If any Richmond players have developed the belief that either they or their team don't produce during September, then this is something that needs to be worked through to ensure they're playing Geelong on Friday night and not imaginary matches in their own minds.
Essendon remain confident that star trio Michael Hurley, Orazio Fantasia and Cale Hooker will be fit for their elimination final against Sydney on Saturday, however believe it is still too early to say they will definitely play.
Mick Malthouse is worried about Richmond's barren finals record under Damien Hardwick and suspects it would nag at their coach.
AFL greats Mick Malthouse and Brent Harvey have joined Hawthorn coach Alastair Clarkson in calling for the league to scrap the pre-finals bye.
Matthew Boyd's football career will last another week while Tom Boyd starred with four goals as the Footscray beat Essendon in Sunday's VFL elimination final.
Gary Ablett might not be the best ever Geelong player. But he is certainly the best ever Suns player.
Chris Mayne's future beyond 2017 remains in limbo as Collingwood and his manager refuse to discuss whether the former Fremantle forward will see out the final three-years of his four year multi-million dollar contract at the Holden Centre.
The Hawks have unleashed some ripping talent as they lay the foundations for more flag success.
Matt Crouch leaves the quips in the magazine confidential pages to others and prefers to shy from all media. In this two-team AFL town of Adelaide, it is a extraordinary feat; amazing resilience.
Gary Ablett says he will make a decision on his playing future in the next couple of weeks after he won the Gold Coast Suns 2017 best and fairest award.
Competition for spots is fierce among Sydney's ruckmen but that hasn't affected their camaraderie at the AFL club.
Premiership-winning coach Bec Goddard has warned against expanding the AFLW too quickly.
Veteran defender Dale Morris has re-signed with Western Bulldogs for one more season.
Jacob Hopper has re-signed with the GWS Giants on the eve of the club's second AFL finals campaign.
It was the Daisy Pearce show. The Victorian captain put on a master class in Saturday night's inaugural AFLW State of Origin match.
Actions speak louder than words, especially after the circus we've witnessed surrounding Richmond's Dustin Martin.
For the 16 active AFL footballers who had a 'gap year' imposed on them by the Court of Arbitration for Sport in January last year, the results of having such a substantial break from their normality were undoubtedly mixed.
Struggling Collingwood forward Chris Mayne responded to suggestions he could be moved on but it was Richmond which had the last laugh with a 12-point win in the VFL elimination final on Saturday.
After a break with family at home in remote Western Australia, emerging Carlton star Sam Petrevski-Seton says he will be primed to embark on his first full pre-season where he will work to have a greater role in the midfield.
Luke Hodge's legacy at Hawthorn is enormous but one thing the club's young defenders will seek to replicate next season is the "voice" he had on field.
For the eight clubs that missed the eight, it's time to get serious about wooing free agents, making brutal list decisions and preparing for trade period and the draft. Trade period opens on October 9 and the national draft is on November 24.
Geelong captain Joel Selwood says he is firming to play in Friday night's qualifying final against Richmond after joining in match simulation training.
Greater Western Sydney midfielder Jacob Hopper has signed a two-year contract extension, spurning the advances of rival clubs.
Aidan Corr's journey to the Giants started in Northern Ireland and went through Melbourne and Perth.
Five out of 10 Age footy experts have nominated the 2000 Essendon side as the best premiership team of this century.
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Richmond chief executive Brendon Gale insists the Tigers will continue to have room to trade and secure prized free agents despite having Dustin Martin's multi-million dollar contract to deal with.
Bec Goddard and Debbie Lee were there in women's football's dark ages.
They played for the Giants but only one of Ella Ross and Britt Tully will stand tall on Saturday.
Essendon's No.1 draft pick Andrew McGrath gets top billing again as the AFL's 2017 Rising Star
A Tiger small forward may be just what Fremantle need.
Former AFL star Glenn Archer will stay on as North Melbourne board director despite pleading guilty to punching a runner during his son's under-15 football game.
Collingwood captain and soon-to-be Victorian representative Steph Chiocci says pulling on the Big V in the first AFLW State of Origin is another milestone in a "whirlwind" 12 months.
Levi Casboult has turned his back on the opportunity to explore free agency and has re-signed with Carlton for two years.
The Sydney Swans have finished with the AFL's tightest defence for a fourth time in the past six seasons.
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.
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