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Malcolm Blight: the exception to every rule
His football CV is unique in its breadth. He has at least one of just about everything.
His football CV is unique in its breadth. He has at least one of just about everything.
The Australian Football Hall of Fame welcomes six new inductees on Tuesday night in a gala ceremony at the Adelaide Oval.
With off-contract stars Dustin Martin, Josh Kelly and Nat Fyfe already the focus of major offers, league boss Gillon McLachlan greeted the landmark collective bargaining agreement by suggesting the extra money should reward superstar talent.
So one of the two great sports pay dramas of the day comes to an amicable end, with only one i left to be dotted and t crossed at the end of the season.
Hawthorn recruit Jaeger O'Meara appears unlikely to play again this season after the Hawks revealed he has suffered a new knee injury.
Our AFL experts tackle the problems afflicting the reigning premiers, look at the MRP, and preview an exciting Richmond-Carlton clash.
Lance Franklin is shaping as a major weapon for Sydney as they aim to continue their surge up the ladder in a crucial clash with Essendon on Friday night.
Jack Riewoldt's fist to the chin of Luke Parker wasn't the same as the one that got Tom Hawkins suspended. Here's why.
Club recruiters are hopeful Will Sutherland, the talented teenager debating a cricket or football future, will make his debut for Vic Metro in the national under-18 championships on Saturday.
Western Bulldogs defender Fletcher Roberts has joined a growing list of teammates pledging their immediate futures to the club.
Eagles and Dockers' weekday games at the new Perth Stadium could be capped next year because the problem-plagued footbridge might be ready in time.
Midfielder wants his friend at GWS, the AFL's hottest uncontracted star, to join him at St Kilda.
Gary Ablett has no regrets about his move from Geelong to Gold Coast, but as he prepares for his 300th game against St Kilda at Etihad Stadium on Sunday he admitted the move hasn't delivered the team success he craves.
Dropping marks and turning the ball over, Oscar McDonald's football world was caving in. He'd already been dropped once in 2017 after a dirty day against Geelong in round three, and another spell in the VFL wouldn't have come a surprise following shockers against North Melbourne and Gold Coast in the matches immediately before Melbourne's mid-season bye.
AFL superstar Nic Naitanui will travel to the US as he ramps up his bid to return from a knee reconstruction.
Carlton might already have four Rising Star nominations this season but the latest addition to that group Jack Silvagni says his young team isn't done yet.
Carlton expect Bryce Gibbs to fulfil his contract in a year when the veteran Blue is in career-best form.
Damien Hardwick admits he was working too hard last year, saying it was out of control as Richmond dropped out of the AFL top eight.
Geelong coach Chris Scott wants an AFL crackdown on staging, saying the practice is leading to players being suspended unfairly.
The Western Bulldogs should be incredibly proud of what they achieved last year, but the reality is that elsewhere in the competition there are people taking sport more seriously than it was ever intended to be taken.
Lin Jong will have a traditional knee reconstruction after the Western Bulldogs confirmed the midfielder tore his ACL in Sunday's loss to Melbourne at Etihad Stadium.
Essendon's training session on Tuesday morning looms as a fitness test for youngster Darcy Parish in his bid to play in Friday night's match against Sydney at the SCG.
Port Adelaide will front the AFL Commission on Tuesday, where plans for next year's China clash will be discussed.
Sydney ruckman Kurt Tippett's wait for an AFL recall will continue for at least another week because of an ankle injury.
Melbourne co-captain Jack Viney says the Demons' leadership will urge Tom Bugg to keep his social media escapades "in check" after Bugg's Instagram post about Western Bulldog Jason Johannisen became a talking point.
Joel Selwood remains in Brownlow medal contention after being one of several stars spared from bans.
Road trips in AFL football have never been easy. But in season 2017, they seem have become even tougher.
Chance of back-to-back premierships looks increasingly remote after a 57-point defeat at the hands of the rising Demons.
Port Adelaide and English soccer giants Arsenal have come to an agreement that will see fitness guru Darren Burgess move to London in the next fortnight, but the South Australian club will reap significant long-term benefits.
Dees leave tipsters confounded, Rance running with the GOATs, free choice no easy choice, and the Suns set again.
A Queensland man punched Gold Coast Suns player Jack Martin after being called out by the footballer for repeating jokes he'd heard on TV, a court has heard.
Champion West Coast forward Josh Kennedy looks certain to return from injury for a classic showdown with rising glamour side Melbourne in Perth on Saturday.
Greater Western Sydney have confirmed star youngsters Josh Kelly and Jacob Hopper picked up injuries during training on Saturday, and will undergo medical assessments on Monday.
Port Adelaide's guru fitness boss Darren Burgess is reportedly set to leave the club and head to English Premier League giant Arsenal.
Game-by-game votes for The Age footballer of the year award.
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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