No alarm bells at Hawthorn: Birchall
Alarm bells aren't ringing at Waverley Park, with Grant Birchall noting Hawthorn remain ladder leaders and will learn plenty from Saturday's reality check.
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Eagles down Dockers in Western Derby
A seven-goal haul by Eagles forward Josh Kennedy in the Western Derby looks to have locked West Coast in to a top-eight finish.
Encouraging news for two injured Roos
Scans have cleared key North Melbourne pair Ben Brown and Scott Thompson of significant injury.
AFL: Classy Cats cream Bombers
No contest between a team whose year is inching to a close, and one who has bigger things still to do.
Age Footballer of the Year: Round 20 votes
Round nine votes for The Age Footballer of the Year award for the 2016 premiership season.
Demons' turn to start dealing it out
Melbourne have played some exciting football in 2016. But there's a new-found maturity and resilience about the Demons to go with it, too.
Sparkling Silvagni lifts Dockers despite derby defeat, says Lyon
Dockers defender Alex Silvagni gains praise after keeping key Eagles' forwards quiet.
Plenty for Cats to work on, says Scott
Geelong coach rues missed chances in tight top-four battle, looks for improvement in lead-up to finals.
AFL 2016: Brendon Bolton laments 'sluggish' Carlton after St Kilda hammering
Three hard-fought performances in three weeks took may have taken physical toll, says coach.
Richardson will embrace finals 'noise'
St Kilda coach Alan Richardson will embrace the "noise" of finals talk from outside the club this week after his team kept their slim September hopes alive with a crushing 71-point win over Carlton on Sunday.
VFL wrap: Hawk Teia Miles injured as he neared senior debut
Hawthorn midfielder Teia Miles suffered a suspected broken collarbone in Box Hill's 37-point win over Werribee at Box Hill City Oval on Sunday.
AFL:North hopeful on Brown, finals run-in
Roos remain upbeat despite misfiring forwards, growing injury list, and tough run-in to finals.
September starts now for the Giants
Greater Western Sydney are treating this week's crucial game against bogey side West Coast as a mini final, says midfielder Tom Scully.
Live AFL: Fremantle v West Coast
Live stats and scores from Domain Stadium, as the Dockers take on the Eagles in the 44th western derby.
Saints still a finals chance after thumping Blues
"Mathematical chance" is a dirty phrase in footy parlance when talking about finals qualification, but St Kilda are exactly that after they smashed Carlton by 71 points at the MCG on Sunday.
Swans' Tippett gets return date from injury
Swans' premiership aspirations have lifted with the news of the imminent return of forward Kurt Tippett.
Heeney back in hot form
Sydney youngster Isaac Heeney is looming as a major finals weapon for the Swans after emerging from an alarming form slump in emphatic fashion.
Live: Geelong v Essendon
Live stats and scores from Etihad Stadium, where the Bombers face the Cats.
Live: Blues v Saints
Follow our match tracker for live scores and stats as Carlton farewell Andrew Walker against the Saints.
Lions given 'nothing as a footy club': Leppitsch
Fresh from enduring one of the most abysmal losses any club has suffered over the past decade, Brisbane Lions coach Justin Leppitsch took a veiled swipe at the AFL and the club that inflicted this latest pain – Adelaide.
Swans midfield not the best in AFL: Hannebery
Sydney Swans ace Dan Hannebery has poured cold water on suggestions his side possesses the AFL's best midfield, despite Saturday's 67-point dismantling of Port Adelaide.
Giants win the mental battle against the Suns
As Greater Western Sydney coach Leon Cameron put it in the wake of his side's last-ditch win over fellow expansion club Gold Coast, "the mental battle of AFL footy sometimes is harder than the physical battle".
Kangaroos forward line takes another hit
North Melbourne's previously potent forward set-up is crumbling.The Roos on Saturday night were held to their lowest score of the season and now face the loss of another key-position forward in Ben Brown.
It's been a big week in art ... with Jim Pavlidis
While footy doesn't have the drama of soccer's late season promotion and relegation battles, it does have the finals and associated fights to be part of the September action.
Nightmare continues for Lions as Crows show no mercy
Justin Leppitsch will probably sleep on the 1620-kilometre flight home to Brisbane hoping to wake up with the news the obliteration of his football team was just a bad dream starring Tex Walker and the Lynch Man.
Dogs turn tables on hapless Roos
When North Melbourne beat the Western Bulldogs in a top-of-the-table clash back in round six, it was the Roos who looked the harder outfit, applying a defensive squeeze so tight the Dogs managed just six goals for the entire game.
Giants grab late glory in a sparkler
The last time the Gold Coast Suns and Greater Western Sydney met, in round eight, much discussion centred around the progressions of the two expansion clubs. It looked terribly stark at the time: the Giants tore away with the match to win by 91 points, Jeremy Cameron kicking seven goals.
Brilliant Melbourne upset Hawthorn
A brilliant young Melbourne team electrified the MCG on Saturday afternoon, against the odds outrunning and outclassing Hawthorn to win by 29 points.
Live AFL: Saturday night footy
We're in for a monster day of footy with five matches taking place in four states. We now turn our attention to the Western Bulldogs v North Melbourne at Etihad Stadium and Adelaide v Brisbane Lions at Adelaide Oval.
Shock win should drive Melbourne: Roos
The outgoing coach said it was a great day for the club, as his young team celebrated their 29-point victory over Hawthorn as if they had won a grand final.
From labouring to the MCG, Hartley finds his niche
Michael Hartley admits he has found himself in a strange position this year.
Zebras turn season around
Sandringham coach Paul Hudson rates the Casey Scorpions, marginally ahead of Williamstown, as the flag favourite heading towards this year's VFL finals series.
Swans thrash Port in a sublime wet-weather display
It was a performance that has put their rivals on notice, confirming the Swans are the AFL's perfect all-weather team.
Cat Kersten in doubt after heavy knock
Geelong forward Shane Kersten is in doubt for next week after suffering concussion in the Cats' 101-point win over Frankston at Simonds Stadium on Saturday.
Leaner Aaron Sandilands returns to Dockers line-up
A noticeably slimmer Aaron Sandilands will return to the Fremantle Dockers fold on Sunday for the Western Derby clash against the West Coast Eagles.