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West Coast linchpin Jeremy McGovern spent two nights in hospital with internal bleeding before being cleared to play in Saturday’s AFL grand final. McGovern, a key contributor in the Eagles’ …

By his own admission, West Coast backman Will Schofield was outmatched when he lined up against Jordan De Goey in Saturday’s AFL grand final. Yet the veteran Eagle stood tall, …

West Coast coach Adam Simpson has consoled a distraught Andrew Gaff after the suspended winger missed an AFL premiership. Gaff, serving an eight-game ban, was in tears in the Eagles …

STATS THAT MATTERED ON THE LAST SATURDAY OF SEPTEMBER *West Coast held the lead for a total of nine minutes and four seconds. *Both teams were level on 8.7 (55) …

Nathan Buckley feels numb. Beyond that, the Collingwood coach can’t adequately describe his emotions. “I can’t even be really clear on how it feels right now, other than not great,” …

Collingwood coach Nathan Buckley has embraced Magpies runner Alex Woodward after his moment of madness in the AFL grand final. Woodward was given the role after moving to Collingwood last …

Will he or won’t he? The guessing game over Cooper Cronk has intensified after the injured halfback was included in the Sydney Roosters’ trimmed 19-strong squad for the NRL grand …

Undeniably, there’s pain at Collingwood after coming so close to the AFL premiership. But there’s also a defiant sense of pride following a season which ended began on the brink …

A premiership player in the twilight of his career, Mark LeCras is yet to decide whether West Coast’s grand final triumph will be his AFL swansong. LeCras was swamped by …

Collingwood are vowing to use their AFL heartbreak to re-ignite a premiership push next season. The Magpies fell five points short of the flag on Saturday, losing to West Coast …

They left it inexplicably late and flirted with disaster but West Coast have exorcised their AFL demons of 2015 in thrilling fashion. The Eagles, returning to the last Saturday in …

After an AFL epic as tight as a tourniquet, Travis Varcoe went for a wander. As the final siren sounded on an astonishing West Coast premiership, Collingwood’s sentimental favourite Varcoe …

In the foyer of Brisbane’s new headquarters there is an empty pedestal ready to receive their next premiership trophy. Broncos great Mick Hancock had a hand in five of the …

West Coast midfielder Luke Shuey has been awarded the Norm Smith medal. Shuey was judged best on ground in the AFL grand final, having played a key role in the …

West Coast have won a thrilling AFL grand final over Collingwood 11.13 (79) to 11.8 (74).

Melbourne NRL assistant coach Adam O’Brien is helping plot the Sydney Roosters’ demise, but next year he’ll be one of them. The right-hand man of Storm coach Craig Bellamy, O’Brien …

Many predicted Johnathan Thurston to be on show on NRL grand final day – but not as part of the retiring players’ parade. In a bittersweet moment, Thurston will take …

Will he or won’t he? The guessing game over Cooper Cronk has intensified after the injured halfback took no part in the Sydney Roosters’ final training run ahead of Sunday’s …