Gold Coast Suns season preview: Time to deliver
With a fascinating mix of elite youth, cool experience and talent returning from injury, this is a critical season for Rodney Eade's charges.
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Carlton season preview: Hard road for baby Blues
There's good news in the return of skipper Marc Murphy and lots of new, young faces, but it's hard to see Carlton hauling themselves up the ladder.
Two local lads from Leongatha lead the way for Dons and Hawks
Dairy farming and sport have always been two staples of Leongatha, in Victoria's south-east. But it's doubtful the town will ever have had a prouder sporting moment than when the Bombers and Hawks run down the race, led by two local boys.
Viney's promotion to co-captaincy was coach's call
Jack Viney's controversial promotion to Melbourne's co-captaincy was taken out of the players' hands by Simon Goodwin and his assistants.
Bombers to receive wave of support
Essendon is looking to reintroduce the Kevin Sheedy jumper wave this season.
Brisbane Lions season preview: Between Rockliff and a hard place
New coach Fagan's encouraging gang of youngsters should be ripe for some artful teachings, but there's no dodging it - this'll be a tough season for the Lions.
Giants star named to make AFL debut against Crows
No. 2 draft pick Tim Taranto will make his AFL debut against the Adelaide Crows on Sunday.
Fremantle Dockers 2017 preview: Rebuild a ruse?
Was “train wreck 2016” an aberration? Are the Dockers still a finals chance even as they rebuild?
Swans season preview: Looking for gain from pain - again
If a grand final loss is highly motivating, then two in three years should have Sydney’s players chewing on the SCG picket fence .But there's a Giant shadow in the west.
Adelaide season 2017 preview: Flight path to top four
With inspirational stars down the spine, yet an admirable evenness, expectations are high for the Crows this season.
In the heart of West Coast's drug darkness
Success on the field. Cover ups off it. Arrogance and infallibility from the players, and club officials failing to act.
AFLW players make grand gesture for charity
AFLW players are to ask for something the AFL has strategically – and somewhat contentiously – resisted to date: for fans, in the countdown to the first women's grand final, to show them the money.
De Goey out for six after admitting he lied about his broken hand
Magpie Jordan De Goey will miss at least the first six weeks of the season through injury and suspension for lying to the club over a late night incident at a nightclub in which he broke his hand.
Cats to start season without Scott Selwood, Kolodjashnij
Midfielder Scott Selwood and defender Jake Kolodjashnij will miss Geelong's first few matches of the AFL season due to injury.
Swans hopeful Jack gets up for round one
Kieren Jack is expected to line up for the Swans in round one against Port Adelaide on Saturday.
Bartlett puts 'black line' through Eagles' 2006 flag
AFL legend Kevin Bartlett has put a "black line" through West Coast's 2006 premiership in the wake of the Gillard Report which was published by News Corp on Tuesday.
Ruck recruits Drew Petrie, Nathan Vardy to debut for West Coast
Controversial West Coast recruit Drew Petrie has been confirmed to make his Eagles debut against his old club North Melbourne in Sunday's season opener at Etihad Stadium.
Nathan Jones miffed by Demons' co-captaincy move
Melbourne's Nathan Jones has revealed he was initially disappointed by the move to share the Demons' captaincy with young star Jack Viney.
North Melbourne fired up by predictions of finals absence
North Melbourne captain Jack Ziebell says the Kangaroos have seen and heard all the predictions of their AFL demise.
Who's best 22? Predicting the Eagles and Dockers round one lineups
With the preseason fixtures done and dusted, we take a look at who is in line to start for the Dockers and Eagles in their season openers.
Damning West Coast drugs dossier made public
A damning report into the illicit drug problems at the West Coast Eagles a decade ago has been made public nine years after it was prepared .
McLachlan launches tirade against Gabba management
The AFL's chief executive has launched a stinging rebuke at Gabba management after the AFLW grand final had to be moved to the Gold Coast because of the state of the turf.
Young Pie dogged by canine-related accident
Collingwood knew they'd be tested by the Western Bulldogs on Friday night, but unfortunately for Nathan Buckley the canine-related trouble started a weekend early.
Big Dog in line to face Pies in season opener
The Western Bulldogs have lost another ruckman to injury, but the reigning premiers have regained Tom Campbell in time for their AFL season opener against Collingwood.
AFL confirms GWS Giants academy changes
The AFL has officially confirmed the cuts to Greater Western Sydney's academy zone.
Late call on AFLW finale is unprofessional
The AFLW grand final venue debacle that has so enraged league bosses and the Brisbane Lions is perhaps symptomatic of a competition born in haste and raised on the run.
Cats to offer Chris Scott two-year extension
Geelong will offer Chris Scott a revised two-year contract extension after the premiership coach's management rejected the Cats' move to put a minimum payout clause into the new deal.
Lions rip Gabba staff over AFLW grand final debacle
The AFL was forced to relocate its inaugural women's grand final to the Gold Coast, as a result of unsafe conditions at the Gabba.
Ben Cousins willing to go to rehab: lawyer
Ben Cousins' lawyer has told a court the troubled former West Coast player is willing to go to rehab to avoid further jail time, despite tapped phone calls while he was behind bars revealing he had no intention of quitting drugs.
Is 2017 the year AFL football becomes handball happy?
Few clubs can hope to emulate a tale of football romance as large as that scripted by the Western Bulldogs in 2016. But they can follow the means by which that triumph was achieved. And that means handball. Lots of it.
At least four new Blues for Tigers clash
As many as half a dozen players could make their Carlton debuts on Thursday night, as the Blues' rebuild begins to take shape against old rivals Richmond at the MCG.
Crows women's cult hero 'an incredible soul'
In Australian football, everyone loves a big, burly goalkicker. And so it is with Adelaide's Sarah Perkins.
Tigers ready to roar with attacking game plan
Star Richmond recruit Dion Prestia has declared the Tigers are ready to unveil an attacking and aggressive style in Thursday night's season opener against Carlton.
Eagles coach Adam Simpson must sharpen McGovern weapon
West Coast coach Adam Simpson needs to unleash a virtually untapped strike force with rising star all-rounder Jeremy McGovern as a regular forward early into this season's premiership campaign.
Who got Lade? Port did
Brendon Lade is returning to Port Adelaide after seven years as an assistant coach at AFL rivals Richmond.
Dogs won't be hoodoo gurus
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.
Hogan departure won't be 'catastrophic': Schwarz
Melbourne great David Schwarz says the potential defection of Jesse Hogan would not be "as catastrophic" now as it would have been last year.
Football romance, or the road to the future?
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.
Chris Judd: It's time to deny the top four clubs access to free agents
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