABST2025. Tap for #ABST2024 ranking & details www.gainline.biz/abst2024

Governance and the Boardroom are as integral to a sporting team's performance as the players and coach. Listen to returning guest Ben Darwin on the Coaching Culture Podcast with Ben Herring.

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Latest Ben Herring Coaching Culture Podcast with returning guest Ben Darwin - How Cohesion influences the Coach and the importance of Governance podcasts.apple.com/nz/podcast/y...

With the #NPC complete (congrats Canterbury) #TWI played a role in each teams ability to perform through the season. The #TWI ave of 6 non-finalists 57%, #TWI ave of all teams - 71%, #TWI ave of the 8 finalists - 81%, #TWI ave of the Grand Final - 84% #CohesionMatters #Governance

"Highlight for me was former Wallaby Ben Darwin from GAIN LINE Analytics" #TheLeadershipThinkTank

Reach out and engage with GAIN LINE Analytics to make #CohesionAnalytics part of your organisation's decision making process - gainline.biz/contact

As NRL & AFL folks head off on their summer PD trips checking in with high performing teams to find out what makes them good - Don't be afraid to also visit some poorer performing teams to see the difference. They may not be what everybody assumes they are #CohesionMatters

With the Top 14 & Pro D2 already started and the Premiership and URC starting this weekend, here is to the next 9 months of Northern Hemispere Club Rugby (just need to wait a couple of more months before Japan League One).

This weekend's Grand Final to be played out by two very high Cohesion, high capacity teams. As Brisbane's steady rise over the years has shown, it takes time to become competitive in the AFL. It's most often the slow and steady organisations that get to play it out in September.

Heading into the #NRL Preliminary Finals weekend with the Top 3 #TWI teams still in the mix. Long-term recruitment practice paying dividends at the business end of the season #Governance #CohesionMatters

Fantastic 8 days in Japan overlaying #CohesionAnalytics with the unique recruitment dynamics of Japan League One Rugby having to juggle Category A/B/C player combinations. Emphasis on long-term performance and recruitment ROI. #CohesionMatters #TalentIsNotEnough

Resharing with the finals in full swing. Remaining 4 #AFL teams had the strongest #Cohesion of the Top 8 through the H/A season. Lowest #Cohesion team in the Top 8 got bundled out in 2 games.

Don’t forget Japan League One (28 of the Boks points)

The stat you’ve never heard of: The secret herbs and spices behind Collingwood’s success? This is the little-known performance measure that could brighten the smile of Collingwood fans as the Magpies chase a second flag in three seasons.

The #AFL finals will come down to 1-off games but the capacity of each team played out across the majority of the competition during the H/A season. You have got to be in it to win it.

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It takes time to develop a strong #TWI but it can drop as fast as a Shinkansen without effective oversight #CohesionAnalytics

Japanese based connections - GM of Sport Simon Strachan is in Japan through to September 12th. Reach out to connect.

Context is important when understanding outcomes. The Wallabies recent win against the Springboks has now put the British & Irish Lions series in a different light. Tap to read more - www.linkedin.com/feed/update/...

Tap here to explore The Leadership Circle featuring GAIN LINE Analytics' Ben Darwin
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2 wins from the 3 promoted teams after the first round of the Premier League. 1 game does not make a trend but great start regardless for Sunderland and Leeds.

This AFL pick swap was part of North Melbourne’s grand plan. But now they’re on the verge of unwanted history The Roos bet on themselves to not still be treading water when they sent their 2025 first-round draft pick to Richmond for the Tigers’ No.27 selection last year and their second-rounder this year.

Why #Cohesion Matters… www.theage.com.au/sport/afl/th...