Jobe happy to lead but wanted Heppell as skipper
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.
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Michael Gleeson
Michael Gleeson is a senior AFL football writer and Fairfax Media's athletics writer. He also covers tennis, cricket and other sports. He won the AFL Players Association Grant Hattam Trophy for excellence in journalism for the second time in 2014 and was a finalist in the 2014 Quill Awards for best sports feature writer. He was also a finalist in the 2014 Australian Sports Commission awards for his work on ‘Boots for Kids’. He is a winner of the AFL Media Association award for best news reporter and a two-time winner of Cricket Victoria’s cricket writer of the year award. Michael has covered multiple Olympics, Commonwealth Games and world championships and 15 seasons of AFL, He has also written seven books - five sports books and two true crime books.
David Evans makes quiet return to Bombers
Former Essendon chairman David Evans has made a quiet return to the Bombers that was as understated as it was unexpected. Evans was another face in small crowd at a recent practice match.
As the fans pour in, another AFL Women's match looks set to be moved to a larger venue
The Collingwood-Melbourne AFL Women's match on Saturday night looks set to be moved from the under-sized Olympic Park Oval to Ikon Park, and be played after the Carlton-GWS match at 5.05pm
Roughy changes idea of the achievable
Doctors telling Jarryd Roughead he is now "cancer-free" has also changed what was thought achievable at Hawthorn next year.
Hawks good Judge with Morrison
Ken Judge knew he didn't have long to live. Harry Morrison knew it would probably be the last time he saw his Godfather.
Hurley back where he wants to be
Michael Hurley walked out the door not sure if he'd be back. He was angry and embarrassed and his mind was a fog.
Bombers take Andrew McGrath number one
Essendon kept the suspense to the last minute, refusing to declare their hand even to the player they eventually chose, before finally calling out the name of Andrew McGrath with their first No.1 pick in an AFL draft.
Set to retire, Lumumba could take legal action against Demons
Melbourne defender Heritier Lumumba is set to retire from football amid threats of legal action over his treatment for concussion.
Pies close on new head of footy
Collingwood expect to appoint a new football director soon after this week's national draft with the club targeting an experienced senior football figure to replace Graeme Allan.
Right result, but Whitfield case is McLachlan's 'tanking' moment
The pleas and penalties in the Lachie Whitfield case has the ring of being Gill McLachlan's tanking moment.
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