Denis Pagan was the man floated to become Geelong coach as pressure mounted on Mark Thompson. In the final SACKED podcast of this series, we go inside the tumult which almost changed Geelong’s modern history.
Ollie Hollands impressed in a new role as Carlton hit the track on Wednesday, with midfield star Sam Walsh looking to put previous injury-plagued pre-seasons behind him.
Sophie McKay had a front-row seat to her sister’s ascension into Carlton folklore as the AFLW’s first-ever father-daughter pick. Now, she’s preparing to make her own history in navy blue.
Cut by Hawthorn after one AFL game, key defender Ethan Phillips is eyeing an opening at Carlton, where he’s signed for the VFL team and hopes to get an SSP training call-up.
It wasn’t the fairytale Blues fans hoped for, but Sam Docherty’s return was a bright spot on a dark night for Carlton. And the veteran himself says, it’s onwards and upwards from here.
After surging to a preliminary final last year, Carlton was supposed to be a premiership contender. Instead, it dished up 50 minutes of the worst finals football any team has played in a long time, writes SCOTT GULLAN.
Carlton has only just avoided the worst opening half in AFL finals history after a horribly one-sided effort against the Lions.
Carlton didn’t show up until late in the second term when it was too little too late. CALLUM DICK and SCOTT GULLAN rate every player from the elimination final.
How many is too many? Carlton has taken the punt on six inclusions for its elimination final against Brisbane Lions — and a leading sports doctor thinks it could come back to haunt the Blues.
Still one of the most influential figures in football, Brian Cook has opened up on the family tragedy which shaped him and how close he came to landing the AFL’s top job.
Chris Fagan called it a long time before anyone else — Brisbane Lions against Carlton was about to become one of the AFL’s fiercest finals rivalries. CALLUM DICK unpacks the key battles.
Carlton may be taking a risk bringing back six injured players for a sudden death final but the riskiest one actually gives coach Michael Voss the most confidence.
Harry McKay, who was unwittingly linked with the Christian Petracca trade saga, has spoken about the impact it had on him.
The Lions are preparing for one of their stars to be targeted in what they expect will be a “fiercely contested” elimination final against Carlton.
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