Who will your club choose in the 2016 AFL draft?
The Age's draft expert Emma Quayle predicts who your team will select in the first round of Friday's draft.
The Age's draft expert Emma Quayle predicts who your team will select in the first round of Friday's draft.
Gold Coast hold the keys to the first round of Friday's AFL draft, where Essendon will anoint the first No. 1 pick in the club's history.
A former Eagles teammate of troubled former AFL star Ben Cousins has made an emotional plea to the fallen Brownlow Medallist boldly claiming "you can't help someone who can't help himself".
Carlton says young midfielder Patrick Cripps has suffered a stress reaction in his lower back that will sideline him for at least 12 weeks.
Sam Fisher has been doing his best to contain his nerves ahead of Friday night's AFL draft.
The AFL Commission will award a Brownlow Medal each to 2012 winners Trent Cotchin and Sam Mitchell at a ceremony in Melbourne on Tuesday December 13.
The fight for a seat on the Richmond board continues to intensify, with challenger Peter Casey questioning why the Tigers have "ring-fenced" president Peggy O'Neal.
UPDATE: Melbourne has moved to defend its handling of the AFL's concussion protocols in wake of Heritier Lumumba's claims but the club insists the veteran defender has not threatened legal action.
The AFL has charged the GWS Giants with "conduct unbecoming" over the Lachie Whitfield affair.
Steve Johnson was convinced he would become a Hawthorn player ahead of the 2001 draft, 15 years ago.
Young footballer Will Brodie documents 2016, the year before he enters the AFL draft.
Melbourne's financial position continues to mirror their onfield resurgence, the AFL club posting a profit for the third year running.
AFL remains determined to penalise Greater Western Sydney for conduct unbecoming over the Lachie Whitfield affair but could now defer draft penalties until 2017.
The AFL has cautiously entered into a new one-year deal with the AFL Coaches' Association with a view to the industry body becoming less financially reliant on the league in future.
Hawthorn great Brad Sewell has challenged the Hawks' ageing stars to aim up after anointing Greater Western Sydney as the 2017 AFL flag favourites.
Melbourne defender Heritier Lumumba is set to retire from football amid threats of legal action over his treatment for concussion.
Those pesky rumours about the future of Dockers superstar Nat Fyfe has again bubbled to the surface, with former Saints big man Justin Koschitzke claiming the Brownlow Medallist could be at St Kilda in 2018.
The younger brother of AFL coaches Chris and Brad Scott has died unexpectedly at the age of 37.
Karabar High School is a world away from the bright lights and hype of the AFL draft, but the GWS Giants hope a talent identification "prototype" tested in Queanbeyan will unearth future stars.
Richmond will attempt to make it harder for agitators to launch potential boardroom coups in a motion to be presented to their annual general meeting on 14 December.
North Melbourne have honoured retired AFL champion Brent Harvey by retiring his famous No.29 guernsey indefinitely.
Essendon are on the hunt for a goalkicking expert to guide spearhead Joe Daniher as the Bombers attempt to improve their forward potency.
Jarrod Berry was at home, playing on the PlayStation, on the day everything changed.
Other secondary school graduates headed off on schoolies, but as soon as Katherine Smith finished her last exam she threw herself into life as an AFL footballer.
Ben Cousins' latest run-in with the law continues a worrying trend for WA's most famous footballer.
He's a rugby player and rowing star, but in choosing a career Tom Jeffries has opted for the relative unknown - AFL football.
Troubled former AFL star Ben Cousins has reportedly been hospitalised with minor injuries after crashing his car into a truck.
AFL football operations manager Mark Evans has conceded that Chris Yarran's departure from Richmond highlights the pressure that some players face, but says there are no easy solutions.
As coaches prepare for their annual summit to discuss rule changes for 2017, the AFL says they need to decide what sort of umpiring they want.
AFL talent manager Kevin Sheehan says the depth in Friday's draft is a testament to the development of the game in more remote parts of Australia.
Essendon admits that captain Jobe Watson needs to rediscover his passion for football again, claiming that losing his 2012 brownlow medal has challenged his love for the game.
Working out in the gym next to Collingwood captain Scott Pendlebury, rising football star Moana Hope says she has to pinch herself.
It will be finals or bust for Collingwood in 2017 Scott Pendlebury said, echoing the sentiments of under-pressure coach Nathan Buckley.
Brisbane have accused the AFL of failing to warn them of the cloud hovering over Craig Lambert as part of the Lachie Whitfield drugs saga before they recruited the now-banned player welfare worker.
Even allowing for the appropriate sensitivity afforded Essendon's devastated Jobe Watson, the inescapable impression is that the AFL has danced around the practical details of how to manage the handover to Sam Mitchell and Trent Cotchin.
Brendon Lade is returning to Port Adelaide after seven years as an assistant coach at AFL rivals Richmond.
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.
Melbourne great David Schwarz says the potential defection of Jesse Hogan would not be "as catastrophic" now as it would have been last year.
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.
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