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Enough is enough: Simon Goodwin on personal attacks and the Demons’ culture

In an exclusive interview, the Melbourne coach speaks about club culture, the allegations haunting the Demons, his personal hurt, and attempting to get the Dees back on track.

by Caroline Wilson

‘We can go all the way’: Lions roar, Dogs found wanting and Neale says season’s far from over

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by Roy Ward and Danny Russell

The siren sounds on the 1999 preliminary final between Essendon and Carlton.

‘What the hell just happened?’ The inside story of the ultimate Essendon-Carlton clash

by Jake Niall

Happy Cats: Geelong lead the league in player wellbeing.

They’re happy teams at Geelong and Sydney – but which club is the unhappiest?

by Sam McClure

Richmond great Dustin Martin fends off Gold Coast and Geelong champion Dustin Martin.

Who’s better, Dusty or Gaz? Here’s what the man who’s played with both thinks

by Steve Barrett

Insight & Analysis

A 50-disposal gun, an almost flawless prospect and Cripps 2.0: AFL draft hopefuls to watch

We spoke to AFL club recruiters to find out which of this year’s prospects are at the top of their boards at the midway point of the season as the national under-18 championships take centre stage.

Bring it on! Why I can’t wait for AFLW pre-season training to start

I’m not the only one who has an exciting new challenge ahead of them this AFLW season. While pre-season training promises to be testing, I can’t wait for it to start on Monday.

Horne-Francis is emerging, but not yet ready to come to grips with Cripps

In key takeouts this week: Carlton’s big dog hands Port’s young pup a lesson, the race for this year’s Rising Star award gets blown wide open and forget the premiership for the moment; Melbourne simply need to focus on making the finals.

Marc McGowan

Sports reporter

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North Melbourne coach Alastair Clarkson said the strain of the Hawthorn racism saga contributed to his recent outburst on the bench.

AFL Briefing

AFL 2024

Clarkson says strain of Hawthorn saga led to bench blow-up; Holding the ball clarified again

In his first public appearance since being cleared by the AFL of directing profanities towards an umpire, Alastair Clarkson spoke of the “hardship” he and Chris Fagan had endured.

by Andrew Wu

Hawthorn’s Jack Ginnivan, Essendon’s Zach Merrett, Sydney’s Isaac Heeney, and Carlton’s Charlie Curnow.

Opinion

AFL 2024

Flag favourites, disasters and the side that’s just plain boring: Kane Cornes’ mid-season verdict on every club

At the halfway point of season 2024, here’s a look at the AFL ladder and the masterstroke moves made to date, the teams in the fight for the flag, and the clubs who should just move on to planning for next season.