Bugg cops six match ban for punching Mills
Melbourne's Tomas Bugg has been suspended for six matches by the AFL tribunal for punching Sydney's Callum Mills.
Melbourne's Tomas Bugg has been suspended for six matches by the AFL tribunal for punching Sydney's Callum Mills.
Jimmy Bartel joins the panel this week to discuss ugly incidents in footy, hop on board the Tiger train, and pick the most exciting youngsters in the game.
Ali Fahour's punch is a knock-out blow for the AFL.
St Kilda veteran Leigh Montagna believes his playing future is out of his hands.
Felled defender Callum Mills is in doubt for Sydney's clash with Gold Coast while big man Kurt Tippett faces another week on the sidelines.
Nathan Buckley says he is comfortable that a decision on his coaching future at Collingwood won't be made until the 2017 season is over.
Ed Curnow out for up to another four weeks with bruised larynx but Jed Lamb passes
North Melbourne's hopes of ending a four-game losing skid have been dealt a double blow.
Fremantle's Cam McCarthy and St Kilda's Jimmy Webster have accepted two-match bans offered to them by the match review panel on Monday.
Essendon legend Kevin Sheedy believes the time has come for Dean Wallis to be welcomed back into the AFL coaching fraternity and hopes the dual premiership enforcer can patch things up with his old club eventually.
West Coast's hopes of a top-four finish have received a substantial boost with confirmation power forward Josh Kennedy has been cleared to make a comeback in Sunday's critical clash with Port Adelaide in Perth.
Melbourne midfielder Tom Bugg has "burnt a fair bit of trust" within the football club following his crude off-the-ball hit on Sydney defender Callum Mills, according to Demons co-captain Nathan Jones.
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.
Melbourne's Tomas Bugg has been referred directly to the AFL tribunal for his punch to the face of Sydney's Callum Mills.
Geelong is optimistic that captain Joel Selwood will return for the Cats' round 16 clash with the Lions at the Gabba.
Not good enough. Selfish. Missing. The stinging blame for another weak surrender in the last quarter by Essendon was most caustically made by the Bombers themselves.
Melbourne's midfield has suffered another blow with co-captain Jack Viney ruled out of football through injury for four to six weeks.
Tom Bugg's behind the play hit on Callum Mills has been the major talking point from last weekend's round.
Tom Rockliff's playing future with the Brisbane Lions is still being worked through, according to the star midfielder.
A potentially career ending hamstring injury to champion Fremantle big man Aaron Sandilands could ironically be a lifeline for ageing Dockers ruckman Jon Griffin.
Only three players are averaging more tackles per game this season than St Kilda's Jack Steele. He's in good company.
It's Sunday afternoon at Etihad and Brisbane Lions defender Harris Andrews, in his third year and playing his 50th game, is facing off against Essendon's Joe Daniher, an emerging superstar in his 84th.
Captain Dyson Heppell has continued the fierce post-mortem at Essendon after their stunning loss to the Brisbane Lions, saying they played selfish football.
Vision has emerged of AFL diversity chief Ali Fahour punching an opponent to the head in a local football league game.
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.
Jordan De Goey says he is yet to earn back his teammates' trust after his now-infamous broken hand earlier this year.
The AFL, always keen to be at the pointy end of change, may consign the MRP to history.
Coach Nathan Buckley insists Collingwood aren't 'putting the cue in the rack' despite the 24-point loss to Hawthorn all but ending the club's finals hopes.
Father of injured Sydney defender Callum Mills says the AFL should introduce a sending-off system for serious offences.
Michael Gleeson on Buckley's chance, the Tomas Bugg case, Bulldogs' fading hopes and why Tigers might be the real deal.
Fremantle's slim finals chances have been dealt a double blow after a nine-point loss to St Kilda and a season-ending injury to Aaron Sandilands.
Fremantle ruckman Aaron Sandilands is facing another lengthy stint on the AFL sidelines after injuring his hamstring in Sunday's nine-point loss to St Kilda at Domain Stadium.
St Kilda's chance of making the finals remain slim, despite a nine-point win over Fremantle at Domain Stadium on Sunday.
Essendon coach John Worsfold admits his side's finals hopes are in the balance after the Bombers slumped to their fourth loss in five matches against Brisbane on Sunday.
Magpies' finals hopes all but over as hard-running Hawks charge home at the MCG on Sunday.
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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