Blues CEO shock as Simon Lethlean overlooked
Carlton has surprisingly overlooked former AFL executive Simon Lethlean and appointed former Geelong player Cain Liddle as its new CEO.
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Michael Gleeson
Michael Gleeson is a senior AFL football writer and Fairfax Media's athletics writer. He also covers tennis, cricket and other sports. He won the AFL Players Association Grant Hattam Trophy for excellence in journalism for the second time in 2014 and was a finalist in the 2014 Quill Awards for best sports feature writer. He was also a finalist in the 2014 Australian Sports Commission awards for his work on ‘Boots for Kids’. He is a winner of the AFL Media Association award for best news reporter and a two-time winner of Cricket Victoria’s cricket writer of the year award. Michael has covered multiple Olympics, Commonwealth Games and world championships and 15 seasons of AFL, He has also written seven books - five sports books and two true crime books.
Collingwood doctor Bradshaw suspended
Collingwood's doctor, Chris Bradshaw, has been reprimanded by the medical authorities and had his licence to practise suspended.
The AFL has committed a 2018 fixture blue
Carlton were one of the worst teams this year again and yet the AFL has promoted them into more prime time slots.
Hawks cop tough 2018 AFL fixture
Hawthorn's battle to halt their slide, rebuild and re-climb the ladder has been made more difficult with a challenging draw for next year.
No one bigger on the big stage
Before he played his first game, he was destined to be a star. Before he turned 21, he was one. Travis Cloke was a giant of the game.
Magpies looked at trading Chris Mayne back
Collingwood explored ending their ill-fated recruitment of Chris Mayne by trading the forward back to Fremantle after just one year.
AFL set to introduce live trading on draft night in 2018
Clubs will be able to keep trading draft picks after the trade deadline and right up until the national draft in a suite of changes proposed for next year.
The Second Coming
This is the homecoming trade period.
Freo want pick two for Weller, Dogs discussing Josh Schache
Fremantle has surprised and angered Gold Coast by demanding pick two in the national draft to secure Lachie Weller who has asked the Dockers to trade him to the Suns.
Motlop pick deals Cats a stronger hand
Compensation pick from Port Adelaide deal boosts Cats plans to secure players still in limbo as the trade period builds to an end.
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