St Kilda confirm Sean Dempster weighing up his future
St Kilda have confirmed that veteran defender Sean Dempster is weighing up his playing future.
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Rohan Connolly
Rohan Connolly, a senior football writer for The Age and radio broadcaster with sports radio station 1116 SEN, has been covering the game since 1983. A multi-AFL Media Association award-winner known for his passion and love of the game, he analyses the AFL for the newspaper and contributes a blog and weekly video, "Footy Fix", for The Age's football website, Real Footy.
Beveridge worries about Johannisen deal
Norm Smith medallist Jason Johannisen has put off contract negotiations with the Western Bulldogs until the end of this season. And coach Luke Beveridge concedes he's worried about it.
New third-man-up rule takes effect - and the sky doesn't fall
One ruck contest, two big units, no third man. Adds up to good rule change.
Live chat: Stranger things - What the round-one upsets tell us
Do we write off some of the surprises of the season opening as aberrations, or do we read great significance into them?
Balanced Bombers can blitz
Essendon can’t be sure how this year will pan out. But Saturday night's win over Hawthorn provided at least some concrete evidence that the new-look Bombers' best can be pretty impressive.
Worsfold believes Bombers can get better
Essendon coach John Worsfold believes the Bombers can continue to get better as players old and new alike become more familiar with each other.
Bombers stun Hawks for emotional triumph
Emotion can take you only so far in football. But when it drives a stirring win over an old and bitter rival, it's some sort of fuel.
Banned Bombers come back into new world order
Essendon head into the first game of 2017 with up to half a team of players who've been out of the game for a year. How do they fit in to the new Bombers order? We take a look on a case-by-case basis.
Essendon's Zach Merrett believes Bombers can win flag
Essendon vice-captain Zach Merrett believes his club can contend for the 2017 AFL premiership, following the fairytale story of the Western Bulldogs last year.
Carlton ponders a third AFL debutant
Carlton is pondering handing a third youngster his AFL debut ahead of tonight's season-opener against Richmond at the MCG.
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