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James Hird while working as an assistant coach for GWS.

Could James Hird end up coaching his son Tom at Port Melbourne? The club is asking

The former Essendon champion has become a constant figure at the VFL club watching his son Tom play, and powerbrokers are keen to put the question to him.

  • Peter Ryan

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Traumatic toll: Why St Kilda’s Seaford folly is akin to Dons, Blues sagas

One could argue that the relocation to an unloved and soulless venue inflicted just as much damage on the Saints as Carlton’s draft penalties or the Essendon drug saga did to those more powerful clubs.

  • Jake Niall
John Lawler during his time at the ACC.

Why there’s a silver lining a decade on from ‘blackest day in Australian sport’

The investigator responsible for the report that sparked the supplements saga says the long-term effects have justified the initial controversy.

  • Roy Masters
Coaching great Kevin Sheedy, now a board director, has reopened debate on the supplements scandal which erupted in 2013, the scars of which remain today.

Sheedy takes aim at AFL, supplements saga ‘mismanaged at every level’

The Bombers will celebrate their 150th anniversary this week, but Kevin Sheedy and Danny Corcoran have opened up on the supplements scandal that continues to haunt the club.

  • Jon Pierik
Essendon coach Ben Rutten, and the 2000 premiership team. The Bombers have released a five-year blueprint for success.

‘We exist to win premierships’: Bombers unveil their five-year blueprint

Ahead of their 150th year celebrations, Essendon have released a five-year plan that calls for success on and off the field.

  • Jon Pierik
Dr Bruce Reid.

Bombers mourn long-time club doctor Bruce Reid

Essendon are mourning the death of long-serving club doctor Bruce Reid.

  • Daniel Cherny
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Lindsay Tanner says the club will not be backing a Senate inquiry into the supplements saga.

Tanner rubbishes drugs report, shoots down Senate inquiry call

Essendon chairman Lindsay Tanner has rubbished a report that cast doubt on the guilt of the 34 Bombers players banned for taking a prohibited substance.

  • Anthony Colangelo
Stephen Dank in 2016.

Stephen Dank facing fraud charges over work at Darwin anti-ageing clinic

Man behind the Essendon supplements scandal has been charged by Northern Territory Police with offences relating to time working at a Darwin business in 2017.

  • Greg Roberts
The supplements scandals at Essendon and Cronulla had a massive impact on the AFL and NRL.

ASADA was 'never ready' for Essendon, Cronulla scandals

ASADA boss David Sharpe admits it was "never ready" for Essendon and Cronulla but added nobody was ready for the doping cases that rocked a nation.

  • Eamonn Tiernan
The Essendon supplements saga continues to generate debate.

Don, but never quite dusted

Seven years later, details of the Essendon drugs saga continue to emerge and change, but the big picture does not.

  • Greg Baum

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