There’s a saying that “What happens on an end-of-season trip should stay on the trip”, and that’s how the Lions have responded to concerns about some players’ US holiday.
Here’s an imposing stat about an imposing figure. Over the course of Tom Hawkins’ career, no player in the competition has delivered more score assists. Just don’t touch his pre-game packet of double-coated Tim Tams.
Follow all the action of Easter Sunday footy as the Western Bulldogs take on West Coast at Marvel Stadium and Richmond fight it out with Sydney at the MCG.
Melbourne coach Simon Goodwin is lauding the character of his club to emerge gritty seven-point winners over Port Adelaide after another week of controversy.
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North Melbourne coach Alastair Clarkson has defended the club’s call not to select key defensive prospect Daniel Curtin in last year’s draft after also letting restricted free agent Ben McKay walk.
Zeeshan Arain says he documented a disturbingly high prevalence of illicit drug use among players at the Melbourne Football Club and wanted to expose a cultural problem, not blow up the league’s drugs policy.
One of dozens of senior coaches and football bosses to have their judgment blinkered by blood ties, Denis Pagan coached his own son at AFL level. He believes Anthony Stevens has done the right thing by stepping away from the Kangaroos board.
Our experts have entered their tips for the eight games of round three. See which way they’re predicting each match will turn out, and come back on Thursday night for all the ins and outs.
Collingwood have revived their AFL season and sent the Brisbane Lions’ further south with a 20-point win in a scrappy, fluctuating grand final re-match at the Gabba.