• Brendan Foster

St Kilda great Nick Riewoldt has been criticised for his clever act of deception involving Dockers youngster Griffin Logue, which gifted the Saints a 50m penalty and a critical goal in the dying minutes of the game.

• Brendan Foster

West Coast young guns Dom Sheed and Jackson Nelson have both signed new two-year contract extensions which will see them at the Eagles until the end of 2019.

• Brendan Foster

Fremantle young gun Connor Blakely has been dumped from the Dockers' side to take on St Kilda this weekend after he went surfing with mates after leaving training early because he was ill.

• Brad Hardie

There are some people in the industry saying Gold Coast captain Gary Ablett is the best 300-plus game player to ever play in the VFL/AFL.

• Brendan Foster and Kim Hagdorn

Fremantle has been dealt a major blow before there clash with Geelong on Sunday, with superstar Nat Fyfe ruled out with injury.

• Brendan Foster

Fremantle Dockers pesky goalsneak Hayden Ballantyne is set to play his first game of the season in the crucial clash against the Cats.

• Brendan Foster

West Coast midfield gun Luke Shuey will almost certainly finish his playing days at the Eagles after signing a new four-year deal with the club.

• Brendan Foster

Long-suffering Dockers' nuffies can comfortably book their holidays to Bali in September, with statistical kings Champion Data predicting Fremantle are no hope of playing finals.

• Brendan Foster

Former Eagles provocateur Karl Langdon has revealed the secret behind West Coast's 1992 Grand Final win.

• Brad Hardie

Forget the Dockers getting smashed against the Lions and Crows, the biggest major problem for the Dockers at the moment is Ross Lyon is a coach out of form.

• Tim Carrier

Fremantle have bolstered their ruck stocks for next season by re-signing giant ruckman Aaron Sandilands for another year and offering young big man Sean Darcy a two year contract extension.

• Kim Hagdorn

Champion West Coast forward Josh Kennedy has rated his chances of recovering from a calf injury in time to face Geelong in a Thursday night blockbuster at 60 per cent.

• Kim Hagdorn

Fremantle superstar Nathan Fyfe has played the past month with a substantial chest injury that has required him to wear a protective vest to help him get through to the mid-season bye.

• Brendan Foster

Much-maligned West Coast forward Jack Darling can be excused for not being on song in the Eagles narrow loss to the Suns last Saturday.

The mid-season is upon us and it's time we shone the blowtorch on the AFL coaching landscape.

• Brendan Foster

West Coast defender Jeremy McGovern has prank called teammate Josh Kennedy, pretending to ask the Eagles spearhead, "I want to play forward mate".

• COMMENT
• Brendan Foster

The relentless prattling on about Dockers superstar Nat Fyfe's 'form' this year is bordering on complete lunacy.

• Brad Hardie

Simpson needs to start showing he can change his coaching style and adapt on the run, because over the last few weeks he has shown there is really no plan B.

• Brendan Foster and Tim Carrier

In 2017 pace is king and a WA team jam-packed full of speedsters would leave the Victorians huffing and puffing in the wake of the Sandgropers' jet streams.

• Kim Hagdorn

Fremantle speedster Brad Hill has escaped any backlash from coach Ross Lyon for a wayward kick running into an open goal in Sunday's fadeout loss to Collingwood in Perth.

• Giovanni Torre

At the Victory Life Centre, Margaret Court's church in Osborne Park, a crowd was gathering for the second morning service on Sunday.

Struggling West Coast could receive key reinforcements after their bye, with spearhead Josh Kennedy and ruckman Scott Lycett pressing for an AFL return.

• Simon Beaumont

As one of the great Perth radio presenters of all time, JK Watts often sang and carried on about how, as a footballer, he was "the best ever".

• David Prestipino

​Gold Coast have scored just their fourth win of the AFL season, beating West Coast by three points in a see-sawing contest at Metricon Stadium.

• Brendan Foster

Ben Saunders was a worthy winner of the Simpson Medal after his impressive haul of six goals playing for WA in their historic win over Victoria last weekend.

Intrigue continues to surround the home of reigning Norm Smith medallist Jason Johannisen.

• Brad Hardie

Brad Hardie delivers his mid-season report cards for the Dockers and the Eagles.

• Brendan Foster

West Coast superstar forward Josh Kennedy's injury is not as bad as first feared but he is still set to be sidelined for a couple of weeks.

• Brendan Foster

Fremantle superstar Nat Fyfe Fyfe now holds the unflattering record for the most clangers in a game in AFL/VFL history.