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Hawthorn president Jeff Kennett, left, and outgoing coach Alastair Clarkson.

Hawthorn need a fresh start without Kennett

Three-time premiership player James Morrissey says it’s time for change on the Hawthorn board, following the club’s treatment of Alastair Clarkson and other key decisions.

  • James Morrissey

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Sam Mitchell will take over from Clarkson in 2023.

Hawthorn’s Clarkson-Mitchell succession plan off to a shaky start

The proposed Hawthorn handover between Alastair Clarkson and senior-coach-in-waiting Sam Mitchell is off to a rocky start.

  • Sam McClure
MELBOURNE, AUSTRALIA - MAY 23: Robbie Gray of the Power celebrates a goal with Sam Powell-Pepper and Charlie Dixon of the Power during the 2021 AFL Round 10 match between the Collingwood Magpies and the Port Adelaide Power at the Melbourne Cricket Ground on May 23, 2021 in Melbourne, Australia. (Photo by Dylan Burns/AFL Photos via Getty Images)

Collingwood fall short against Port Adelaide in MCG nail-biter

Collingwood coughed up a golden opportunity to turn their season around, giving up a 13-point three-quarter-time lead to fall short by the narrowest of margins against Port Adelaide.

  • Damien Ractliffe
GWS’s leadership group at a training session on June 11, 2020

Bubbles, hubs and isolation: a chronicle of an AFL season like no other

What emerges from Amazon’s impressive seven-part documentary series Making Their Mark are the raw portraits of heroic individuals.

  • Debi Enker
The AFL is unlikely to make vaccinations for COVID-19 mandatory for players.

COVID vaccine not set to be mandatory for AFL players

The AFL is unlikely to make vaccinations for COVID-19 mandatory for players in 2021 as the vaccine is rolled out.

  • Jake Niall
Ellie McKenzie celebrates a goal with Richmond teammates at GMHBA Stadium.

Richmond blast Geelong to ring up first win

The Tigers produced a dominant performance under lights at GMHBA Stadium with victory in the Djilang Game of the AFLW’s inaugural Indigenous round.

  • Sarah Burt
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Heritier Lumumba says the racist nickname he was given was far from the worst thing from his time at Collingwood.

Do Better report has ‘changed football forever’: Lumumba

Former Collingwood premiership player Heritier Lumumba says the report is a major milestone for the game but no one should be patting themselves on the back.

  • Peter Ryan
Jacob Weitering has won the John Nicholls Medal as the Blues’ 2020 best-and-fairest.

‘Making us better’: Weitering caps rise with maiden Nicholls medal

Young star Jacob Weitering completed a fine 2020 season by belatedly being named as the Blues’ best and fairest while another young talent finished just behind him.

  • Jon Pierik
(left to right) Collingwood President Eddie McGuire, and Collingwood Integrity Committee member Jodie Sizer during a media conference regarding the report that found there has been inadequate responses to racism at the club. 1st February 2021 The Age News Picture by JOE ARMAO

‘Not OK’: Collingwood seek to correct dearth of Indigenous players

Collingwood board member Jodie Sizer admits it is “not OK” that the club presently does not have an Indigenous player on its men’s AFL list.

  • Michael Gleeson
Former Collingwood player Heritier Lumumba.

Lumumba’s stance vindicated, says lawyer, as senator calls for McGuire to go

A scathing report that details systemic racism at Collingwood Football Club vindicates claims made by ex-Magpie Heritier Lumumba, according to Lumumba’s lawyer.

  • Peter Ryan

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