Yarran's future at Richmond in doubt
Chris Yarran's future at Richmond remains in serious doubt with the 25-year-old still struggling to reach the fitness levels demanded by the Tigers after a long lay-off from the game.
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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.
It's time Gary Ablett unequivocally committed to the club that pays him handsomely
Even allowing for his reported renewed fidelity to the Gold Coast cause and the family pressures that drove him to try to leave, the Gary Ablett story leaves a lingering bad taste.
Suns captain Ablett requested a trade back to Geelong
Gold Coast captain Gary Ablett tried to leave the club at the end of the 2016 season, asking the Suns to trade him back to Geelong.
Eddie McGuire, Gary Pert looking shaky after drugs scandal
As the fall-out continues from Collingwood's strange decision to appoint Graeme Allan on a long-term deal as the club's football boss, the biggest question still surrounds why Eddie McGuire and Gary Pert pushed through the appointment despite realising Allan was in serious trouble.
Girlfriend defence a real headache for players in Whitfield affair
What could have been explained as an ill-advised but well-intentioned manoeuvre in the best interests of the player now smacks of cover-up, deceit and bungling.
Cats chasing eight games at Simonds in 2017
Geelong are pushing for eight games at Simonds Stadium in a 13-week period, with the 2017 AFL fixture due to be released on Thursday.
A long time coming, but hope and heart win
Some heroes remain gallant even after the heroics seem done.
The two sides of a top dog coach
Luke Beveridge's blend of romance and ruthlessness has paid dividends for the Western Bulldogs.
AFL to keep bye and consider minor premiership windfall
The end-of-season bye is a lock for 2017 with the AFL Commission looking to financially reward the minor premier from next year as one of several new measures to enhance the longer lead into finals.
Players want Etihad sale details before settling pay
AFL players want financial forecasts from the soon-to-be-completed Etihad Stadium purchase before countering the league's offer of a 10 per cent pay rise for 2017.
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