Montagna endorses Geary as next Saints captain
St Kilda veteran Leigh Montagna has anointed the unassuming Jarryn Geary as the "front runner" to become the Saints' next captain.
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Joeys 'smelling opportunities' at North Melbourne
North Melbourne's younger players are "smelling the opportunities" that have been presented to them in 2017 after being starved of senior footy by their more experienced teammates in recent years, according to deputy vice-captain Jamie Macmillan.
Roughead eyes pre-season competition return for Hawks
Hawthorn footballer Jarryd Roughead says he is "all good to go" for 2017, even suggesting he could make a return in the pre-season competition.
'Juddy' to captain Dockers in AFLW
A midfielder nicknamed "Juddy" has been appointed captain of Fremantle for their inaugural AFLW season, with Kara Donnellan handed the responsibility of spearheading the franchise's premiership hopes.
Demons happy with gruelling training camp despite injuries
The casualties were notable but Melbourne are hoping they'll reap the rewards for years to come from a gruelling pre-Christmas training camp.
Kyrgios and Dangerfield: off message, on song
Fake news has been with us longer than you might imagine.
Riewoldt, Prestia making good progress on return from injury
Star Richmond duo Jack Riewoldt and Dion Prestia are both on track to play in their team's first practice match of the year as they continue to recover strongly from surgery.
Tyson injures knee during Melbourne's pre-Christmas training camp
High draft pick Dom Tyson suffered a partial dislocation of his patella tendon during a gruelling pre-season training camp for Melbourne before Christmas.
James Hird's father speaks out after son's overdose
James Hird's father, Allan, has spoken out about his son's situation as the younger Hird recovers from an overdose.
Murphy free of injury and ready to lead again
Carlton says Marc Murphy is over the ankle injury that crippled his 2016 season, and the club believes he's returned an even better leader.
West Coast superstar Nic Naitanui back on the training track
West Coast superstar Nic Naitanui has a made giant leap on his long road to recovery from a knee operation, running for the first time since rupturing his anterior cruciate ligament.
AFLPA reaches out to Hird as smartphone app set to be released
AFL Players' Association chief Paul Marsh says the union has reached out to offer its support to James Hird.
Tania Hird breaks her silence on husband James Hird's overdose
James Hird's wife, Tania Hird, has broken her silence over her husband's alleged drug overdose on Wednesday night.
Bombers, Kennett urge privacy for Hird and family
Essendon chief Lindsay Tanner and mental health advocate Jeff Kennett want the media to leave struggling ex-AFL champion and his family alone.
Bomber rookie's Indian summer
Ben McNiece hasn't been to India. He was hoping to visit his mum Christine's homeland for the first time next month. She will go, but his travel plans have had to be put on the backburner.
After Hird scare, Buckley rails against personal attacks
Collingwood coach Nathan Buckley spoke out on Friday morning against personal attacks against sportspeople, after football contemporary James Hird was hospitalised for a reported overdose.
James Hird rushed to hospital after overdose
Former AFL champion and Essendon coach James Hird was rushed to hospital after suffering a health scare.
James Hird 'health scare' the culmination of four years of turmoil
Unrelenting pressure on a sporting field or a coaching box is one thing. But that ceases, at least temporarily, when the game is over.
Five things this curmudgeon misses about the good old days of footy
Here's the five things the discerning – well, middle-aged and curmudgeonly – fan misses about supporting our great game in an era of popcorn sport.
Rough and ready: Tough players in the AFL who rarely get injured
The formula for premiership success in football is something the game's greatest minds have battled over for years. But there's one ingredient they all agree on.
Xavier Richards to play for Sydney, just not for the Swans
Xavier Richards will be playing for Sydney in 2017 after all. Sydney University, that is.
Football coaches under the pump in 2017
The new year is just days old but the weight of expectation is already heavier on some coaches than others.
Veteran Kelly says Bombers are raring to go in 2017
One of Essendon's most successful pick ups in 2016, former Cat James Kelly says he's enjoying a full pre-season with a keen list of younger players
The weirdest pre-season injuries in the AFL
In light of Brisbane youngster Archie Smith's unfortunate run-in with a stingray on Monday, we thought it was an opportune time to reflect on some of the AFL's most bizarre pre-season injuries.
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Carlton skipper, fashion blogger marry in lavish nuptials
It may have been one of Melbourne's biggest storms of the year outside but on a South Melbourne rooftop on Thursday afternoon, things seemed picture perfect.
New year's revolution: Dockers under strict orders
After a disappointing 2016 marred by injury and poor form Freo coach Ross Lyon has lay down the law expecting his players to step up in their preparation for 2017.
The mystery of Shane Yarran and the Fremantle spray
Mystery surrounds an expletive-laden social media rant, aimed at Fremantle and attributed to their former player Shane Yarran.
Fox to be new chief of Melbourne Cricket Club
An off-season of change has continued at Hawthorn with chief executive Stuart Fox leaving to become the Melbourne Cricket Club's new chief.
Hawks re-sign triple-premiership winger Smith
Triple-premiership winger Isaac Smith has signed a contract extension that ties him to Hawthorn until the end of the 2020 AFL season.
Injury behind him, Bomber Baguley raring to go
Essendon defender Mark Baguley has hit the training track hard after fully recovering from the knee injury which sidelined him for the second half of the 2016 season.
Giants fined $100,000 for Whitfield affair
Greater Western Sydney has been handed a $100,000 fine and a penalty of 1000 draft points after it was found guilty by the AFL Commission subcommittee over the Lachie Whitfield case.
Ruck and rule changes help restore the game we knew
For all the hand-wringing over its abolition, the third man up at ruck contests has hardly been a cornerstone of AFL football.
At least nine AFL coaches disapprove of penalising third man up
Half of the AFL's coaches were against the outlawing of the third man up at ruck contests, according to league football operations manager Mark Evans.
Tall forward Peter Wright to stay at Gold Coast Suns
The Gold Coast Suns got some happy Christmas news on Thursday, when tall forward Peter Wright signed a new contract to stay at the struggling expansion club.
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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