Grundy on belief, balance, and trusting yourself
Emma Quayle 2:43 PM Brodie Grundy is learning about finding the balance, trusting his intuition, his gut, and playing good footy.
Live AFL: Cats v Swans
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Michael Gleeson 6:30 PM Both top four teams boast 10-4 records. Which team will take the points and stay in touch with the Hawks?
Footy Show gaffe could cost Nine $2M
Big penalties for drug secrecy breaches
AFL concussion diagnosis: 10-fold leap
Saints coach flags captaincy change
Rivalry for the ages: old and the bold
Ebert could take on Kangaroos
Do rebuilding Tigers have enough football bite at board level?
Rival player visits inappropriate: Bulldogs president Gordon
Murphy another three weeks away
Umpires mystify Clarkson, Hinkley
I'm not going to St Kilda: Rockliff
How Crows handled the aftermath of Phillip Walsh's death
Ashley Porter Adelaide Football Club CEO Andrew Fagan remembers as if it were yesterday, on Friday, July 3 last year going to his filing cabinet at 4am looking for a document on the procedure in a crisis.
How the week that was took me back to North's dark chicken day
Samantha Lane Images of violence against women have long plagued the AFL.
When beating the best doesn't mean beating the rest
Rohan Connolly Geelong have proved adept at beating the best, if not beating the teams they must.
Grundy on belief, balance, and trusting yourself
Emma Quayle 2:43 PM Brodie Grundy is learning about finding the balance, trusting his intuition, his gut, and playing good footy.
Innovation, attack, defence – it's all a matter of balance for teams on the rise
Chris Judd Under Paul Roos and Simon Goodwin, Melbourne are playing some incredibly attacking football – much like Port Adelaide in 2014.
Bulldog Boyd a master of terrible timing
Rohan Connolly Tom Boyd has played just 27 games of AFL football, but he is developing an unfortunate knack for very poor timing.
Living the dream, but not in the bubble: Stevie J on life in Sydney
Steve Johnson From the moment you enter an AFL club these days, your anonymity is generally lost and you find yourself being recognised by people you don't know. But at Greater Western Sydney ...
Are crowds as committed to a TV game?
Rohan Connolly There were plenty of reasons for the paltry crowd which attended last Friday night's game at the MCG. But was it also a pointer to a more deep-seated problem for AFL football?
Lions' lack of competitiveness disturbing
Andrew Stafford Few anticipated the Lions climbing too many rungs up the ladder in 2016, but still fewer expected the disaster that has unfolded.
Dane Swan is probably gone - he'll be missed
Wayne Carey While Dane Swan has declared publicly this week he's still holding out hope of a return late in the season, in my opinion he's played his final game for Collingwood.
Banter? Pull the other leg
Greg Baum This wasn't banter. Banter, says the dictionary, is "the playful and friendly exchange of teasing remarks". The key word is "exchange", implying giving and getting. This was all giving.
After the apologies, lessons to be learnt
Caroline Wilson The AFL knew it faced a thankless task as it simultaneously tackled two major public issues in a week which brought with every new day a new apology.
VIDEOS
AFL plays of round 15
Jack Silvagni makes his debut, Jason Johannisen saves the day, St Kilda show off their ball skills and West Coast deliver a thumping.
Collingwood creep past Carlton
A second straight win for Collingwood will ease pressure on coach Nathan Buckley.
Doggies down Swans again
Western Bulldogs nail a thrilling four-point win over Sydney Swans.
AFL Season 2016 - Time Capsule
Our reporters give their predictions for the upcoming 2016 AFL season.
Joe Daniher: a special talent
Wayne Carey As I watched Joe Daniher jumping high, I was left wondering how the footy world had forgotten about this guy's talents.
'So close yet we didn't know'
Peter Hanlon Young Bulldog Lukas Webb has lost two close mates to suicide. He knows more must be done to help.
Swans making critics look silly
Rohan Connolly The thinking was sound enough. But it's looking like the critics fell for the oldest trick in the book ... again.
Best grand final moments ever
Rohan Connolly Any game of football can turn or be decided on a single moment.