Majak Daw spent years waiting behind Drew Petrie for his chance to claim his place in the pecking order and now that his moment should have arrived Braydon Preuss has emerged rapidly from nowhere to stake his claim.
Gold Coast have overcome a slow start against an undermanned Essendon to remain unbeaten in the AFL pre-season with a three-point win in hot conditions at Harrup Park in McKay.
Two pre-season games after two years in the wilderness has delivered Jaeger O'Meara confidence that he will not only be right to play round one but will be able to play consistently all year.
Melbourne say Jack Watts may have to wait until a VFL practice match six days before the club's AFL season-opener before he plays a game of football again.
Richmond expect running half-back Bachar Houli to be fit for the season-opening blockbuster against Carlton after an interrupted pre-season.
Can Adelaide stay undefeated in AFL Women's? Follow our live match tracker for scores and stats as they take on Fremantle.
Big-time footy makes its long-awaited return to Arden Street as North Melbourne take on Hawthorn.
It was all over in less than a minute, but Kate Sheahan says "all that matters" is that she made her famous father proud.
Sam Mitchell may be the final piece of the West Coast midfield puzzle that puts the Eagles back into premiership contention.
Erin Phillips this week revealed for the first time she has struggled with depression following the Opals' shock two-point loss to Serbia in the women's basketball quarter-finals at the Rio Olympics six months ago and fears she will never get over the disappointment.
Collingwood notched up their first win of the season with a second-half surge that blew the Western Bulldogs away at Whitten Oval on Saturday night.
Kaitlyn Ashmore booted a goal-of-the-season contender in Brisbane's 34-point victory over Greater Western Sydney in the AFLW.
Emerging North Melbourne forward Mason Wood faces another significant stint on the sidelines after the Kangaroos confirmed he had strained his hamstring at training on Friday.
Brisbane Lions conceded just nine points and thrashed GWS Giants by 34 to continue their perfect start to the AFLW season.
Melbourne coach Simon Goodwin has hinted that a lack of consistency is the reason Jack Watts finds himself on the outer with round one less than a month away.
Carlton's slim ruck stocks are set to be tested further after big man Daniel Gorringe hurt his achilles early in their 54-point loss to Melbourne at Casey Fields on Saturday.
AFL players are better to concentrate on continually improving their basic skills as footballers than on winning the pre-season time trials.
Can the Magpies finally break through for their first win of the AFLW season?
Melbourne struck a vital blow in the race for the first AFLW premiership, as a Richelle Cranston goal inside the final four minutes was enough to edge Carlton in an entertaining clash at Casey Field on Saturday.
On Friday mornings, as two ageing warriors of the swimming pool enjoy breakfast, many of the great sporting issues of our time are pondered.
Geelong skipper Joel Selwood has lost his licence for a month after being caught doing 127 km/h in a 100 km/h zone on Friday afternoon, with club management to meet next week to decide if a further penalty should be imposed.
It's third versus fourth as the Blues head to Casey Fields to take on Melbourne.
Friday night’s JLT Community series game might have been just about the perfect hit-out for Richmond. So it was no wonder Tigers’ coach Damien Hardwick was all smiles post-game.
If there has been a recurring theme in the fallout from Australian football's blackest scandal it has been the failure by the key players behind its inception to read the play.
Ellie Brush has always had AFL footy in her blood, and she's making every post a winner at the Giants.
It was all eyes on the middle of the ground for Richmond fans on Friday night at Etihad Stadium. So, too, for any Adelaide supporters looking on, but for very different reasons.
Basketball has plummeted into an abyss, in terms of attractiveness to Australian women, compared to the sporting steam train launched by the behemoth AFL.
Not fair? Hooray for random.
A good sports administrator is worth plenty. Mind you, to test the theory we could always pay them peanuts, but I'd say you'd attract monkeys.
After a rocky start to his life at St Kilda, Jake Carlisle has earned the respect of his teammates, says fellow defender Nathan Brown.
Ed Curnow is entering the next bracket of his career, the one where he has moved from recycled rookie to fringe battler to, now, a team leader.
In the interest of a broader perspective, time for a quick wrap of the week's world news.
Cate Campbell and Liesel Jones believe the success of AFL Women's proves female sport has huge potential.
AFL boss says "nothing new" in expletive-laden recording of Essendon leaders accusing league of recanting on promise not to punish players for doping.
February is too early for judgments, but the early signs are positive for St Kilda's new-look backline.
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.
The thing that AFL fans love about the game is risk and the unknown outcome accompanying it: the risk players take when they commit to a physical contest, when they launch three deep in a pack to stand on someone's shoulders in a marking contest, when they have a shot from the boundary. All are weekly features on highlights reels.
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