The unresolved Hird question

By Jake Niall
Updated March 23 2014 - 4:08pm, first published March 22 2014 - 10:50pm

On the morning after its first game of 2014, the Essendon Football Club inhaled slowly and smelt the roses from a memorable victory. The Dons were talking about their three debutants, Dustin Fletcher's games record-breaker and, not least, the impact made by Mark Thompson's most notable recruit, Paul Chapman.

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