The quiet resignation of Daisy Pearce from Melbourne's welfare team came as the top footballer felt at risk of being "footied out" when she knew her unique position should have been inspiring her more than ever.
High-flying Rio Olympian will debut on the half-back flank, as teams announce ins and outs for round two.
The AFL Players' Association has raised concerns with an AFL plan to provide in-game player GPS tracking data to broadcasters.
All the ins and outs for round two of the AFLW.
Dockers coach Ross Lyon may have dropped the biggest hint yet that the club is preparing for life after Nat Fyfe.
The Swans' intra-club trial match looks set to be played in heat exceeding 30 degrees.
A leading public health academic employed by the AFL Players Association to change the gambling culture endemic among AFL clubs has criticised the game's failure at head office level to follow suit.
"The siren is about to go. "The Eagles need a goal to win.
Will Hoskin-Elliott has come from the smallest club in the AFL to the biggest, and the fans have their eyes on him.
Collingwood are backing marquee star Moana Hope to bounce back after a quiet start to the AFL Women's competition.
The new 60-000 seat stadium at Burswood could be empty for the start of the 2018 AFL after talks between the WA Football Commission and the Barnett government stalled.
Heath Grundy agrees with John Longmire that more time and resources should be spent on AFL umpires.
Injury-plagued Fremantle midfielder Harley Bennell has been ruled out of round one of the AFL season as he continues to recover from his latest calf injury.
Fremantle coach Ross Lyon gave Dockers fans a sense of deja vu when he announced star midfielder Harley Bennell's return to AFL football would once again be pushed back.
So Jobe Watson's Brownlow Medal is sitting in Gillon McLachlan's desk drawer. What else is the AFL CEO keeping in there?
The AFL Players' Association is getting closer to reaching an agreement with the AFL over the next collective bargaining agreement, according to AFLPA chief executive Paul Marsh.
We saw the best of sport in 2016, a year boasting some remarkable sporting fairytales. Here's a look into the crystal ball to ponder some sporting scenarios that, yes, may seem unlikely now but should they somehow eventuate, might leave you smiling again.
The AFL has defended its public silence over James Hird's recent health crisis, saying it offered support privately.
Daniel Wells stepped into the cauldron of Collingwood's intra-club practice match on Wednesday evening, and made a scratchy start in sweltering conditions at the Holden Centre.
The AFL has revealed a review of umpiring work practices and contact hours in a bid to improve the standard of the game's officiators with league chief Gillon McLachlan admitting he has no solution to the dilemma.
Former West Coast Eagles footballer, Ben Russell Sharp, 30, has pleaded guilty to armed robbery and drug trafficking in the County Court before blaming his descent on a culture of drug use at the AFL club he joined as a teenager in 2004.
Dennis Armfield has long been a cult figure for the Carlton Football Club.
This time last week we were all poised with bated breath. Sports fans, parents of young daughters, advocates for gender equality and even those who had taken a sceptical view on women playing AFL waiting to see how the weekend would unfold.
We now know exactly where to find the most controversial Brownlow Medal in the game's history.
AFL chief executive Gillon McLachlan has not ruled out the prospect of reducing the number of players in AFL games as the competition works to reduce on-field congestion.
The thought of becoming Brisbane's next AFL captain sits well with Dayne Zorko.
Jobe Watson was happy to captain Essendon again if they felt he was still the right man and wanted him back again as leader. But he felt the time was right for Dyson Heppell to take over.
Parking chaos at the first AFL Women's game led to more than $12,000-worth of parking tickets being issued, but the AFL insists it's not their problem.
Adelaide are confident of winning a tug-of-war for their emerging AFL forward Mitch McGovern.
Highly regarded Essendon big man carried off in pain during an intraclub match on Wednesday.
St Kilda coach Alan Richardson says Jarryn Geary had unanimous support from his teammates to succeed Nick Riewoldt as captain.
After "overwhelming" crowds last weekend, Saturday's Collingwood-Melbourne AFLW match will now be part of a two-match fixture at Ikon Park.
Essendon's emergence from the drug scandal years continues apace, with the Bombers confirming that Dyson Heppell will captain the club into the new era.
ASADA chief executive Ben McDevitt will stand down in May, ending a three-year stint which included one of the most controversial periods in Australian sport.
Carlton's Marc Murphy has retained the AFL club's captaincy for the fifth consecutive season, while want-away star Bryce Gibbs remains in the leadership group.
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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