AFL star slapped with career-ending ban
Melbourne Demons player Joel Smith’s career is as good as over after he was reportedly slapped with a monster ban.
Melbourne
Board candidate: Demons ‘badly handled’ Petracca and Oliver sagas
Melbourne board candidate Steven Smith says the “next six months are crucial” the harmonising the club on and off-field. He tells JAY CLARK how it would all come together.
‘Sad day’: Dees hail Pert impact after CEO quits top job
Melbourne chief executive Gary Pert has quit, capping a year of off-field turmoil that has engulfed the club and claimed several big-name scalps.
Robbo: Pert firm on culture and claims ‘I don’t regret what I said’
In a laid-bare interview hours after announcing his departure from Melbourne, Gary Pert tells Mark Robinson he does not regret the claims he made about the Dees’ culture in 2023.
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‘No apologies’: Petracca decides future
Demons superstar Christian Petracca has made a decision on his future after weeks of reports about his desire to be traded to a big Victorian team.
Not leaving: Trac’s stunning trade backflip
Melbourne fans can breathe easier tonight after Christian Petracca allayed fears he would leave the club. GLENN McFARLANE has the details.
Demon gun gets up Round 1
Melbourne will delay a major positional move but says Tayla Harris is fit and firing after an eyebrow-raising overseas trip.
Gawn details round 1 plans for ‘great friend’ Christian Petracca
Max Gawn was last night named All Australian for the seventh time – and the Demons captain revealed that Christian Petracca remains in his 2025 plans.
Warner: Tainted Roffey presidency arrives at moment of reckoning
Amid a backdrop of crisis and backstabbing in April 2021, Kate Roffey took over the Demons. But Thursday’s trainwreck display showed how inept the club’s leadership is, writes Michael Warner.
Robbo: Diamond Joe backs review calls for ‘disintegrating’ Demons
With focus on the Dees at an all-time high for the wrong reasons, a former president has backed calls for a full-scale independent review of the club in the wake of the Christian Petracca stand-off.
Robbo: The weirdness clouding Demons’ Petracca problem
The Christian Petracca situation is not only weird to the fans, MARK ROBINSON reports, it’s also weird for some of the players at the Demons, who recently discussed the star’s future.
Footy boss defends Petracca from recipe videos jibe
The AFL’s footy boss has defended wantaway Demon Christian Petracca from suggestion he is looking to leave the club to boost his social media following.
Dees president ‘heartbroken’ for fans
Melbourne president Kate Roffey denies Christian Petracca is pursuing a trade but says “we’ve got some issues, absolutely”.
Roffey hits back: ‘I’m heartbroken for our supporters’
Melbourne president Kate Roffey has spoken publicly for the first time since it was revealed superstar Christian Petracca is pushing to leave the club amid growing off-field unrest.
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