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.
Who will be wearing Hawthorn's famous No.5 next season? It's a number close to the hearts of fans after Mitchell donned it for 13 seasons and the much-loved Peter Crimmins wore it in 176 games. Keen observers might also be aware it was even worn by Pat Cash senior in the 1950s.
He was shopped around by his club during the trade period, but Brisbane skipper Tom Rockliff will see out his contract and continue with the Lions in 2017.
Tom Boyd has arrived, and Age readers believe his career breakout game should have been rewarded with a Norm Smith Medal.
Calls have been made for another medal to be cast for Bulldog coach Luke Beveridge, who passed on his to injured captain Bob Murphy.
The Western Bulldogs celebrate their drought-breaking premiership with fans at Whitten Oval.
How AFL grand final day played out on social media. Love for Bob Murphy, Sting's mixed reception and million-dollar man Tom Boyd comes good.
Nick Riewoldt had played one of his greatest games, so the question was inevitable: should St Kilda continue with their ageless veteran as the club's skipper in 2017?
Nine-goal game from Nick Riewoldt a fitting finale to an ultra-positive season for St Kilda, which ended in a 58-point clobbering of the Brisbane Lions.
Was Jack Silvagni's AFL debut against Collingwood on election day planned for some time or will this go down as one of the great coincidences in footy?
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.
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