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  "id": 234074,
  "title": "Resting or tanking? Why your AFL club may not win before finals",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/06/resting-or-tanking-why-your-afl-club-may-not-win-before-finals",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-08-06T19:06:27.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "ABC News AU",
    "slug": "abc-news-au",
    "url": "https://www.abc.net.au/news/2026-08-07/why-afl-teams-tank-and-whether-it-works-draft/107002986"
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  "original_language": "en",
  "account": null,
  "summary": "As finals hopes fade for some AFL teams, some question whether it's better to lose now to win later. But that might not always be the best policy.",
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  "coverage": {
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  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}