Essendon’s Kyle Langford is expected to miss multiple weeks with a hamstring injury, the third injury to hit a Bombers’ forward in recent weeks as coach Brad Scott hints at a structure change.
Will Day was unable to replicate his Opening Round SuperCoach heroics, while Zach Merrett was upstaged in the Essendon midfield. See the full fallout and Dan Batten’s SuperCoach notes.
In a wild second quarter, Hawthorn’s Jack Scrimshaw concussed a Bomber and then copped his own sickening head clash at the MCG.
Essendon would have learned plenty from Hawthorn’s impressive Opening Round victory. As Fox Footy’s GARRY LYON writes, the Bombers can put their rival’s warning to good use.
Essendon coach Brad Scott was frustrated by a lot of things in the wake of his side’s horror loss to St Kilda – but he was clear on the two issues that disappointed him most.
The third quarter has long been known as the premiership quarter. For Essendon on Saturday, it was the pretender quarter, writes SAM LANDSBERGER. Here’s how it all fell apart.
St Kilda has dismantled Essendon by 53 points to deliver a big blow to the Bombers’ dwindling AFL finals hopes.
As speculation rages about Clayton Oliver’s future at Melbourne, a former Demons skipper has urged the club not to move on the troubled midfield superstar.
Rory Lobb’s stunning career revival in defence has left Westerm Bulldogs in an awkward position as they maintain a strong interest in one of the best key backmen on the market.
Adelaide coach Matthew Nicks has revealed the Crows used the vision of Sam Draper’s ‘duck dive’ to motivate the side ahead of their victory over Essendon.
The AFL world has been left devastated over horror scenes for a Crows youngster as Adelaide pulled off one of their great victories.
There was plenty to unpack after a thrilling Friday night contest at Marvel Stadium. Check out our three big SuperCoach takeaways.
Harrison Jones has endured an injury-hit run during his time at Essendon. But deployed as a wingman by coach Brad Scott in the past months, the young Bomber is finally thriving and on the cusp of securing his long-term future.
Two months ago, finals seemed an obvious destination for the Bombers, now they’re back in the pack. So what are the best and worst-case scenarios, and what is most likely to happen?
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