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Dennis Cometti will call his last game this weekend
It's over. Dennis Cometti, the man with tonsils of silver and a wit that can cut like a hot knife through butter, will call his last AFL game this weekend.
Barry Hall caught in the Bulldogs fairytale ahead of AFL grand final
Barry Hall is a Swans man but he can't help but get caught up in the Western Bulldogs' fairytale.
Buddy's chance to win what Plugger could not - a flag
The game has changed dramatically since the Swans arrived in Sydney but there has been a regular ingredient to football in the town: the glamour forward.
The two sides of a top dog coach
Luke Beveridge's blend of romance and ruthlessness has paid dividends for the Western Bulldogs.
Bulldog Clay Smith got leave pass to farewell lost friend
Preliminary final hero Clay Smith got a leave pass from the Bulldogs this week to make a 600-kilometre round trip and deliver a eulogy for his close friend who lost his life in a road accident.
Where to watch the AFL grand final
What's happening and where to watch it. This is your comprehensive guide to the AFL grand final 2016.
The day every Dog had to have
So the day Western Bulldogs people thought would never come dawns at last, and a shiver runs down Melbourne's spine.
Grand final countdown tip - flight mode is your friend
Isaac Heeney, one of the AFL's brightest young stars but a grand final debutant, went extreme with the best piece of advice he got about navigating this week. He did not simply turn off his mobile phone to find peace. He broke the thing.
Swans' success story never stops
Sydney's consistent competitiveness at the pointy end of the season argues a convincing case they’ve been the most successful club in the AFL for 20 years now.
Swans desperate for fast start
The Western Bulldogs can expect first-quarter blitz from the Swans in Saturday's AFL grand final.
AFL grand final 2016: Experts' view - Who will win & why
Our footy scribes have had to name their winner for the 2016 AFL grand final, the winning margin and their tip for the Norm Smith Medal.
Bulldogs v Swans: The key questions
The moment of truth for the Western Bulldogs and Sydney Swans has almost arrived. How will they handle the key questions?
Calls for new Perth stadium to pay homage to commentating legend Dennis Cometti
WA Labor wants the doyen of Australian Rules football commentators - Dennis Cometti to be honoured at the new Perth stadium.
Millionaire's grand final
This is the flag of the millionaire recruit. Bulldog or Swan it does not matter, both have chased the big-dollar recruit and won.
Skilton a massive Parker fan
Bob Skilton believes Luke Parker has epitomised the Swans' run to Saturday's AFL grand final.
Bartlett the greatest finals hero? Numbers don't lie
Of all the great players to grace the stage in AFL finals over the past 50 years, one man stands clear.
Winners and losers before the first bounce
The Western Bulldogs' Lin Jong was one of the unlucky ones this year.
From housemates to grand final rivals
Shane Biggs used to have to clean up after Sam Naismith. The pair were both Swans rookies, living in Rosebery near Sydney airport. It wasn't exactly glamorous.
Dean Cox elevated to West Coast midfield coach as Hayden Ballantyne deal nears
West Coast champion Dean Cox is set for an elevation in his blossoming coaching career that further paves way for an arrival of discarded North Melbourne big man Drew Petrie to the Eagles.
How the AFL grand final teams were built
The Bulldogs and Sydney have arrived at grand final day from very different parts of the ladder. But they have a quite similar look.
AFL grand final 2016: Get ready for midfield mania
Saturday's grand final will be a clash of the AFL's most manic midfields.
Coaches inflict labour gains
So what if you were attending the birth of your first child, Mick Malthouse's deeply reproving look said to West Coast's Michael Brennan one day in January, 1990. You've missed half of training.
WA players named in AFL grand final day sprint
Fremantle Docker young gun Darcy Tucker and West Coast Eagles speedster Lewis Jetta will both compete to be crowned the fastest AFL player in the country during Saturday's grand final sprint.
Mills overcomes month from hell
His hamstring is good to go, and now Callum Mills hopes to top his debut season with an AFL premiership.
AFL grand final parade: One cup, two teams, three colours
All Melbourne appears to have turned out ... and all Melbourne, it seemed, was there for the Western Bulldogs.
Our Western Bulldog clan is uniting and the pain is fading
The Bulldogs' rise has captured something that's very hard to describe. But I can feel it, and I know I'm not alone.
Franklin slams Mundine's anthem boycott suggestion
Franklin, who on Saturday will be spearheading the Swans' tilt at the flag, said there would be "no chance" he would be following Mundine's advice.
The coach who puts people first, football second
Integrity. Honesty. Empathy. Talk to anyone about what makes John Longmire such a good coach and these are the qualities that come to the fore time and time again.
McVeigh: 'Feel great, ready to go'
Swans skipper Jarrad McVeigh has declared he is over a calf injury and will "definitely" line up in Saturday's grand final against the Western Bulldogs.
Beveridge: Dogs ready to ride wave of emotion
Western Bulldogs coach Luke Beveridge has declared his team is ready to ride the wave of emotion on Saturday in what will be the "biggest game our lives".
This has the makings of a great grand final
The experts have been saying the Western Bulldogs can't win for the past three weeks. Who's to say they can't take one more?
Heeney ready for his moment to shine
Isaac Heeney has been tracking towards the AFL's biggest sporting stage his entire life.
This weekend's big decision for the football fan: heart or hometown?
Decisions, decisions. For the casual Sydney football fan (which is a tautology, if you ask a Melburnian), the weekend's AFL and NRL grand finals pose the eternal questions: heart or hometown; loyalty to the lyrical versus loyalty to the local; is there blood in the water, or are the Bloods thicker than water?
Sorry Bleak City, it's all about Sydney this weekend
Ah Sydney, it's all about you!
Who got Lade? Port did
Brendon Lade is returning to Port Adelaide after seven years as an assistant coach at AFL rivals Richmond.
Dogs won't be hoodoo gurus
The Western Bulldogs won't look back at their painful history of preliminary final losses in the lead up to their Saturday night clash with GWS Giants.
Hogan departure won't be 'catastrophic': Schwarz
Melbourne great David Schwarz says the potential defection of Jesse Hogan would not be "as catastrophic" now as it would have been last year.
Football romance, or the road to the future?
There’s two very contrasting narratives developing heading into the penultimate weekend of the AFL season. And sentimentally, they’re at opposite ends of the spectrum.
Chris Judd: It's time to deny the top four clubs access to free agents
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