Essendon to push for extra MCG game
Etihad Stadium's historic anchor tenant club Essendon looks certain to push to cut its match quota there in exchange for one extra game a season at the MCG.
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Pendlebury backs new multi-year deal for Buckley
Collingwood captain Scott Pendlebury wants coach Nathan Buckley re-signed on a multi-year deal, adamant he is the right man for the job.
Dual-sport prospect Nathan Murphy closing in on football
The AFL is on the verge of a small but significant victory in the tug-of-war with cricket, with highly rated dual sportsman Nathan Murphy closing in on choosing football as his sport of choice.
Casboult ponders move from Carlton as rival clubs circle
The management of Carlton spearhead Levi Casboult is expected to ask why the key forward should not be included in the club's top-dozen earners when contract discussions open.
Stevie J set to join list of 2017 retirees
Another day, another AFL great is about to call it quits.
Tippett can still silence critics with big finish to 2017
Lance Franklin, Sam Reid and Kurt Tippett: at their best it's a trio that should make any opposition defence sweat but it's far from set in stone that will be the combination Sydney will take heading into the finals.
Forgiving but not forgetting, Jobe moves on
For a seriously good footballer, Jobe Watson's career was defined as much by what the game denied or took away from him as by what it brought him, but also by the unfailing dignity with which he bore the twists of his unique fate.
Watson reveals he hasn't seen his Brownlow since 2012
Retiring Essendon champion Jobe Watson has revealed he hadn't seen his Brownlow medal - the league's most prized individual award he eventually had to relinquish - since the time he won it in 2012.
'We'll work through it': Simpson forecasts overhaul of personnel at West Coast
West Coast coach Adam Simpson has forecast a severe overhaul his playing list, irrespective of whether his alarmingly inconsistent Eagles make this year's finals or not.
Lewis pumped for Demons' crunch game against Saints
Melbourne veteran Jordan Lewis is bullish about the Demons doing some damage in the AFL finals - provided they make it.
Watson's damaged relationship with footy
Jobe Watson has much to be satisfied about, but the retiring Essendon champion admits the club's drugs saga took a toll, and that football hasn't felt quite the same to him since.
Essendon champion Watson announces his retirement
Essendon champion Jobe Watson has confirmed he will retire at the end of the season.
No regrets for Shaw after Corr blow up
Greater Western Sydney's Heath Shaw has no regrets over his heated on-field argument with Aidan Corr as the Giants' poor discipline comes under scrutiny again.
New coach but Suns insist Gary Ablett will stay
The Gold Coast Suns insist Gary Ablett will be with the club next year and that a change in coach won't alter that.
Jack issues warning to sling tacklers
Sydney veteran Kieren Jack says players who dump opponents into the ground in a tackle do so at their own peril after the AFL's recent crackdown.
Eade breaches Sunset clause
Gold Coast had their reasons to sack Rodney Eade, but chairman Tony Cochrane could have spared him and us the reading from the book of Ecclesiastes about how footy is a win-loss game, as if that explained all.
Eade's appointment at Gold Coast cursed from the start
Rodney Eade, being a conspiracy theorist for some decades, believes the AFL has been out to get him for some time. He would also agree that this was a coaching appointment that was cursed from the start.
Eade's exit: What are the implications for Buckley, Scott and Barker?
Rodney Eade's departure as coach of the Gold Coast Suns has wider implications than opening a vacancy at the club. The Suns will now begin their search for a successor, and this is when rival clubs begin to feel the impact. Here is what it could mean.
Suns align: Blues assistant the hot favourite to replace Eade
Carlton assistant John Barker has emerged as one of the leading candidates to coach the Gold Coast Suns in 2018, despite agreeing to terms for a contract extension at the Blues.
Hawkins' father insists tribunal is flawed
Jack Hawkins, the father of champion Geelong forward Tom, believes his son has been frustrated at his treatment by opponents and says the tribunal system needs to be revamped after the full-forward was suspended again for jumper punching.
Ross Lyon, Nat Fyfe excited by International Rules challenge
Fremantle coach Ross Lyon has urged the AFL's best players to make themselves available for the International Rules series, saying the injury risk is well worth the experience.
Retiring Boyd has no regrets about playing on in 2017
Matthew Boyd knew 2017 would be his last AFL season as soon as he agreed to a new contract late last year and the retiring Western Bulldogs champion has no regrets about deciding to play on for another year.
The 'revelation' of AFL season 2017
"Essendon have been the revelation for me this season."
Blues' fan favourite announces his retirement
Carlton fan favourite Dennis Armfield will retire at the end of the AFL season.
Eade sacking 'a desperate bid for AFL cash': Brad Hardie
Rodney Eade put the foundations in place for Gold Coast to build towards success going forward... only to be denied the chance of bringing it to fruition.
Solomon to lead Suns for rest of the season after Eade sacked
The first domino has fallen at Gold Coast with Rodney Eade removed as senior coach late Monday night.
Challenge now to make finals: Demons chairman
Melbourne chairman Glen Bartlett says he is proud of how his club has handled a "rocky" season but the challenge now is to end a decade-long finals drought.
Hawkins, Grundy and Merrett accept bans
Geelong, Collingwood and Essendon have accepted the sanctions handed to their key players ahead of a crucial weekend of football.
Eagles spearhead Josh Kennedy wants LeCras to play on
West Coast forward Josh Kennedy says he will try to convince Mark LeCras to play on next year when the duo share a beer at the end of the AFL season.
Cats-Tigers would be at 'G if fixture done now: Dillon
Interim AFL football operations boss Andrew Dillon admits if the fixture was drawn up now, Richmond wouldn't be playing Geelong at Simonds Stadium on Saturday.
Wildcard round gets tossed out
The AFL has abandoned plans to introduce a pre-finals wildcard round in 2018.
Hawkins, Grundy offered two-match bans
Geelong's terrible run of form at the match review panel has extended into a second consecutive week, with key players Tom Hawkins and Mitch Duncan offered suspensions for their punches in Friday night's loss to Sydney.
No knife through Wood, Boyd to announce retirement
The Western Bulldogs are confident premiership captain Easton Wood will be fit to play in the finals if the club makes it that far after deeming that the defender does not need hamstring surgery.
Giants' hamstring woes no cause for alarm: review
GWS officials have debated and discussed the club's long list of 2017 hamstring injuries and have found no need to alter training methods or ways of preventing and treating the hamstring setbacks.
Depth given a chance as Giant cops one-match ban
GWS Giants ruckman Shane Mumford has been handed a one-match suspension by the AFL's match review panel.
Who got Lade? Port did
Brendon Lade is returning to Port Adelaide after seven years as an assistant coach at AFL rivals Richmond.
Dogs won't be hoodoo gurus
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.
Hogan departure won't be 'catastrophic': Schwarz
Melbourne great David Schwarz says the potential defection of Jesse Hogan would not be "as catastrophic" now as it would have been last year.
Football romance, or the road to the future?
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.
Chris Judd: It's time to deny the top four clubs access to free agents
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