Demons steady to shrug off Blues

This was the kind of game Melbourne of recent years have tended to lose, but they're now two from two after beating Carlton by 22 points.

Birchall out for about a month with jaw injury

Four-time Hawthorn premiership defender Grant Birchall will miss around a month of football after scans confirmed he suffered a fractured jaw early in his side's loss to Adelaide on Saturday.

Steven to spend another night in hospital with punctured lung

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St Kilda star Jack Steven is set to spend at least another night in a Perth hospital after suffering a punctured lung in his side's 19-point loss to West Coast at Domain Stadium on Saturday night.

WBBL braces for clash of codes

The prospect of a showdown between the Women's Big Bash League and AFLW next summer is becoming more realistic, and Cricket Australia hopes its beefed-up pay offer to female players will help sway them to choose cricket over football

Morris sidelined for two months

The Western Bulldogs are expected to be without premiership defender Dale Morris for around two months after the veteran suffered a spiral fracture in his leg late in the dying seconds of Friday night's win over Collingwood.

As it happened: Crows take first AFLW flag

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Adelaide hung on to make history in the AFLW grand final.

Geary says Saints have been lucky

Saddam Hussein was alive, Shane Warne was an active Test cricketer, and Jarryn Geary hadn't been drafted the last time Melbourne beat St Kilda.

Bolton to keep Weitering guessing

Brendon Bolton is going to keep everyone guessing on Jacob Weitering. That includes Weitering himself.

Martin stars to steer Tigers past Blues

Playing a style of football as bold as the new shade of yellow on their jumper, Richmond began a fork-in-the-road season with a win over a Carlton side that provided a fair share of excitement too, as well as a brief scare for Tigers coach Damien Hardwick.