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Geelong senior coach Chris Scott.

Cats’ defence in AFL probe of Chris Scott over commercial arrangement

The AFL has launched an investigation into Geelong coach Chris Scott’s new role with a finance firm, a major sponsor of the club.

  • Jon Pierik and Peter Ryan

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Marcus Bontempellis was named the AFL’s 2024 All-Australian captain.

No Brownlow for Bont would be a ‘travesty’, says Treloar; AFL hires former Eagles boss; Dons suffer double injury blow

Adam Treloar says it would be a travesty if club great Marcus Bontempelli finishes his career without a Brownlow Medal. Meanwhile, the AFL has hired a former Eagles boss to fill a key role.

  • Jon Pierik, Jake Niall and Peter Ryan
Tyson Stengle lines up his shot for goal after the ball was brought back when the video review awarded him a mark on the goal line.

‘They deserve the goal’: Beveridge backs goal-line mark to Cat Stengle

At first, it looked like a behind to Geelong. But on video review, a mark was awarded to Tyson Stengle, who turned it into a goal as the Cats got home by four points.

  • Peter Ryan
Mark Blicavs will play his 250th AFL game on Saturday night.

‘He was like a three year-old’: A secret skill made Mark Blicavs football’s Mr Versatile

Sure, he’s 198 centimetres tall and can run like the wind. But at Geelong, when teammates and coaches are asked what sets Mark Blicavs apart, they invariably identify qualities that can’t be measured or timed.

  • Greg Dundas
Collingwood coach Craig McRae.

McRae of sunshine: The Lion bringing his winning ways to Collingwood

If Collingwood win, Craig McRae will have turned this gargantuan powerhouse yet perennial bridesmaid club into a word that he likes to use and which has seldom been attached to them for decades: winners.

  • Jake Niall
Brisbane Lions coach Chris Fagan - will he take them to the flag?

Coach of the year? Resilient Fagan has Lions in position for another crack at flag

Against the backdrop of the Hawthorn saga, Brisbane’s coach has kept his team in the premiership hunt, with his Lions joining the Cats with the most wins in the AFL in the past five years.

  • Caroline Wilson
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Jeremy Cameron has booted 36 goals in the first 11 rounds.

Mid-season report: Time running out with Cats’ flag defence on the brink

The Cats are still way off their premiership form of 2022, but the gritty win over the Western Bulldogs has kept them in the finals hunt

  • Peter Ryan
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‘It means a lot’: Goldstein on loyalty, his future and becoming the sixth Roo to 300 games

Champion ruckman Todd Goldstein will become the sixth Kangaroo to play 300 VFL/AFL games when he runs out for Sunday’s match against Gold Coast.

  • Marc McGowan
Geelong defender Sam de Koning laments his team’s slow start to its premiership defence.

Is Cats’ flag defence already over? What history says about the first two games

We’re only rounds into the AFL season, but the stats already tell us winless Geelong will have to defy weighty history to go back-to-back. Are the first two games really that important, and what does it mean for those clubs who are already on a winning streak?

  • Marc McGowan
AFL coaches Simon Goodwin (Melbourne), Damien Hardwick (Richmond and former Collingwood coach Nathan Buckley.

Why footy coaches can have a love-hate relationship with their job

Everyone’s an expert but the buck stops with the coach. What does a coach do all day (and night) and where does their job end?

  • Peter Ryan

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