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Collingwood confirmed the resignation in a statement on Thursday morning.

Magpies employee resigns after performing a lap dance on interstate trip

The junior staffer was found to have behaved inappropriately towards another person at a hotel in Alice Springs.

  • Jake Niall and Michael Gleeson

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In focus: Bailey Smith courted controversy for wearing a Nike-branded headband during a practice match against Hawthorn.

Why Bailey Smith’s headband is one of the hot topics among AFL clubs

The AFL has sent a seven-page memo to clubs, outlining a raft of proposed changes for season 2026, including one as a result of the actions of the Cats star.

  • Jon Pierik
Ricky Nixon outside court on Tuesday.

Premiership Demons give evidence in football forgery case against Ricky Nixon

Melbourne captain Max Gawn was one of six AFL players who donned gloves and inspected footballs in court as part of the case against the former player agent.

  • Erin Pearson
Taking a stand: Michael Long, Nova Maree Peris, Kyle Vander Kuyp and Phil Krakouer during the “Walk the Talk” presentation” in 2017.

‘The AFL’s defence hurts’: Krakouer slams league’s response to racism case

The AFL admits racism existed on its fields and in its locker rooms, but in defending itself from a class-action lawsuit says it was comparable to other areas of life at that time.

  • Jon Pierik
Geelong’s Tanner Bruhn did not play a game in the 2025 season.

There are no winners in the Tanner Bruhn case

Charges against Geelong player Tanner Bruhn, now dropped, left the AFL in a tricky position. How should sporting bodies handle these situations? It’s not an easy question to answer.

  • Michael Gleeson
Tanner Bruhn will miss the clash against Essendon.

The dramatic moment that sank the rape case against Geelong midfielder Tanner Bruhn

Bruhn’s lawyer said the footy star had been “to hell and back” fighting allegations that jeopardised his career and liberty.

  • Erin Pearson and Carla Jaeger
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The AFL could be staring down serious sports betting trouble if it doesn’t learn from the drama unfolding in the NBA.

The more we know the better: How the AFL’s NBA-style gamble on injury could come unstuck

The NBA is dealing with a gambling scandal that touches the biggest name in the biggest basketball competition in the world. The AFL can learn plenty from it.

  • Michael Gleeson
Footballers Steven May (left) and Dion Prestia have been charged.

AFL stars Dion Prestia, Steven May charged over Sorrento Boxing Day fight

Premiership star Dion Prestia says he will “strenuously defend” himself after he and Demons defender Steven May were charged over an incident in 2024.

  • Hannah Kennelly
Bailey Smith delivered elite performances on the field, and turmoil off it, in his first season at Geelong.

No more ‘oh Bailey’: The schoolboy treatment that lets Smith escape accountability

Chris Scott is right: Bailey Smith, the footballer, was an outrageous success on the field. But Geelong didn’t just recruit a footballer, they recruited a brand.

  • Michael Gleeson
Geelong coach Chris Scott.

‘Outrageous success’: Chris Scott denies Cats have trouble with controversial star Bailey Smith

Chris Scott said the star midfielder’s 12 months at Geelong had been a success if you “separate out the off-field issues”.

  • Hannah Kennelly

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