Hawthorn AFL defender Grant Birchall remains hobbled by an ankle complaint and won’t play on Thursday night against Adelaide. The Hawks flew out for Adelaide on Wednesday morning and coach …

Greater Western Sydney youngster Jack Steele is one of two young debutants who will help plug the Giants’ major injury gap on Saturday against North Melbourne. The 19-year-old midfielder from …

Greater Western Sydney’s AFL finals hopes rest largely with an inexperienced trio of ruckmen following the disastrous loss of Shane Mumford. The former Sydney ruckman has been a key figure …

Carlton have turned to retired star Chris Judd and Socceroos coach Ange Postecoglou as they search for a replacement for Mick Malthouse. The pair are part of a five-man coaching …

Luckless Carlton have suffered yet another injury blow with Dale Thomas ruled out for the rest of the AFL season. Thomas, 27, will undergo shoulder surgery to correct an issue …

Greater Western Sydney’s hopes for a debut finals campaign have been hit hard by more dire injury news, with in-form ruckman Shane Mumford ruled out for the rest of the …

In-demand Carlton forward Lachie Henderson says he wants to stay with the Blues but has again refused to put a timeframe on signing a new deal with the struggling club. …

Richmond’s three-pronged tall attack may never get a better chance to spear West Coast than in Friday night’s big AFL clash. Having combined for seven goals in the Tigers’ impressive …

Stephen Dank, the central figure in Essendon’s supplements program, allegedly wanted to use an untested racehorse drug on AFL players at the club. News Corp Australia has published a 43-page …

Mick Malthouse says he was “absolutely shocked” to discover troubled ex-AFL star Ben Cousins started taking drugs while he was coaching him at West Coast. Cousins publicly fell from grace …

For the second straight week the AFL match review panel has opted against handing down suspensions from the weekend’s games. Fremantle’s Matthew Pavlich and Michael Firrito from North Melbourne were …

In measuring the true worth of an AFL footballer, you can do a lot worse than reflect on how well they performed in premiership campaigns. Defender Corey Enright was a …

With the benefit of their lightest injury list in years, Hawthorn are keen to shift their AFL premiership defence into a higher gear on Thursday night against Adelaide. The Hawks’ …

Greater Western Sydney defender Joel Patfull will be sidelined for at least a month with two broken ribs and a punctured lung, while co-captain Phil Davis’ immediate future is heavily …

IT’S BEEN A BIG AFL SEASON FOR MAJOR MILESTONES – AND THERE ARE LIKELY TO BE MORE BEFORE 2015 IS OVER MICK MALTHOUSE – Was deservedly the toast of the …

Star Adelaide midfielder Rory Sloane has signed a three-year contract extension with the Crows, tying him to the AFL club until at least the end of 2018. Sloane would have …

Travis Varcoe says Collingwood aren’t getting ahead of themselves despite being nicely positioned for an AFL finals run-in with their eighth win of the season over GWS. Nathan Buckley’s side …

Paul Roos lamented Melbourne’s inability to defend a lead with extra players behind the ball after Melbourne suffered a last-gasp loss to St Kilda on Sunday. The Demons looked set …