South Australia’s festival of football has quickly become one of the biggest weeks on the Australian sporting calendar. Ahead of its third instalment, Matt Turner unpacks the event’s future.
Did the five-day break hurt the Crows on Thursday night? Matthew Nicks isn’t hiding behind his side’s preparation, instead highlighting where it all went wrong.
Adelaide led by four goals one minute before half-time in the Gather Round opener against Geelong. Then the Crows opened the door – and the Cats never looked back.
Bailey Smith might be starring on the field, but he still has work to do off it after showing he still hasn’t learned a simple Geelong tradition.
20 years after the AFL brought in an illicit drug code, the gains made to help troubled players are being tainted by a small handful. So does the AFL actually have a drug problem?
The scans results are in for an important Cat, and his setback has come at the worst possible time.
Saints player Jack Higgins has earned the ire of an entire city – including one of its star footballers – for cheeky comments made in a post-match interview.
Sydney Swans star Isaac Heeney has opened up on the promise he and his teammates made in the aftermath of last year’s devastating Grand Final defeat.
A year after Jack Hutchinson made the jump from country football to Collingwood’s VFL team to the mid-season draft, another Magpie reserves player could be the next bush bolter.
The last two years haven’t been kind to the Crows when it comes to the close ones. After controversy on the Gold Coast, relive all the times the Crows have been stiffed by umpiring decisions.
Port Adelaide has lost a second winnable game on the trot as the Saints broke the Power’s heart at the Adelaide Oval, turning the heat right up on Ken Hinkley ahead of Gather Round.
Luke Beveridge said the Western Bulldogs became too predictable in looking at their talisman Sam Darcy as they let one slip against a Dockers side left licking its wounds.
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