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Port have a lot to like from big win over the Lions
While Port Adelaide look threatening, with four wins from six games, the Brisbane Lions were left to lament the loss of their fifth successive game, as well as their early season optimism.
While Port Adelaide look threatening, with four wins from six games, the Brisbane Lions were left to lament the loss of their fifth successive game, as well as their early season optimism.
It's a big Saturday of footy, with five crucial matches across four states. And we've got it all covered.
Seven goals in 20 minutes. That's what it took for Port Adelaide to blow the Brisbane Lions away at the beginning of this game.
Sydney Swans forward Gary Rohan is recovering in hospital and undergoing scans after landing heavily on his head during Saturday's shock AFL loss to Carlton.
On the same day that fellow AFL colossus Hawthorn fell to a hefty defeat, Sydney Swans coach John Longmire lamented that his once mighty outfit was "not playing anything near the standard" needed to succeed.
Hawthorn coach Alastair Clarkson has warned of "catastrophic change" at the Hawks, conceding that his side is "going nowhere quickly".
The Sydney Swans entered this match with a precarious 0-5 record. This was the personification of a must-win match for last year's grand finalists and a constant of the AFL finals.
It remains one of the major debating points of a season suddenly spiralling out of control for the Magpies. While Nathan Buckley insists the focus on his future is "definitely still outside of the four walls" of the club, he must know more defeats will surely change that.
Something had to give with the game on the line, and it was GWS Giants midfielder Dylan Shiel that stood tall.
Richmond in 2017 seem to have turned back the clock. They've had five straight wins to start the season. They’re playing a longer-kicking, more contested brand. And in Jack Riewoldt, they’ve got a spearhead actually kicking some goals.
Hawthorn aren't back. The aberration, it seems, was last week, not the first four rounds.
Brad Scott's game-changing admission that he and North Melbourne could reach an amicable parting at the end of 2017 has created a new path in the coaching landscape.
Carlton coach Brendon Bolton says out-of-sorts Dale Thomas will have to earn his spot in the senior side.
Here are three reasons why both the Eagles and Dockers could get up for the four points in Western Derby 45.
He escaped the wrath of the match review panel last week but Greater Western Sydney forward Toby Greene is again in hot water, reported for striking.
The Western Bulldogs' typically crafty banner fired a shot at the capital to open proceedings for the biggest AFL game ever seen in Canberra.
GWS has notched a pulsating two-point win over the Western Bulldogs in their Friday night football debut.
Melbourne coach Simon Goodwin urges his game-breaking midfield to step up against Essendon.
One of the season's most highly anticipated matches delivered a classic worthy of the billing in Canberra on Friday night.
Everything you need to know about round six of the AFL season.
Jack Ziebell says his North Melbourne side and its leaders need to be better in close games and under pressure, after club legend Brent Harvey questioned the side's habit of losing tight games.
This is an intriguing match-up. Both teams are 4-1 yet most pundits are tipping a victory for the Giants over the reigning premiers.
Essendon ruckman Tom Bellchambers will play his first senior match in almost two years when returns against Melbourne on Sunday.
AFL boss wants sport to be the No. 1 sport in Canberra off the back of the GWS Giants.
Collingwood are competitive, working hard and still aiming to play finals – and pressure is just part of the job, says coach.
North Melbourne captain Jack Ziebell says the club's coach Brad Scott has been the biggest influence on his career, and that he wants him to be in charge of the Kangaroos for the rest of his career.
The obituaries were written, the door closed on September and certainly a glorious premiership era. But, really, are things that bad?
A frank meeting with the Swans last year helped mould Will Hayward into an AFL-ready footballer.
Former Dockers great Paul Hasleby says the infamous "Demolition Derby" is often seen as a significant moment in Fremantle's history when the players took a stance and refused to be bullied by the 'mob down the road.
Round six is all about the Western Derby. Who will win? West Coast or Fremantle? Our crack(pot) panel runs the rule over the biggest game of the season for WA football fans.
Richmond coach Damien Hardwick believes small forwards are gradually becoming the most important players in the game.
Significant inroads have been achieved between the AFL and the players in their lengthy pay dispute with both parties believing a resolution is in near sight.
Plunging toothpicks into a voodoo doll to prevent an Eagles player kicking a goal, seems like an irrational and superstitious ritual that defies logic.
Kangaroos lose patience with Swallow and Thomas, big outs and ins for Hawks and Tigers may see return of an old face.
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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