Three days before round 1 last year, Peter Wright went down with a shoulder injury. Now, back to full fitness, he’s set to lead a new Essendon forward line that is hoping to rise to the expectation.
One of North Melbourne’s off-season recruits faces a huge task in his first outing as a Roo after being confirmed to debut against GWS. See every club’s predicted side here.
As selection pressure mounts on Essendon veteran Dyson Heppell, coach Brad Scott says the club owes its former captain for the turmoil he faced during its infamous supplements saga.
Essendon will have a new look against Hawthorn on Saturday with a raft of traded-in players set to make their club debuts.
He heard a “pop” in his calf, but Brisbane Lions captain Dayne Zorko has been cleared of a serious injury.
The AFL made it clear four years ago that they would take a tougher approach to players punching each other. And, yet, already we are letting a player off after one round.
There was little to celebrate for Essendon in round 1 but a five-goal debut from a mature-age recruit was one of them
A huge win over Essendon got even better for Geelong on Sunday morning with news Jeremy Cameron has been released from hospital after complaining of having trouble breathing.
Essendon was demolished by Geelong on Saturday afternoon but a rookie’s senational debut gave fans something to smile about.
Kaine Baldwin was once considered the country’s best key forward prospect but his journey to a round 1 debut went on a wild detour
An interrupted pre-season has left one star Bomber short of fitness for round 1.
Football icon Matthew Lloyd has revealed he was given a shock diagnosis recently after an episode where he lost control of parts of his body.
James Hird’s father Allan has launched a scathing attack on Andrew Demetriou’s most recent account of the Essendon supplements saga and his ‘crocodile tears’ for Jobe Watson.
Essendon premiership player and famed hard man Dean Wallis has been rushed to hospital in Bendigo after suffering a major heart attack.
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