AFL Women's competition may expand next season

The AFL Women's competition looks set to welcome two more clubs by 2019, according to CEO Gill McLachlan.

Melksham affair underlines AFL's fraught relationship with gambling

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Jake Melksham's failure to fully disclose details of his betting accounts and subsequent punishment from head office have exposed yet again the fraught relationship between the AFL and gambling which continues to cast a shadow over the game's integrity.

Shut out AFL players' union once pay talks stall, urges Dees president

AFL bosses have been shown a radical proposal to short-circuit pay negotiations with the AFL Players Association by putting an offer directly to the footballers.

St Kilda, Geelong renew push for AFLW teams

Geelong and St Kilda have reinforced their bid to join the national women's league in 2018, putting forward separate submissions to be considered this week by the AFL Commission.

AFL v umpires in battle of the bounce

The showdown looming between the AFL and its umpires over the future of the bounce is all the more staggering when you consider the game's bosses claim they never saw it coming.

Amber the answer for the brown and gold?

Hawthorn are playing down the old-school tactics reportedly adopted by the team after the club's shock loss last weekend on the Gold Coast.

Lifetime bans for racially abusive AFL supporters on the cards

A raft of punitive measures including lifetime bans for racially abusive football supporters will be debated at the AFL Commission table next week as the game looks to up the ante in its fight against racism.

Players' big pay break through

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.

How the Giants have become the new Sydney Swans

Any AFL player considering moving mostly for money should heed this cautionary tale, writes Caroline Wilson.