AFL draft: The countdown is on

Emma Quayle   Profiles of the 80 draft prospects attending this year's AFL national combine.

Draft hopeful's heart scare

Emma Quayle   Wayne Milera missed his first heart screening and didn’t imagine he would hear anything more about his ECG after making it in for a catch-up appointment.

Rioli progressing in the family business

Emma Quayle   Ask Daniel Rioli to describe the best possible Saturday. He won't need to think for very long, or make any of it up.

Fyfe the full football package

Rohan Connolly   Brownlow winners are marked pretty harshly these days.

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What's happening during the off-season?

It's the season for player movement at all 18 AFL clubs. Need a reminder of which stalwarts have retired since their club's final game in 2015? And want to know who's been cut?

Too great for their own good?

Greg Baum   When Hawthorn won the 2008 premiership, the crowd at Glenferrie Oval to celebrate the next day was around 15,000.

Woosha the right man for the job

Michael Gleeson   Dons not so subtly telegraphed this when they boarded Little's private jet.

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Three cheers as Hawks overflow with cups

Greg Baum   At a certain point on Saturday, some players gesturedas if to ask for more noise.

Year of the failing fan

Jake Niall   The year AD 1 — one After Demetriou — was meant to be the Year of the Fan. Alas, it turned into a perverse reverse: the Year of Fan Failure.

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The battle of the three-peaters

Andrew Stafford   Hawthorn's modern triple-premiership winning heroes against the Brisbane Lions of 2001-2003. 

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Hawks older but wiser heads prevail

Rohan Connolly   Hawthorn is the oldest premiership side in league football history.

The 1989 grand final had it all

Rohan Connolly   Just where do you start with the 1989 grand final? .

VIDEOS

Luke Hodge's freakish grand final goal

Hawthorn captain Luke Hodge kicks a contender for best goal of the 2015 grand final.

Cyril Rioli best player in AFL grand final

Hawthorn forward Cyril Rioli wins the Norm Smith Medal in the AFL grand final.

What's the greatest Grand Final of all time?

Everyone's got an opinion - what's the greatest AFL Grand Final of all time?

The Age Footballer of the Year is Goldstein

North Melbourne ruckman Todd Goldstein surpassed Nat Fyfe in the final round.

The greatness of Hawthorn

Greg Baum   How to measure the greatness of Hawthorn? With apologies to Elizabeth Barrett Browning, let us count the ways.

Fyfe the full football package

Rohan Connolly   Brownlow Medal winners are marked pretty harshly these days.

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Best grand final moments ever

Rohan Connolly   Any game of football can turn or be decided on a single moment.

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Adam Goodes: no fanfare, not enough fair fans

Greg Baum   Adam Goodes has chosen to fade out of the game, without fanfare.