AFL to provide Auslan interpreters at grand final
The AFL has backed down on its refusal to include an Auslan interpreter at the grand final.
The AFL has backed down on its refusal to include an Auslan interpreter at the grand final.
Round 1
The fairytale of the Western Bulldogs' on-field success has translated into an off-field windfall for the club, with the Dogs wiping more than $6 million from their debt in a year.
After a Western Bulldogs premiership and the launch of a national AFL women's competition, much loved 'Doggies vice-president Susan Alberti said the time was right to retire.
The 2016 grand final was barely two months ago but the Western Bulldogs are moving on.
Geelong have recruited Western Bulldogs great Brad Johnson as a specialist coach, working with the club's small and medium forwards.
Are we happy with AFL football as it's played today? If we're not, we're likely to need more radical changes to the rules than are currently being discussed
Western Bulldogs skipper Bob Murphy is ready to take the next step in his recovery from a knee reconstruction when the reigning premiers hit the training track on Monday.
With the draft period over, Emma Quayle and Michael Gleeson assess each club's playing stocks and forecast the impact in 2017 - positive, negative or unchanged.
Gaining muscle would be a priority for the Western Bulldogs' top draft pick, who spent his first day as an AFL footballer at Whitten Oval on Monday.
Emma Quayle runs the rule over each AFL club's new cohort of young talent.
As the AFL national draft nears, will clubs look more towards players with less immediately obvious attributes as they chase the game's developmental curve? It seems to have worked for the Western Bulldogs.
Nick Dal Santo could be forgiven for feeling slightly envious of the young Western Bulldogs' captivating run to the AFL premiership.
The AIS wants to carve out a niche as a centre of excellence and world leader in leadership and coaching.
Will Hayes went out and did a couple of laps with brothers on Wednesday morning, nothing usual for an aspiring AFL midfielder in November. Only Hayes did it in the saddle of a group 1 winner He's Our Rokkii around Flemington.
Essendon delisted veteran Courtenay Dempsey and the Western Bulldogs confirmed Will Minson was leaving their club, as the annual post-season cull continued.
Gillon McLachlan's acknowledgement that supporters deserve better treatment at Etihad Stadium has seen the AFL second the Melbourne Football Club's marketing boss to work over the summer to help transform the venue in time for 2017.
Join us for rolling coverage as the AFL announces the fixture for 2017.
Gold Coast and Port Adelaide will square off in Shanghai on May 14 next year in the first AFL match for premiership points to take place in China.
The first round fixture of the 2017 AFL season has been released, with Essendon's banned players to return on Saturday night against Hawthorn at the MCG.
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