AFL

Scott Spits

Began his full-time career at The Age as an online sports reporter in 1999 before joining Sportal as the Deputy Editor of the AFL-Telstra online network in 2002. Rejoined the online desk at The Age in 2006 and was online sports editor between 2006 and 2016. Has covered two Olympics (Sydney 2000 and London 2012), numerous Australian Open tennis tournaments and several AFL grand finals. Reads the back page first. Hack golfer. Wannabe tennis star.

Luke Hodge was injured in the Hawks' Easter Monday loss to the Cats.

Round five shapes as Hodge's return

Hawthorn skipper Luke Hodge is likely to return to the field in round five, putting and end to speculation that he was set for an earlier than expected comeback from a fractured arm this weekend.

Hawks v Eagles

AFL grand final 2015: The day in cyberspace

You could almost feel the mixture of genuine empathy and outrageous spite beginning to build in the seconds after Jack Darling juggled and ultimately spilled a straightforward chest mark that seemingly killed off any hopes of a West Coast revival.