Fallen AFL legend Ben Cousins is set to shed light on his dramatic struggles with substance abuse, revealing in a sobering new interview his eight-year-old son has expressed a desire to follow in his footsteps to an AFL career.
A Tigers premiership ruckman and Bulldogs midfielders put under some heat but Mick McGuane admits he might have got it wrong about Gary Ablett. His analysis of every Victorian club’s Round 1 match.
Kevin Sheedy, who was a back-pocket plumber in his playing days at Richmond, believes a return to a semi-professional competition could be the way footy survives the catastrophe coronavirus has caused.
Carlton player Jacob Weitering put himself in the All-Australian conversation for the first time. Plus, there was a surprise selection at full-forward in David King’s All-Australian team for Round 1.
GUN Adelaide forward Mitch McGovern has encouraged star teammate Rory Sloane and brother Jeremy McGovern to embrace the external pressure surrounding their footy futures.
A RACIAL incident flared on the final siren of the JLT series opener between West Coast and Port Adelaide at Leederville Oval in Perth.
SAM Mitchell and Matt Priddis might be gone but a host of West Coast midfielders are ready to pick up the SuperCoach scoring slack. See every score for every player from West Coast’s JLT Series win over Port Adelaide.
THE retirements of key Eagles in the off-season means West Coast will have a new look in 2018. BRADEN QUARTERMAINE examines how that played out in the JLT Series opener and what to expect going forward.
FOOTBALL’S rich are getting richer as a record number of AFL players earned more than $1 million last season as clubs fear the league’s $1.84 billion pay deal could create a divide. Who are the million-dollar men?
ESSENDON and Melbourne are set to unveil their star recruits in this weekend’s JLT games, while Richmond has named 19 premiership stars in a star-studded line-up.
AFL clubs have delivered an emphatic message to the league on how AFLX can be enhanced and at least one Victorian club has requested a change of date for the tournment.
NIC Naitanui is in the top 10 most popular SuperCoach picks this season but the Eagles ruckman is struggling to be fit for West Coast’s season opener against Sydney.
THE AFL has clubs knocking on its door wanting to take AFLX around the globe as league chief Gillon McLachlan hinted that teams that play in the concept could be franchised like cricket’s Big Bash League.
MATT Priddis and Sam Mitchell are gone from a West Coast Eagles squad in transition but Nic Naitanui returns from a long injury layoff. Can the youngsters fill the SuperCoach void?
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