Fear factor

Michael Gleeson The pain of injury and loss has haunted Brent Macaffer, writes Michael Gleeson.

Demons push past drama

Michael Gleeson THE summer of headlines were about history at the club and did not impact on the Melbourne players of the present, Demons coach Mark Neeld said after his side played its first games following an...

Forward yet to find his feet

Michael Gleeson The game was played in the Tigers' forward half but they were not efficient in their use.

AFL

Lynch seeks glove exemption

Michael Gleeson Collingwood forward says if he can't wear a glove he will have to chop off his finger.

Pie star: wear a glove or chop off a finger

Michael Gleeson COLLINGWOOD forward Quinten Lynch is seeking a medical exemption from the AFL's ban on players wearing gloves, saying if he can't wear a glove he will have to chop off his finger.

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Relief for Cats over Stokes

Michael Gleeson Geelong forward escapes serious damage to his ankle from injury in NAB Cup match.

Dons' Daniher to debut

Michael Gleeson Playing a game on Friday helped lift, at least temporarily, the black clouds hanging over Essendon.

Hawk passes for a Magpie

Michael Gleeson and Emma Quayle Ex-Hawk Clinton Young moved well on a wing, starting on Shaun Higgins.

Hudson adds depth to the Magpies

Michael Gleeson Darren Jolly was rested from the second game with a Pies newbie, that young chap Ben Hudson joining in.

Football

Bombers keep status quo

Emma Quayle and Michael Gleeson The Bombers didn't appear to have implemented any major positional shifts.

Football

Hird proud of Dons

Michael Gleeson and Emma Quayle AFTER 10 days of controversy and distraction, Essendon coach James Hird said it was a relief to get his side back playing football and expressed his pride in the players for the way they have handled...

AFL

Call to view players as employees

Michael Gleeson Players Association boss says footballers bound by decisions of people in authority.

Football

Restore doctors' authority at clubs: players' union

Michael Gleeson The authority of doctors at AFL clubs has been sidelined, the players' union has said.

Football

Think past testing: Ings

Michael Gleeson Drug tests have been random and non-representative of drug use, says to Richard Ings.

AFL

Club leaders urge AFL to buy Etihad Stadium

Michael Gleeson Etihad Stadium should be bought immediately with money from the AFL's Future Fund to solve the structural problems that are crippling the less financial clubs through onerous stadium deals, an...

Suspicion grows about other players

Michael Gleeson Players from other AFL clubs are expected to be implicated in the Essendon drug investigation.

Police warned clubs of drugs

Jake Niall and Michael Gleeson AFL clubs were told about increasing prevalence of peptides and human growth hormone-like substances by federal police prior to Essendon controversy that led club to be investigated.

AFL

AFL was told of peptides inquiry

Jake Niall and Michael Gleeson The AFL was informed last year that an Essendon official had made inquiries about peptides - the substances at the centre of the club's scandal - at a sports medicine conference 12 months ago,...

Essendon engulfed by drug controversy

Michael Gleeson and Jake Niall Essendon has suspended the man who oversaw its fitness program and who will be at the heart of an unprecedented investigation by the Australian drug authority into the AFL club's admission that its...