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Hird name to live on at Essendon as Bombers sign James' son Tom

The Hird name is set to live on at Essendon for a fourth generation, with club legend James’ son Tom signed on as a Category B rookie by the Bombers.

25 minutes ago
by Ronny Lerner

AFL 2020

Elliott explains why he stayed with the Pies

by Daniel Cherny

AFL 2020

Blues look to McGovern to lead the way up forward

2 hours ago
by Jon Pierik

St Kilda’s Tarni White left Moorabbin in tears with a torn ACL last weekend.

Opinion

AFL injury ward

The changes that could go a long way to fixing AFLW's ACL problem

by Emma Kearney

Tom Langdon seriously injured his knee in round nine last year.

AFL injury ward

Langdon considers retirement as he has last crack at beating knee injury

by Peter Ryan

Insight & Analysis

Concussion: there's no knock-out answer

Greg Baum

The shock of Polly Farmer's posthumous CTE diagnosis is shining a torch again on how the AFL deals with concussion.

Sport Thought: The new form of courage may be not to play

Timothy Boyle

Despite the modern insistence that football is some kind of puzzle to be solved, the whole thing still swings on the abandonment of thought to action and on decisions rather than imagination.

Why Brisbane is a better fit for Joe Daniher than the Swans

Jake Niall

If the star Bomber is to leave Essendon, he may be better off moving further north than the city and club he wanted to go to during last year's trading period.

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Dayne Beams is on an indefinite break from footy.

Off the Field

'I wouldn't change my life for anyone's': Beams says he's on the right path

Collingwood footballer Dayne Beams says he considers the last few years of his life a "blessing", despite the adversity he has faced.

by Staff reporters

Jack Steele (left) with Magpie Jamie Elliott.

AFL 2020

Saints want to be the ones in control, says Steele

St Kilda aren’t looking to become the AFL’s autocrats per se, but according to midfielder Jack Steele, the Saints want to start becoming “the dictators.”