After Carlton sacked Brendon Bolton, which assistant coaches will lead the race to replace him? From a return for Brett Ratten to Sam Mitchell, Jon Ralph analyses the senior coaches-in-waiting.
The AFL promised a crackdown on punches to the head in mid-2017 but so far this year players have been able to elbow each other and get away with it but Michael Christian must pull the trigger and suspend Gary Ablett for his brain fade.
North Melbourne has blooded three players this year but as speculation swirls around Brad Scott’s coaching tenure, why haven’t we seen more of them this year? Why Scott should devote the rest of 2019 to playing the kids.
Jarryd Roughead knew he was tempting fate playing out the last season of his contract, and after being dropped many are wondering if his playing days will end in the VFL, writes Jon Ralph.
At 38 and after just 13 games in 2013, how was Dustin Fletcher still in Essendon’s best team given Michael Hurley’s new role in defence?
NEW AFL boss Gillon McLachlan should sit in the outer to find out what issues are important to supporters. REPLAY LIVE CHAT
LISTEN NOW: MARK Robinson and Jon Ralph join Anthony Hudson for a bumper Easter edition of Australia’s No 1 sport podcast.
REPLAY CHAT: THE AFL will only be truly inclusive when a player comes out as openly gay and no one really cares, says Jon Ralph.
LISTEN NOW: HOST Anthony Hudson, Sam Edmund and Jon Ralph wrap up a fascinating weekend of footy.
IF Carlton denies Bryce Gibbs’ request about its future, that tells him everything he needs to know about how they value him.
JONATHAN Brown charged back with the flight of the ball on Saturday, knowing a collision could spell the end of his AFL career.
TAKE a look back at Jon Ralph’s piece from August last year, in which he explained why Tania Hird is James’s Michelle Obama.
JON Ralph rates all 58 free agents for 2015, revealing who is a chance to move, who might be a bargain, and who is battling for another deal.
PAUL Roos has stats boffins scratching their heads after crazy numbers in first NAB Cup game.
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