Bolton gets down to business
Peter Hanlon 5:23 PM Carlton's new coach tones down the smiles and juts his jaw for the long journey ahead.
Draft countdown: 50 to 41
![Alastair Lynch (right) tangles with Port Adelaide's Darryl Wakelin during the 2004 grand final.](/web/20151112042535im_/http://www.theage.com.au/content/dam/images/g/k/w/o/n/m/image.related.thumbnail.90x60.gkwl1u.zzjx4.png/1447300151289.jpg)
Matt Murnane 2:20 PM To mark the 30th year of the national draft, Fairfax Media has compiled an all-time draft list by the numbers.
Barham believes he's right fit for Dons
Demons set to record stronger profit
Demons launch new logo
Doping scandal won't help Dons
Tuck knocked out during boxing debut
AFL draft 2015: Meet Sam Skinner
Should Dons give Aker a chance?
Winds of change at Blues
Blues further in the red with $2m loss
Worsfold hopes picks will have impact
Ablett likely to share Suns captaincy
No sanctions expected against Talias
AFL draft 2015: When Darcy met Rhys
Akermanis wants job at Essendon
Draft countdown: 60 to 51
Crowley may play for Swan Districts
Dees cut Michie from senior list
Mabior Chol puts family first
Daniel Cherny Sudan-born Mabior Chol once watched an attempted kidnapping of his brother.
Meet Clayton Oliver
When Clayton Oliver moved into an apartment in Mooroopna at the start of the year, it wasn't all about footy.
How Harvard helped the Dangerfield deal
Jake Niall The game's biggest deal of 2015, the Paddy Dangerfield trade, was influenced by Harvard University business school lessons.
Fixture: Real winners and losers
Rohan Connolly How does the AFL fixture stack up for all clubs when put under the forensic microscope of our tried and true ranking formula?
Hibberd does it the hard way.
Emma Quayle A doctor suggested he should give footy away, but Mitchell Hibberd persevered, and used his injury lay-off to do something useful.
Love triumphs over hate for Dempsey
Peter Hanlon Essendon's veteran defender reflects on a frustrating year that he feared could be his last.
Comment
Saints pay for Carlisle's stupidity
Caroline Wilson Jake Carlisle's irresponsible behaviour has undone some of St Kilda's good work, and the club should renegotiate his contract.
Dons believe they can fly back up
Michael Gleeson and Jake Niall Essendon believe they can challenge for the top four again within three years under new coach John Worsfold after a period of turbulence.
Fyfe the full football package
Rohan Connolly Brownlow winners are marked pretty harshly these days.
Sitting down with Jack Silvagni
Emma Quayle There hasn't been much need for subtle hints about how badly Jack Silvagni would love to become a third-generation Carlton player.
AFL waves bye bye to coaches' round-23 farce
Michael Gleeson This is the bye the AFL has scheduled for everyone because some decided to have their own a week earlier anyway.
NAB Challenge fixture 2016
The 2016 NAB Challenge fixture.
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.
Best grand final moments ever
Rohan Connolly Any game of football can turn or be decided on a single moment.
Adam Goodes: no fanfare, not enough fair fans
Greg Baum Adam Goodes has chosen to fade out of the game, without fanfare.