How the Cats could get Ablett back
The Cats aren't hurting for big names at the moment, with Brownlow medallist Patrick Dangerfield and skipper Joel Selwood headlining the list.
The Cats aren't hurting for big names at the moment, with Brownlow medallist Patrick Dangerfield and skipper Joel Selwood headlining the list.
The AFL and Adelaide Crows are moving swiftly to crack down on several racist incidents.
The Giants smashed the Power in Canberra last year, but GWS expect a different challenge this time.
AFL players would get a pay rise this year of almost 25 per cent after the league put forward a revised offer to the players union in the protracted pay talks recent days.
Fierce on-field opponents days ago, footballers black and white come together to make a stand against racism after two more incidents blight the game.
A fresh AFL racism furore raging around South Australian football stars Eddie Betts and Paddy Ryder adds to a long list of ugly football incidents.
That's it. I give up. A man tries his damndest to make the game perfect, and what does he get by way of gratitude from them? Sabotage, that's what.
Melbourne co-captain Nathan Jones has hailed Jack Watts' performance on Saturday as a big step forward for the much-maligned Demons utility.
Port Adelaide veteran Justin Westhoff goes into bat for Paddy Ryder and Eddie Betts following racial vilification.
Magpies forward Jamie Elliott appears to be on the verge of a long-awaited return to senior football, and Daniel Wells is also making strong gains, says coach.
Forgotten Carlton defender Ciaran Sheehan will continue his push to remain at the club when the Northern Blues resume in the VFL.
Collingwood coach Nathan Buckley has slammed the new third-man up rule as being too grey and believes rules should not be tinkered with for at least a three-year period.
Gary Ablett says next year will "pretty much" see him retire from AFL or return to play in Victoria but he has not ruled out playing on for the Gold Coast.
The AFL admits it can do more to stop racism as saddened indigenous players say they're fed up with vilification in the sport.
'A week is a long time in football'. Never have words rung truer for the Fremantle Football Club.
Fremantle's Harley Bennell has suffered yet another setback in his quest to play his first AFL game for the Dockers, a new calf injury sidelining him for up to 10 weeks.
North Melbourne's Nathan Hrovat says the controversial third-man up ban has given his side an advantage over some of the competition thanks to the Kangaroos' formidably stocked ruck department.
Sydney coach John Longmire is convinced his youthful team doesn't suffer from a lack of experience, but admits the winless Swans need to get going quickly.
Hawthorn have come in for heavy criticism due to their winless start to the season and it seems as though they can't even turn to family for support during this tough time.
West Coast is likely to give key forward Jack Darling until a last minute fitness test before he is cleared to play in Thursday night's blockbuster against Sydney in Perth.
North Melbourne forward Lindsay Thomas says he never thought he would play 200 AFL games ahead of his milestone match on Good Friday against the Western Bulldogs.
Kade Simpson did nothing and was rewarded. It's time to stop rewarding doing nothing.
Max Gawn's injury will leave Melbourne with a big problem.
Port Adelaide ruckman Paddy Ryder has been offered a one-match ban for his off-the-ball hit on Adelaide's Riley Knight.
Greater Western Sydney have locked away another of their gun midfielders, but it's Dylan Shiel and not man of the moment, Josh Kelly.
Geelong premiership captain Cameron Ling has likened Hawthorn's predicament to the one faced by his Cats after their run of premierships.
A more mature Dustin Martin would no longer be overwhelmed at the prospect of moving clubs, says Jake King.
He famously called for the coach's head after a loss to Geelong, but ex-Hawthorn president says Clarkson should keep his job, even of the Hawks don't play finals this year.
Jordan De Goey's three-match suspension for a late-night incident is expected to start this weekend with the midfielder likely to line-up in Collingwood's opening VFL clash.
Etihad Stadium management is hopeful Collingwood will break the 40,000 attendance barrier for a home game for the first time in four years when they host St Kilda on Easter Sunday.
Brisbane Lions great Alastair Lynch has warned Hawthorn payback has already begun for their era of dominance as the sliding Hawks lose their premiership-winning aura.
Melbourne ruckman Max Gawn will need hamstring surgery and is set to miss about three months.
Blues skipper lauds 'courage" of youngsters after heavy knocks, and tells how he foresaw his third-quarter wonder goal.
Gold Coast chairman Tony Cochrane has scoffed at suggestions his club could be relocated, describing Tasmania as a "basket state" and premier Will Hodgman as a comedian.
Our crack(pot) panel returns to run the rule over round three of the 2017 AFL season.
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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