Carlton's Jacob Weitering signs four-year contract extension
No. 1 draft pick Jacob Weitering has made a long-term commitment to Carlton, signing a four-year contract extension, keeping him at the club until at least the end of 2021.
No. 1 draft pick Jacob Weitering has made a long-term commitment to Carlton, signing a four-year contract extension, keeping him at the club until at least the end of 2021.
Highly anticipated hostilities resume in one of footy's most intense modern-era rivalries. One side will advance to a preliminary final, the loser to a clash with the pumped-up Bulldogs.
Western Bulldogs boss Peter Gordon has stopped short of declaring his club's mighty elimination final triumph the greatest on-field result in his football memory, but ranks it in his top two.
Hawthorn have been dealt a significant blow ahead of Friday night's qualifying final clash with Geelong after tall forward James Sicily was a late withdrawal through illness.
The bye was good, I thought. The women's game got the focus it required. The vitality of women's football, and the way it has burst into the public consciousness, is the best good-news story the AFL has.
A landmark day for football arrives on Saturday as the two Sydney teams square off in a final at ANZ Stadium. We look at the big issues.
More than 60,000 fans will watch the last AFL game at ANZ Stadium, the code's first all-Sydney final.
It took three interviews before GWS were convinced Steve Johnson was a good fit at the young club.
There is a scene in the Seinfeld episode "The Subway" in which Kramer is sitting on the train and overhears a conversation about a racehorse.
Todd Goldstein is yet to reflect on an AFL season in which he relinquished an All-Australian spot, preferring to focus on finishing it off with a flag.
Western Bulldogs president Peter Gordon says he will be "personally devastated" if out-of-contract and out-of-action Lin Jong, cruelly sidelined in Thursday's elimination final thriller, has played his last game for the Dogs.
Nick Haynes has been transformed into a defender and is now one of the most important players at GWS.
Author and former Age journalist James Button convinced most of the important people at Geelong to speak to him for Comeback, his book on the Geelong era - which was launched this week - but not footy manager Steven Hocking.
The question asked when Lance Franklin came to Sydney was whether he would see out the nine years. The more pertinent question is how long the Swans will have the finest forward of his generation at his peak in their quest to win the flag that will silence critics of the deal.
Essendon are preparing for their suspended players to return as early as next week but Jobe Watson, should he play on, will not be officially allowed to reunite with the club for a further week.
Sydney and Greater Western Sydney come into the first all-Sydney AFL final in cherry-ripe form.
Adelaide have learnt one lesson already from the AFL finals – there is no such thing as favourites.
Western Bulldogs assistant coach Ash Hansen says midfielders Koby Stevens, Nathan Hrovat and Toby McLean will have an extra incentive to perform in Sunday's VFL semi-final for Footscray against Essendon at North Port Oval.
Matthew Boyd continues to show his value to the Bulldogs' young playing group and was one of their best, again, in their destruction of West Coast in their elimination final win on Thursday night.
Western Bulldogs legend Doug Hawkins has described his former team's against-the-odds victory over West Coast in Thursday night's elimination final as the best in the club's history.
Western Bulldogs coach Luke Beveridge hopes Lin Jong's tears on Thursday night were not a sign that the tough midfielder had played his last game for the club.
Best to take a jumper, and a poncho if you're heading to Friday night's MCG blockbuster between Geelong and Hawthorn.
Luke Beveridge says 'we might be ready; time will tell' after Dogs notched their first ever final win outside of Victoria.
A slow and mostly inside game may be North Melbourne's best chance of upsetting Adelaide in Adelaide.
Coach Adam Simpson doesn't believe the list needs too much tinkering with going into 2017.
The Western Bulldogs played their elimination final against West Coast like a team that had nothing to lose – and it paid off in spades.
Join us for live coverage of the first final of the weekend, as the Eagles and the Doggies go head-to-head in an elimination battle.
Kade Simpson has signed a new contract at Carlton, ensuring the veteran defender will play on for at least one more AFL season.
Friday night sees a legitimate finals blockbuster as the Cats travel to the MCG for a "home" final against three-peat premiers Hawthorn.
The last Sydney derby gave the Giants belief they can cause a finals boilover but is also threatening to sting the Swans' midfield warriors into action in Saturday's historic final.
Despite enduring a 12-month period featuring a police investigation, the deportation of his father and the alarming tumble down the ladder of his team, Dustin Martin's ability to maintain focus on his own game was underscored on Thursday night as he added a maiden Richmond best and fairest to the All-Australian selection he gained a week earlier.
Richmond coach Damien Hardwick has thrown his support behind embattled president Peggy O'Neal and chief executive Brendon Gale.
Hawthorn have banished talk of a fourth consecutive flag but remain confident their history of strong September form has them well placed heading into Friday night's qualifying final against Geelong.
All the ins and outs for the first week on the 2016 finals series.
Travis Cloke's request to leave Collingwood may have saved Jesse White, with the Magpies offering the journeyman a contract for 2017.
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