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May to face tribunal for bump on Blue; Hawk has surgery on kidney; Curnow breaks drought

Predictions on the penalty for Steven May’s bump on Francis Evans varied wildly and now the matter rests with the AFL tribunal. Meanwhile, Hawthorn’s Finn Maginness suffered a lacerated kidney in the win over Port Adelaide.

  • Scott Spits and Danny Russell

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AFL teams and tips for round 19: Membrey out, ‘managed’ by Magpies

Here are all the teams and tips for an intriguing round 19 of the season.

New Collingwood AFLW skipper Ruby Schleicher.

Buckley is about to return to Collingwood – he just doesn’t know it; Dons’ high-performance chief departs

The Magpies have named a Fox Footy boundary rider as their newest captain. Meanwhile, Sean Murphy’s departure comes at the height of a horror stretch of injuries for the Bombers.

  • Jake Niall and Danny Russell
Elijah Tsatas has joined Essendon’s casualty ward.

Four fit players not in this week’s squad: Essendon’s injury crisis worsens yet again

The Bombers’ shocking run of injuries shows no sign of slowing down after scans showed midfielder Elijah Tsatas suffered a hamstring injury during round 18.

  • Jake Niall, Peter Ryan and Hannah Kennelly
SA footy great Barrie Robran soars for a mark in the SANFL.

AFL world mourns legend; Houston sidelined for Pies

The South Australian great died in Adelaide on Wednesday at the age of 77.

  • Hannah Kennelly
Essendon have had a major injury crisis in season 2025, with the large number of injured players including (from left) Mason Redman, Kyle Langford and Sam Draper.

Where should the bad-luck Bombers look to find a cure for their injury curse?

The Bombers have used two full teams of players this season as their best and brightest continually topple over injured.

  • Libby Birch
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Bobby Hill has resumed training at Collingwood, but a date for his return to the playing field is not yet clear..

Bobby Hill back in the fold as Pies look to recall trio for Dockers clash

Collingwood expect to regain three important players for their clash with Fremantle, but will assess Bobby Hill’s readiness to play later this week if he continues to train.

  • Jake Niall
The incident which led to Tristan Xerri’s suspension

‘I had to respond’: Gawn’s reaction to ugly incident involving teammate

The Demons snapped a five-game losing streak with a hard fought win, but the contest was marred by the incident that sparked Tom Sparrow’s teammates to fly the flag for him.

  • Scott Spits and Russell Bennett
Where to now for Zach Merrett and the Bombers?

Didn’t deserve a winner: The numbers that show just how bad the Dons-Tigers clash was

In between Jayden Short’s goal late in the first quarter and Tim Taranto’s early in the last, just one goal was scored in close to an hour of football. The previous night across town, Ryan Reynolds’ Wrexham put three goals past the Victory in 35 minutes.

  • Andrew Wu
Nic Martin finished his night on crutches.

ACL injury fear for star on a nightmare night for Essendon; Dockers prevail over Hawks in Perth thriller

The injury carnage has worsened yet again for Essendon after their clash with the Tigers, while the Dockers held off the Hawks in a battle of the finals hopefuls.

  • Scott Spits, Hannah Kennelly, Andrew Wu and Owen Leonard

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