Chris Yarran and Michael Walters are in Nic Naitanui's living room, sitting squeezed into a two-seater couch. They are trying to remember the first time they met, and it's hard; they can't remember not knowing each other.
Port Adelaide could lose Jasper Pittard for the start of the AFL premiership season after the influential defender's hamstring injury in Sunday's 28-point trial loss to Richmond.
A young and hungry side Crows have overcome Geelong by six points in a tight, see-sawing pre-season match on Sunday in Adelaide.
The AFL's new third player up ruck rule did not even last through the pre-season competition before becoming a farce.
David Zaharakis has bemoaned attacks directed at James Hird, suggesting that anyone who has chosen to "barrage" Hird in relation to the Essendon supplements saga in recent times is "just not a good person".
Brisbane are in the box seat to host the inaugural AFL Women's grand final after the Lions won a thriller against Adelaide.
Nathan Buckley saw enough to suggest Mason Cox is ready to break out further this year as the Collingwood coach looks to field almost a full-strength squad in their final pre-season clash.
Brisbane pipped Adelaide by three points on Saturday night to remain the only undefeated side in the AFL women's league.
It's a triple double-header weekend and today Carlton host the Bulldogs in a must-win match for each.
An Ed Langdon goal after the siren to give Fremantle a two-point AFL pre-season victory over Collingwood in hot conditions at Mandurah's Rushton Park.
Carlton coach Brendon Bolton was defiant in his message that resting the club's best players and exposing a host of youngsters in Saturday's massive pre-season loss to St Kilda would deliver greater long-term benefit to the club.
At a venue that has historically been barren for the St Kilda Football Club, the Saints took advantage of a vastly under-strength Carlton to record a 92-point pre-season victory at the Blues' spiritual home.
Lance Franklin has nothing to worry about when the AFL's match review panel casts its eye over his bump on Giants youngster Tim Taranto, according to Swans vice captain Dane Rampe.
Collingwood have claimed a second consecutive win with a hard fought one-point victory over Fremantle in hot conditions at Rushton Park.
Thursday night should be one of the last pre-season games held at Etihad.
One thing you notice about the women's football league is the innocence of its players as public speakers. It translates into straightforward football talk relative to the men, who, as of March, have already begun to infiltrate the airwaves and the psyche of this town with their familiar footy language.
Carlton's slim premiership aspirations in the AFLW competition remain alive after the Blues held on for a six-point win over the Western Bulldogs in an entertaining and high-scoring clash at Princes Park.
Just how the Magpies handle Nathan Buckley's contract year will be one of the more intriguing aspects of season 2017.
Stand-in coach Matthew Knights was happy with the manner in which Geelong handled Hawthorn's pressure in the JLT series opener in Launceston, but the Cats have much to prove in this regard if they are to be a genuine premiership threat this year.
Someone should talk to Wayne Bennett on the subject of prison overcrowding, as he seems to have a few interesting ideas on the subject.
Lance Franklin kicked two goals in the Swans' win over GWS on Friday night at a sodden Blacktown.
Brett Deledio has re-injured his calf and will miss the start of the AFL season with the GWS Giants.
The worst fears have been confirmed for Western Bulldogs rookie Roarke Smith who suffered a ruptured anterior crucial ligament in his knee for the second time in 18 months against the Brisbane Lions on Thursday night.
The Giants have landed their maiden AFL Women's win after holding off Melbourne at Blacktown.
A push to hold a Senate inquiry into how the Australian Sports Anti-Doping Authority and AFL conducted an investigation into the Essendon supplements saga appears dead.
Jobe Watson isn't Essendon captain anymore, but his cousin is set to be skipper of an AFL side on Saturday.
Carlton has been reunited with its 1947 premiership flag more than 25 years after it went missing.
Two of the greatest forwards ever, Jason Dunstall and Dermott Brereton, have joined AFL legend and former games record-holder Kevin Bartlett in calling for the interchange cap to be slashed.
The final round of the AFLW should be rescheduled..
Joel Selwood could have cost Geelong its long-term relationship with the Transport Accident Commission. The TAC has indicated it could make the tough call following an undertaking delivered two years ago by Cats chief executive Brian Cook after Selwood's teammate Billie Smedts filmed himself driving on a GoPro.
When you're a club that last won a flag in the playing days of Ron Barassi and John Coleman, the list of unknowns for your next year as the reigning premiers is bound to be long.
In a reversal of the two teams' historic relationship, Carlton these days have plenty to learn from St Kilda.
Collingwood's footprints continue to appear in new places, with the club's famous black and white colours set to be seen at TAC Cup level.
In a sporting era increasingly dictated by sports scientists and analytics, coaches often are frustrated they cannot let their athletes just go out and play.
Brisbane's Tayla Harris has one of the best kicking actions I've ever seen - left foot planted behind her, right foot 180 degrees away pointing into the sky. Two weeks ago, a male admirer posted on Twitter, "When I die I hope it's because Tayla Harris kicked me head off into the sun." To which she replied, "If you insist."
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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