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Michael Gleeson

Michael Gleeson is a senior AFL football writer and Fairfax Media's athletics writer. He also covers tennis, cricket and other sports. He won the AFL Players Association Grant Hattam Trophy for excellence in journalism for the second time in 2014 and was a finalist in the 2014 Quill Awards for best sports feature writer. He was also a finalist in the 2014 Australian Sports Commission awards for his work on ‘Boots for Kids’. He is a winner of the AFL Media Association award for best news reporter and a two-time winner of Cricket Victoria’s cricket writer of the year award. Michael has covered multiple Olympics, Commonwealth Games and world championships and 15 seasons of AFL, He has also written seven books - five sports books and two true crime books.

Essendon footballer Zach Merrett this week in Melbourne.

A family full of Merrett

Serious illness has never stopped Cathy Merrett being there to cheer for her two sons, Essendon players Zach and Jackson.

Patty Dangerfield looked to be not moving as freely and explosively as normal against Collingwood last Sunday.

Cats say Danger in no danger of missing

Geelong has moved to reassure that Patty Dangerfield is in no danger of missing this week's match as he manages to overcome hip and rib injuries from Easter Monday.

Magpies coach Nathan Buckley is hugged by his son after their win against undefeated Geelong as Pies president Eddie ...

Bucks rapt with the win but not with the AFL

Collingwood coach Nathan Buckley was happy to win against undefeated Geelong but said the fixturing was "just not right" and his side would lose most times playing off a five day break.

Thrashed: It was another long walk off the ground for the Hawks after Saturday's big loss to St Kilda in Launceston.

Effort OK, attitude is not, say Hawks

Hawthorn vice-captain Isaac Smith says he doesn't think the Hawks' fluctuating form can be attributed to varying effort levels. But former captain Luke Hodge says the players' attitude has to change.