EXCLUSIVE Gut-wrenching break-up rocks the AFL's top team: What's really behind star player's 'personal issues' keeping him off the field - and why it couldn't have come at a worse time
The Magpies have been without Bobby Hill since their June 21 match against St Kilda.
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