Language matters and the message given about the value placed on both women and women’s sport is that we are lesser“How long until AFL headquarters formally commits to renaming the men’s competition AFLM?” This was the question I put to Nicole Livingst…
Language matters and the message given about the value placed on both women and women’s sport is that we are lesser“How long until AFL headquarters formally commits to renaming the men’s competition AFLM?” This was the question I put to Nicole Livingst…
Opening-round results were forgettable for the expansion clubs but there was a significance that went beyond the final scoreWith four new teams entering the AFLW competition this year, inevitably the opening round focus would be on how they fared. The …
Between the number of games, the conference system, umpiring, the CBA and demands on players, there are talking points aplentyThe beginning of the 2020 AFLW season is finally within reach. The familiar smells of freshly cut grass, hot chips and linimen…
Bicycle pedal smashes into 34-year-old’s leg‘No set time-frames’ for Docker’s return to actionStar Fremantle veteran David Mundy has suffered a broken leg while riding a bike with his children.The 34-year-old sustained a fibular fracture just above his…
Australia to play in Ireland in November next yearGame is hybrid of Gaelic and Australian rules footballThe two-game International Rules Series will return in 2020 after a three-year hiatus, the AFL confirmed on Tuesday. Ireland will host the series in…
Richmond 17.12 (114) beat GWS 3.7 (25)Dustin Martin wins Norm Smith medalIn the end, even by Richmond standards, it was all rather ridiculous. They won it in a canter. In doing so, they stamped themselves as one of the great sides of the modern era, wi…
GWS beat Collingwood 8.8 (56) to 7.10 (52)Magpies came back from a 33-point deficit to nearly take the matchGWS are through to their first-ever AFL grand final after they stunned hot favourite Collingwood in a four-point preliminary final thriller at t…
Richmond have smoothed some rough edges and expectations of the in-form Tiger are high for Friday’s AFL preliminary finalThe problem with writing about Dustin Martin is there’s no-one to compare him to. There’s no obvious reference point. People throw …
Rioli faces ban of up to four years after anti-doping test‘Something other than urine’ found in test jarWest Coast have many questions that need answers after Willie Rioli’s shock Asada ban but the most pressing query is whether the stunning developmen…
The statue unveiled in Melbourne’s Federation Square is not necessarily about the AFLW player; it serves a far wider purposeOn International Women’s Day earlier this year, Federation Square in Melbourne was graced with the presence of a reproduction of…
This is probably the Cats’ best side since 2011 but they have a habit of wilting in September Every time Chris Scott is asked to address recent finals capitulations, he bristles. He’s not one for looking in the rear vision mirror. Leigh Matthews, his o…
Collingwood rookie’s suspension backdated Murray tested positive to illicit substance in July 2018Collingwood defender Sam Murray is free to play in the AFL next season after receiving his punishment for failing a game-day drugs test last year. The lea…
Eight-year tenure at helm comes to an endChief executive Steve Rosich also expected to leaveCoach Ross Lyon and chief executive Steve Rosich have been sacked by Fremantle in a significant shake-up at the struggling AFL club. The decision to show Lyon t…
The spirit of the Gabbatoir lives on as the Lions prepare to make life difficult for Geelong in BrisbaneIn one of Chris Judd’s first games, six months out of school and playing at the Gabba, he had his chin split open by Chris Scott. A minute or so lat…
Considered one of the true greats of the game, Farmer played 101 games for Geelong in the 1960sGraham “Polly” Farmer, widely regarded as Australian rules football’s greatest-ever ruckman, has died aged 84.Farmer, who was diagnosed with Alzheimer’s dise…
Consecutive heavy defeats towards the end of the AFL season have enraged Bombers fans This has not been the best couple of weeks for the Essendon Football Club. Not since the club’s crisis was at its pee-in-a-cup high tide has the Twitterverse, or at l…
20-year-old has had headaches since SundayPlayer ‘in good spirits’ as he receives treatmentRichmond player Jack Higgins is in hospital after being diagnosed with bleeding on his brain.According to media reports, the cause is unknown and the AFL club wi…
20-year-old has had headaches since SundayPlayer ‘in good spirits’ as he receives treatmentRichmond player Jack Higgins is in hospital after being diagnosed with bleeding on his brain.According to media reports, the cause is unknown and the AFL club wi…
AFLPA president “all for” donating organs‘You can’t take them with you when you’re gone’AFL Players Association president Patrick Dangerfield is all for donating his brain to post-mortem concussion research after last month the disease CTE was found in…
