Australia beaten in series opener
JON PIERIK 6:20pm Australia was urged to bring a 'razzle dazzle' style, but it was the Irish who shone.
Club-by-club guide to the trade period
MICHAEL GLEESON Memo to AFL players: while holidaying in Bali you now have new teammates.
Sydney's Buddy big problem
Pies gain White, pick No. 6
Yarran over a fit of the blues
Lion Billy Longer set to become a Saint
Dealing with the demons
Farewell comeback king
Adelaide Oval honour goes to Port
Bombers, Saints keen on Longer
Paul Chapman joins Essendon
Dal Santo bound for the Kangas
Saints, Demons head for heaven or hell
Blockbuster trade: Tyson to Demons
Latest sport newsThe 2013 AFL grand final
Full coverage All the news, player ratings, photos, videos, polls and plenty more as the season concluded.
Sydney's Buddy big problem
JAKE NIALL It's 2020 and Lance Franklin's massive contract is causing the Swans a few headaches.
AFL draft 2013: the next best
EMMA QUAYLE The draft combine provides recruiters with plenty to weigh up in the weeks ahead.
Game changer
Lance Franklin's Sydney move and his attitude to the Irish tour has damaged the AFL.
Trade your way to premierships
WILL BRODIE To go from contender to champion clubs must recruit for specific needs with judicious trading.
Trades: Chapman kicks on
Geelong veteran set to fly again with the Bombers - plus all the other AFL trade news
Your ticket to football heaven
Football clubs offering all kinds of enticements to encourage fans to sign on.
Breaking up is so hard to do
Even sophisticated fans can have conflicted views on exits of Buddy, Daisy.
Kerr: an all-time Eagles great
Liam Ducey For all his faults, Daniel Kerr should be remembered among West Coast's greats.
Franklin has the domino effect
During every trade period the movement of the biggest fish sends ripples through the pool.
Shaw, Adams: a straight swap
Heath Shaw-Taylor Adams trade should have straight swap written all over it.
VIDEOS
Lance Franklin gets hero's welcome
Sydney Swans recruit Lance Franklin was mobbed by fans outside his new club after he made his first press appearance wearing red and white.
Hawks sink determined Dockers
Hawthorn too strong for Fremantle, winning the 2013 AFL grand final by 15 points despite a spirited late fightback from the Dockers.
Bedlam behind the barriers at grand final parade
Media madness unfolds as reporters clamour for fleeting interviews with some of the biggest stars of the AFL grand final parade.
Dockers fans descend on Melbourne
Traveling more than 40 hours on the road to support Fremantle, fans aboard the purple-and-white bus have arrived in Melbourne.
VOTES
Age Footballer of the Year
Round 23 votes for the Age's major award.
Hawks fans' luxury of losing count
GREG BAUM A Hawthorn supporter can still be of working age, and claim to have seen 11 flags.
PHOTOS
Boots and all
The Age, in association with Coles and Linfox, launches Boots for Kids, a special community project to help football-living children in northern Australia.