Rookies to be a thing of the past
The AFL now looks certain to phase out rookies with all players to be part of a primary list from 2018.
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Caroline Wilson
Caroline Wilson has been chief football writer for The Age since 1999. She was the first woman to cover Australian Rules football on a full-time basis and the first woman to win the AFL's gold media award. She has won the AFL Players' Association's football writer of the year (1999) and the AFL Media Association's most outstanding football writer and most outstanding feature writer (2000, 2003, 2005). In 2014 she won the Melbourne Press Club's Graham Perkin award as Australian journalist of the year. She also won a MPC Quill Award in 2003.
Saints punt on luck of the Irish
St Kilda has added two new Irish rookies to its international stable in the club's latest step towards growing its talent base outside of the AFL draft.
AFL season 2016: Brisbane Lions’ revamp hit as coaches look to leave den
Struggling club aiming for 2017 restructure faces an exodus of key assistant coaches.
Round 23 fixture confirmed: Monday night footy abandoned
The AFL has abandoned the prospect of featuring a Monday night game in round-23 following vociferous complaints from the prospective home team Adelaide and a prior commitment held by broadcaster Channel Seven.
Prepare for Good Friday football, with commission tipped to approve 4pm match in 2017
The AFL Commission will almost certainly make a definitive call on Good Friday football this week with the long-held tradition of keeping the religious day football-free expected to be broken and a 4pm game scheduled for next season in Melbourne.
Lions Rockliff, Leppitsch meet to air grievances
Under-fire Brisbane captain Tom Rockliff and the Lions management appear to have settled their differences after a specially-convened meeting in Melbourne on the eve of the strong win over Essendon.
Bulldogs boss quits
Western Bulldogs boss David Stevenson has dramatically resigned from the club after barely one year in the job.
Swans made right call on Talia
It is difficult to fault Sydney's handling of the Michael Talia arrest last weekend.
Lyon comeback will not include return to The Footy Show
As Garry Lyon's long-time manager and friend Craig Kelly begins the highly sensitive task of managing his prime client's journey back into public life there appears to be at least one non-negotiable.
Demetriou plays role in AFL radio rights stoush
A company chaired by former AFL boss Andrew Demetriou has played a pivotal role in the hotly contested radio rights negotiations which have threatened Triple M's dominance of football broadcasting on the FM band.
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