Off Season

Collingwood's chief executive Gary Pert.

Pert worried about 'volcanic' off-season behaviour by players

Jon Pierik As concerns about illicit drug use by AFL players mount, Collingwood chief executive Gary Pert says some players are guilty of "volcanic behaviour" during the off-season and wants a forum of all...

Luring Watts not Dockers' priority, says Lyon

Justin Chadwick, Steve Larkin Fremantle coach Ross Lyon says it is not his priority to recruit Melbourne's former No.1 draft pick Jack Watts, claiming he wants to re-sign his own players before looking at other options.

Port's Butcher on block

John Butcher will play his first AFL game in 10 months against Geelong.

AFL

Cooney out as Dogs hit fresh snag

Matt Murnane Bulldogs' season hampered further by hamstring injury to Adam Cooney, who will be out until round 12.

Cotchin defends 'tongue-in-cheek' retirement talk

Jason Phelan Richmond skipper Trent Cotchin is dismayed by the reaction to his remarks about retiring after the next Tigers' premiership, but refuses to back away from the "tongue-in-cheek" comment.

AFL

Mid-season slump is not Bombers' destiny: Heppell

Jesse Hogan Despite the pattern of past seasons, the Bombers star is upbeat.

AFL

Positive drug tests on the rise

Jesse Hogan The AFL has revealed that 26 AFL players failed an illicit drug test in 2012, up from six the previous year.

VFL

Magpies hopeful Johnson ready to fly in VFL return

Brent Diamond Experienced Collingwood defender will return from calf soreness against Geelong.

AFL

Players fend off rants over drugs

Tim Lane The three-strikes policy upsets many despite the fact that the players gave up a lot in agreeing to it.

AFL

Pies suffer another injury scare

Roger Vaughan Collingwood's injury crisis continues to deepen, with Dale Thomas now in some doubt for the Pies' Saturday night blockbuster against unbeaten Geelong.

AFL

Magpies' Dale Thomas out for two games

Collingwood has suffered a major setback after star midfielder Dale Thomas was ruled out for the next two games because of an ankle injury.

A hit or a kick? It's a hard choice for teen

Peter Hanlon Of the qualities that make Meyrick Buchanan, the footballer, an appealing prospect, one has particular resonance.

AFL

Errant Bomber punished

Matt Murnane Essendon has sent a message to its players by disciplining defender Courtenay Dempsey for breaking team recovery protocols.

AFL

Emerging Bomber out with sore ankle

Michael Gleeson Jake Carlisle, one of the emerging stars of the competition this year, has been forced out of the side to play Greater Western Sydney with an ankle injury suffered on Anzac Day.

Power has flicked switch and stepped into the light

Can the 'old' Power boys now at the Tigers top the 'new' Power that is Port Adelaide of 2013?

AFL

Ex-Bombers fan keen to lift Cats to victory

Peter Hanlon and Rohan Connolly Geelong's Allen Christensen barracked for Essendon as a boy, and will have two younger brothers in the crowd on Friday night who are still avid Bombers.

AFL

GWS going hard at quality players

Andrew Wu Kevin Sheedy says GWS will be ''very aggressive'' as it seeks to shore up its spine.

Lions hope to start again with Black

Brisbane coach Michael Voss doesn’t have to waste hours scouring over match video or detailed match statistics to detect a major factor behind his pre-season cup winners’ poor start to the AFL season.